St Lawrence Jewry church

I've decided to do something a little different going forward, rather than random musings I will describe firstly how I took the shot (plus any major post processing) and then give a bit more information about the subject.

This is my first HDR for the year. It is comprised of 3 exposures at -1,0, +1EV and tonemapped in Photomatrix. All for the exposures were taken with a tripod, which I'm fortunate that I was allowed as many buildings in London don't allow tripods. Its a lovely airy church with huge windows all round. This was taken from just in front of the altar facing backwards. However I used auto-bracketing which resulted in my camera choosing f/2 as base aperture which results is not the sharpest my lens gets. Next time I'll try to remember to just manually take multiple exposures - on a tripod it doesn't really matter what my shutter speed is for a static shot like this.

This church is sited on the Guildhall grounds and is dedicated to St Lawrence. As most churches in the city it is still being used and has regular services, but also lunchtime music performances throughout the year. It was originally built in 1136, but burnt down in the great fire of 1666. Christopher Wren rebuilt this church only to have it destroyed apart from  some sections of wall and the tower in the blitz 1940. Once again it was rebuilt/restored to the state it is today. For more information visit  http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/st-lawrence-jewry