Big_Organ_HDR
A 5 shot HDR of the organ in the Sydney University Great Hall. I was going to shoot a pano and correct the verticals etc but the hall was closed off for the evening.
The HDR was created from OOC JPEG's as I haven't had time to process the RAWs. Quite happy with it though. Processed using NIK HDR.
Info about the organ from wiki:
During 1881–1882, a Forster & Andrews pipe organ was installed, later to be replaced in 1971-72 by the present organ which was manufactured by German builder Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg.
From the Sydney Uni site:
The organ was designed by Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg and built in conjunction with Ronald Sharp of Sydney, with the assistance of Mr. T.E. O'Mahony, architect, and the Deputy Principal's office.
Rudolf von Beckerath's philosophy is best expressed in his own words:
"The classic organ or the baroque organ is no longer possible except through an imitative return to the past. Our time is neither classic nor baroque. The vitality of a modern instrument demands instead the translation of the spirit of past greatness into a contemporary form."
Except for the couplers, the action of this organ is the same as those used by Bach and Handel during the golden age of organ-building, namely "mechanical" or "tracker". Enlightened builders and organists have been returning to the employment of this action because of its reliability, promptness of attack and subtleties in touch control. Classic voicing, unnicked pipes, slider-chests, and low wind-pressures combine with the latest advances in modern technology (for example, the "capture system" which permits any pre-selection of stop) to make this instrument at once classic yet entirely suited to our times.
Big_Organ_HDR
A 5 shot HDR of the organ in the Sydney University Great Hall. I was going to shoot a pano and correct the verticals etc but the hall was closed off for the evening.
The HDR was created from OOC JPEG's as I haven't had time to process the RAWs. Quite happy with it though. Processed using NIK HDR.
Info about the organ from wiki:
During 1881–1882, a Forster & Andrews pipe organ was installed, later to be replaced in 1971-72 by the present organ which was manufactured by German builder Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg.
From the Sydney Uni site:
The organ was designed by Rudolf von Beckerath of Hamburg and built in conjunction with Ronald Sharp of Sydney, with the assistance of Mr. T.E. O'Mahony, architect, and the Deputy Principal's office.
Rudolf von Beckerath's philosophy is best expressed in his own words:
"The classic organ or the baroque organ is no longer possible except through an imitative return to the past. Our time is neither classic nor baroque. The vitality of a modern instrument demands instead the translation of the spirit of past greatness into a contemporary form."
Except for the couplers, the action of this organ is the same as those used by Bach and Handel during the golden age of organ-building, namely "mechanical" or "tracker". Enlightened builders and organists have been returning to the employment of this action because of its reliability, promptness of attack and subtleties in touch control. Classic voicing, unnicked pipes, slider-chests, and low wind-pressures combine with the latest advances in modern technology (for example, the "capture system" which permits any pre-selection of stop) to make this instrument at once classic yet entirely suited to our times.