Christ Chapel Crucifix and the Eternal Flame

On the right is the giant crucifix that hangs on the spire in Christ Chapel. It’s actually pretty huge and I wonder how they get that cloth up there every year (I think that it shows up after Christmas and then comes down after Easter). The blue banners that you see on the left are leftover decorations from the annual Christmas in Christ Chapel (CinCC for short). I guess that this year some artist created those silk things that are the largest ever created in history or something like that. I don’t exactly recall. But, they make the chapel look pretty sweet and majestic.

I went back up to the chapel the other night to try and get some more decent photos because my first trip wasn’t too successful. My feeling during the shoot was kinda the opposite of the last time I was in the Chapel—while I was shooting I kept on thinking, “hey this is going to be awesome.” But, then when I got them onto my computer they didn’t come out as good as I had expected. But, I think that I have a few keepers in this bunch that I’ll be putting up here.

It’s my birthday tomorrow.

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7 Comments

Joseph Skadsberg said
January 9th, 2006 at 1:00 am

what i like about this one is that i have no clue where the walls are in space. the angle and the shadows create illusions. i like it a lot.

Joseph Skadsberg said
January 9th, 2006 at 1:10 am

and can i just say that the red on the left was an excellent touch

Joe Lencioni said
January 9th, 2006 at 11:07 am

Joseph, thanks for the compliments. I’m glad that you like this shot. And, you’re right–this place is pretty large so it’s hard to relate that back to how big it actually is and where things really belong in space. I did some looking around and I believe that the ceiling in this building is roughly 50 feet high.

Justin said
March 10th, 2006 at 2:42 am

Really fantastic shot, Joe. Is the vignetting natural? What kind of photoshopping did you do? The levels are great all around. Great contrast.

Joe Lencioni said
March 12th, 2006 at 1:00 pm

Thanks Justin. Unfortunately the vignetting is not entirely natural. It’s pretty dim in the chapel at night, so some of the vignetting effect can be attributed simply to darker spots on the wall. However, I added some of that and brightened and darkened selected parts in photoshop by painting black and white on a layer set to soft light mode. I’m sure that I also played with curves and saturation a bit.

AngelC said
March 14th, 2006 at 7:41 pm