Painted With Light
Uploaded: January 13, 2014
Winter is my favorite season to witness the sunlight through Washington National Cathedral's stained glass windows. Here, the (unseen) windows of the south clerestory cast their light on the adjacent rib clusters of the vaulted ceiling, just starting to spring up and away from the wall. I wanted a compressed composition of just light-washed ribs, so I used 200mm on the 70-300. I was fortunate to get access to a scaffolded platform situated 75 feet off the floor; the platform put me about 2 feet above the bottom edge of the large clerestory windows.
1/14 2nd Place - EOD
In grateful and loving memory of Rowan LeCompte, renowned stained glass artist, who designed nearly four dozen of the cathedral's 231 windows, including the 8 windows casting the beautiful colors in this image.
March 17, 1925 - February 11, 2014
Tammy M. Anderson January 13, 2014
Very beautiful. Love the colors and comp. A winner. #1559305Joy Rector January 13, 2014
gorgeous, well done #10945080Gail Sullivan January 13, 2014
Uniquely beautiful image, Christopher #10945086Linda D. Lester January 13, 2014
Chris this is outstanding! #10945108Colette M. Metcalf January 13, 2014
A beauty!!!! #10945110Orsi January 13, 2014
Beautiful! #10945142Martha R. Mazon January 13, 2014
Wonderful lines, color and light, Chris! #10945185Loan Tran January 13, 2014
A beautiful abstract image. #10945223JO ANN CLEVELAND January 13, 2014
Super image Chris, this is amazing!jo ann c. #10945259
Chris Budny January 14, 2014
Thanks, everyone! I took dozens of variations on this theme; the light, and the lines of the ribs together, is very appealing to me! #10946073Ellen Hodges January 16, 2014
Strictly fabulous, Chris!! #10948154Chris Budny January 16, 2014
Thank you, Ellen! It was so much fun getting up onto that platform for an afternoon! #10948239Kara L. Hendricks February 17, 2014
Chris, this is just gorgeous!! What a magnificent show of color and detail!! Best of luck in the contest! #10977859Chris Budny February 18, 2014
Thank you so much, Kara! It has become a new top favorite of my cathedral images... :) #10978798Peggy Pfister February 18, 2014
Just stunning, Chris! I see gold in your future .... #10978942Chris Budny February 18, 2014
Many thanks, Peggy...! Fingers crossed! #10979426Donna La Mattino Pagakis February 24, 2014
Whooo hoooo!!! Congratulations, my friend!!! #10984658Bob Cournoyer February 24, 2014
I missed this gorgeous image...congrats and I'm sure it'll move on... :-) #10984720Avril Young February 24, 2014
wow, stunning..wonderful photo.. #10984721Chris Budny February 24, 2014
Thank you, Donna, Bob & Avril -- I'm always thrilled to grab a win from the gang at 101; even more so, when it is a favorite cathedral image for me, too! #10984779Julianne Bradford February 24, 2014
So-o gorgeous!! Congrats Chris! #10984816Katarina Mansson February 24, 2014
Congratulations Chris on another success with this beauty! #10985017Chris Budny February 25, 2014
Thank you both, Julianne & Katta! #10985164Usman M. Bajwa February 26, 2014
Big CONGRATZ on the Finalist and lots of good luck in the next round, Chris. Can't wait to see it with a Gold badge!!!UB. #10985763
Naomi Weiser February 26, 2014
wow, stunning! #10985946Tammy M. Anderson February 26, 2014
Still predicting a winner here. Congrats! #10986238Lindley Johnson February 26, 2014
Congratulations on your absolutely gorgeous finalist, Chris! Thanks for telling us the details of its creation. #10986356Michele Peterson February 26, 2014
Not a surprise at all, Chris! Congratulations on this amazing finalist. Hope to see it again! :-) #10986578Peggy Pfister February 26, 2014
Huge congrats, Chris, and good luck in the next round! #10986903Terry A. Stoa February 26, 2014
Beautiful image, Chris. And a wonderful tribute following the photo description. Superb. #10987015Chris Budny February 27, 2014
Thank you all very much! Since capturing this image, it has become probably my #2 favorite image of all I've ever shot. (My own #1 favorite is another cathedral shot ;)Ellen Hodges February 27, 2014
Huge congrats and very best luck, Chris!! #10987282JO ANN CLEVELAND February 28, 2014
Bet we see this again, the judges surely are impressed and so am I!Congratulations Christopher!
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Michele Peterson February 28, 2014
And now your 2nd favorite image has a 2nd place gold medal to go along with it! Huge Congratulations, Chris! #10988519Jill Odice February 28, 2014
A very interesting story to go with this beautiful image! Congrats on your gold medal Chris! #10988538Ken Smith February 28, 2014
Way to go, Chris. Glad to see this one bring home the gold!! #10988564Tammy M. Anderson February 28, 2014
Beautiful winner. Congrats! #10988573Carol Eade February 28, 2014
Beautiful light and color, Chris, congratulations! #10988649Peggy Pfister February 28, 2014
No surprise to see gold here! Congrats on this awesome winner, Chris!! #10988660Martha R. Mazon February 28, 2014
Congratulations on your superb winner, Chris! #10988733Leslie McLain February 28, 2014
Congrats on a beautiful winner, Chris. #10988771Nancy Marie Ricketts February 28, 2014
Congrats! Chris, on your beautiful Gold winner!! #10988835Deborah Lewinson February 28, 2014
Congrats, Chris on your gorgeous winning image!Thanks also for the interesting description and tribute!
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Terry Cervi February 28, 2014
This is breathtaking, Chris! Congrats on a beautiful and well deserved win! #10988968Patti Coblentz March 01, 2014
This is my #2 favorite of your cathedral shots, too...well, they actually tie, in my book. Congratulations, Chris...this is a spectacular image! And I know how you look so forward to this winter light...well done!! #10989188Colette M. Metcalf March 01, 2014
Congrats on your WIN!!! #10989240Jackie M. Sajewski March 01, 2014
Congratulations on your Gold winner. Love the image. Amazing #10989318Chris Budny March 01, 2014
Thank you all very much! It is a real thrill to see this advance, since it's not only a favorite of mine, but so many other people enjoyed it too. #10989328Ellen Hodges March 01, 2014
Huge congrats on a gorgeous winner, Chris!!! #10989472Lindley Johnson March 01, 2014
Big congratulations, Chris - this is a well-deserved winner - absolutely gorgeous! #10989929JO ANN CLEVELAND March 01, 2014
And now...Congratulations on this fabulous GOLD 2nd Place winner Chris!jo ann c. #10990005
Chris Budny March 02, 2014
Thank you very much, ladies! #10990570Gail Sullivan March 02, 2014
Christopher…congrats on your win with this amazing image! #10990813David Phalen March 02, 2014
BIG Congrats on going GOLD!! #10990837Carol Flisak March 02, 2014
Fantastic image, Chris... love the curves, colors and details! Huge congratulations on you outstanding winner! #10990982Chris Budny March 02, 2014
Thank you, folks! #10991442Phyllis H. Burchett March 03, 2014
Fabulous Chris, congrats on your win! Lovely tribute as well. #10991791Linda D. Lester March 03, 2014
Congratulations on your beautiful gold! #10991874Usman M. Bajwa March 04, 2014
Glad to see the golden badge beneath it, Chris. CONGRATZ!!!UB. #10992645
Chris Budny March 04, 2014
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