Andechs

[Matt K.]

Back from the visit to my family in Germany. Took a three day tour to see various nephews and nieces, and stopped by the monastery in Andechs, Bavaria. This is close to Munich, and quite a place. Apart from being a monastery, their monks truly have perfected the art of beer brewing there. There was this "pilgrim" explaining to me the history of the church since its inception - needless to say he visited the beer garden first, and then stepped into the church! But I digressed. This is a vertical pano of the interior of the church of the monastery. Got to get me a tilt/shift lens ... hard to do a vertical on 17mm focal length, especially in a rather dark church with long exposure (forgot to take my remote with me, so I had to use the self timer :wall-an:). Lots of distortion. Oh well ... but I thought I show you a couple of images from this place, anyway.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6247824470_e48000a8bc_b.jpg

and this is a straight shot, not a pano.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6102/6247302479_fa54521ebd_b.jpg

[Mad Aussie]

So ornate!! Some tough dynamic range to deal with in there too.

[XPWizard]

Very nice set.

[aubintbay]

Wow what a place! That pano is a beauty!

[edG]

opulent to say the least, well captured Matt

[JAS_Photo]

Wowza! Awesome baroque style. Nice shots for sure.

[Hillbillygirl]

Just absolutely amazing art Matt.

[Iguanasan]

What a place... I wouldn't want to have to clean it! :)

[Matt K.]

What a place... I wouldn't want to have to clean it! :)

They repainted and resotred the place about three years ago ... that is all real gold-leaf on the decor ....