Website review: Ely Cathedral - the crossing: Photo...
RedBaron discovered this in Photography
•5 reviews since Jun 14, 2006
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RedBaron discovered 27 months ago- Amazing what man can create to mark a God who does not exist.
- suebee21 rated 6 months ago
- Whoa!!!!
- SwimbikerunMN rated 6 months ago
- What an amazing cathedral! Ely Cathedral.
- aegean rated 9 months ago
Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire
The Crossing
"They warn you when you lean out from this Octagon gallery to make sure you have your camera strap round your neck. A school choir was below, warming up for their prize giving ceremony and would have been surprised if I had dropped the camera. However, it had the 10-22 lens on so I kept a good hold of it.
This shot is looking down into the central space at Ely Cathedral, where the nave meets the transepts. It is unusual as instead of a tower supported on four columns it has an Octagon lantern supported on eight columns. You can see five of them in the shot. The Octagon is an eight-sided structure perched a hundred feet up in the air where the tower should be. It has large windows which flood the space below with light. The reason for the Octagon's existence is that the original tower collapsed in the Middle Ages due to the boggy ground and the lighter wooden Octagon was built instead. It makes the cathedral both unique and exceptionally appealing." -- Colin Carron
- gracedhaven rated 13 months ago
- Stunning and inspiring!
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