comparing the size of the birds to the chairs it looks like there are GIGANTIC birds in the area. Is this a focal trick or something? Neat shot though

strange library... what kind of books it has ? lol good library.

The birds are stuffed swans.

wow, I love those old libraries I could be there for hours. Good luck!

The angle is too extreme, visually. Beautiful contrast, but it feels like everything should be sliding down to the right.

I personally like the angled frame. The contrast values are very nice! Reminds me of something I would see on the wall of a coffee shop.

nice catch

The angle is a bit extreme, they look like they should be sliding down the floor to the left, but the overall composition is quite nice.

such a beautiful cathedral capture! im in love with this photo! great job author!

Lovely job you have done of this one

Beautiful, I bet I know who the author is.

I was wrong, it's a beautiful photograph

Sorry to disappoint you friiskiwi.

I like it because its not overdone.

Lovely..

Thank you everyone.

Yeah, I thought you were someone else too. You've been away from photo contests author. WB!

Symmetry never looked this good!

The statue looks great, but the rest is quite noisy and sky has a strange colour.

Well it is my first attempt at HDR. The rest is supposed to be defocused and I like the way the color of the sky came out. Like I said it's HDR and my first attempt.

Not bad author, one of the biggest issues with HDR is the amount of noise you get but sometimes you can't help it. Also I've found that what camera your using can effect it a lot more than you'd think! How many shots did you use for this?

I used three shots and they were all shot in RAW, BTW. I purposely focused more on the statue , defocussing the background. This is probably why the background ended up noisy. I kind of like the noise myself. Seems to put more focus on the statue.