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08-FEB-2018

Seventh Day Adventist Church, Mass Ave NE

I retrieved my new D850 from the shop yesterday, where they had calibrated my normally used lens with the camera. It apparently didn’t require much adjustment, but I had been having problems with focus and wanted to eliminate the lens as the cause. I had even considered buying the new VR version of the 24-70mm, but the tech at the store said, “Save yourself the $2,400 [which I can’t afford right now anyway] and spend $69 to calibrate the old one,” so I did.

Anyway, the day was so beautiful I just walked as far as I could on a bad knee around Capitol Hill to test out the camera. I think I’ve photographed all these buildings in years past, but they’re the only subjects I have around here, so am posting some of the test results in my old Capitol Hill gallery.

I can’t find any construction information on this church, which is just a half block from our house, but I had heard somewhere that it used to be a synagogue. Not sure about that, though. It has changed since I first photographed it in 2010.

Ephesus, Temple of Hadrian, posted earlier:

Nikon D850 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/400s f/10.0 at 44.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Julie Oldfield13-Feb-2018 03:14
The architecture really is fascinating. V
Gill Kopy10-Feb-2018 02:31
That's an impressive looking church - would be interesting to know the size of their congregation. Nicely captured V
janescottcumming09-Feb-2018 21:18
An interesting looking church set against that pretty blue sky. V
Nick Paoni09-Feb-2018 19:49
A fine architecture shot. I like the angle that you took this from since it shows the nice light and shadow effects on the structure.
Nirvan Hope09-Feb-2018 18:52
So beautifully white and bright against the blue sky! Could use some blue sky here...
Tom LeRoy09-Feb-2018 18:35
A fine looking building, the whites and exposure are spot on. Did you try the 850's Auto fine tune ? Guess it only works well on prime lenses but not so good on zooms. V
Jeff Real09-Feb-2018 18:27
This is a beautiful Church and your image is sparkling!
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globalgadabout09-Feb-2018 17:54
this image seems sharp enough...I am not sure about calibrating lenses though ...if you focus every shot manually, why worry about what the camera 'thinks?'...same with exposure...good to take guidance from the on board system. but usually best to over-ride those settings and adjust to immediate conditions...
Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography09-Feb-2018 17:18
Nice architecture, very well captured.
Jim Coffman09-Feb-2018 17:12
A very fine capture of this lovely church, Helen...