Elden Ring - Leyndell Capital & the Path to the Erdtree – Rob Haines Creative Space

in game photography

All photos were taken on PS5 in Quality mode with ray-tracing, and post-processed in Affinity Photo. Cinematic angles are the result of looking through the telescope, or crouching in front of a large rock to clip the camera through my character.

A causeway towards a large stone gatehouse, beneath dark yellow clouded skies. A shard of grace hovers above cracked paving stones and low-lying golden foliage.

A corridor, dimly lit with burning torches, stacked full of wooden crates and buckets. Long wooden shelves line the walls, and in the distance the wall is washed with bright daylight.

A grey-stone chapel with faded red-gold Erdtree banners on the wall. There is a corpse lying on the altar, and rough wooden benches spaced to hold an absent congregation. The room is lit by golden candlesticks and an ornate chandelier, but also from a spectral wisp floating above the corpse's chest.

A view through a stone archway and down a shattered lane, caked in dust and overgrown with vegetation, towards a distant grand promenade and a vast arched portal.

A view through a broken-down wall across the Capital. A tall golden-domed palace stands wreathed in tree-roots, while layers of city wall wend their way below.

A palatial chamber, looking a little worse for wear. There are golden Erdtree tapestries on the walls and ornate chandeliers hang from the ceiling, but there are wooden boxes stacked haphazardly in corners and the centre of the floor is rough dirt. A shining shard of grace rises above the dirt, lighting its surroundings.

A warrior stands silhouetted atop a pile of rubble, looking out across the golden rooftops of the Capital. Above the buildings, a stone dragon rears up, impaled on a monolithic spear of lightning, and beyond that, the towers of a colosseum stand against the sky.

A panoramic view down over the Capital city. The rooftops shine with gold, though some are caved in, and vast tree roots clamber down from the high places at the heart of the city. To the right, a dragon crouches atop the wall, impaled by a giant spear.

A panoramic view down over the Capital city, from a different view. The rooftops shine with gold, though some are caved in, and vast tree roots clamber down from the high places at the heart of the city. To the right, a dragon crouches atop the wall, impaled by a giant spear.

A dark storeroom, with stacked crates and thin tree roots crawling across the floor. Beyond, a rectangular doorway leads to a shaft of sunlight against a limestone wall.

A dark, atmospheric storage chamber full of large metal vessels and dangling glassware, with roots across the floor. A corpse sits at a desk to the left, a spectral light rising from their torso.

A stone chamber full of crates and assorted ephemera, with golden Erdtree banners on the walls. A pile of junk obscures a bright light against the far wall, while bushels of herbs dangle from the wooden beams.

A dimly-lit chamber with roots snaking across the floor and assorted plantlife hanging from the ceiling and growing from the floor. Amidst the foliage, there are tables and chairs, bookshelves and large jars.

A dimly-lit chamber, viewed from part-way down an angular flight of stairs, dense with foliage, urns, and a desk stacked high with books.

A large room within a shattered dome. Vegetation drapes over the broken brickwork, and a golden spire rises beyond. A corpse is tied to a chair across the room, a blue-purple wisp rising from their chest.

A wide balcony overlooking the Capital skyline. Two perfumers in gold-detailed white robes are tending to a number of figures in rough brown clothes, collapsed against the railings.

A shard of grace in a small, ornate room cluttered with wooden boxes, barrels and a fallen chair. Some of the boxes are blocking a detailed archway, and a shrivelled corpse is leaning against a wall.

A view upwards across the many layers of pale grey Capital architecture, rising spires and classical porticoes. Golden foliage rises to the left, blocking part of the view.

A street in the Capital, partially obscured by grey ash, and blocked by a crashed carriage. A knight in golden armour is sitting against a railing, with their sword across their lap.

A wide avenue through the Capital. The street is scattered with reflective golden leaves, and the late-afternoon sun makes the tall statues lining the way cast long shadows.

A wide processional avenue leading deeper into the Capital. Statues line the way, past crashed carriages and Erdtree banners. A vast lightning spear hangs overhead, spearing a great stone dragon.

A statue stands silhouetted, penitent, beneath the rising layers of the capital and the radiance of the Erdtree above.

A robed statue gazes upwards, silhouetted, at the processional statues and layers of architecture winding up towards the heart of the Capital.

A view from the far end of the processional avenue, from an elevated viewpoint. The lightning spear obscures the top-right of the image, and from this height, the golden roof tiles of the buildings lining the way are clearly visible.

Golden branches glimmer above the rearing head of a giant stone dragon, speared by a stylised lighting spear rising across the Capital rooftops.

A dimly-lit courtyard with a central fountain. A row of trees beyond stand golden in the sunlight, and the stone dragon's head rises into the sky.

A view down a street in the Capital. A golden Erdtree banner drapes from a flagpole, and two gold-clad knights patrol the sun-dappled paving.

A view between two large iron gates to a golden knight standing guard at the top of a flight of stairs. The knight holds a shield and spear, and their cloak is blowing in the wind.

A wide pathway at the top of a flight of stairs. A golden knight stands guard, their back to the camera, beneath a stylised gold lightning spear cutting across the sky.

A shard of grace rising above a pile of rubble, in a dimly-lit ruined square in the shadows of the Capital. Flickering firelight draws the eye to a chapel to the left, and a railing to the right.

The interior of a small chapel, containing a shard of grace. It's been partially converted to sleeping quarters; there's a corpse sitting on the edge of the bed, their legs glowing like magma. Two blue-purple wisps rise from their back.

A view through an iron grating up towards the sunlit Capital walls rising above, and scattered golden foliage.

An arched sewer, leading into the distance, with alternating shadow and bright yellow sunlight. A many-fingered hand clings to a fall in the sunlight, a short distance away, and the shadows below are dark with scuttling hand-shapes.

A sunlit pile of rubble, amidst a gaggle of skewed stone buildings. A golden tree rises at an oblique angle beside of the buildings.

The vast fallen wing of a stone dragon, beneath the glorious golden trunk of the Erdtree. The dragon's head is raised towards the tree, and beyond, a tall domed structure rises to the highest point in the Capital, surrounded by vast tree roots.

A row of archways in the side of a walkway, looking out over the golden spires and arcing tree roots of the Capital. In the distance, snow-topped cliffs rise high above the city walls.

A view over a railing to a tall, golden-domed tower beneath the golden foliage of the Erdtree.

A paved rampart, with a set of stairs descending into the wall, leading towards a large cathedral of pale grey stone. Golden leaves have fallen everywhere, and thin tree roots wend across the floor.

An expansive view beneath the Erdtree's golden branches. To the left, a large cathedral of pale grey stone climbs towards the Erdtree trunk; to the right, a winding cliff-path leads up to a large circular colosseum.

A pair of delicately-detailed square columns, with attached torches, framing a close-up of the stylised gold lightning spear that cuts across the Capital skyline. The spear has a core of braided metal, surrounded by a jagged double-helix of gold.

A massive tree root winds through the air, from the floor of the Capital towards a grand cathedral, decorated with an Erdtree motif. There are profusions of variegated orange foliage along its length.

A view down a backstreet of the capital city. To the right, a pair of rough wooden stables stand, and beside those, the sunlight washes across the leg of a vast fallen dragon, long dead.

The flame-lit grand hall of a darkened manor. A high balcony overlooks a pair of chandeliers and accompanying statues. A small purplish wisp rises from the centre of the floor.

A gloomy hallway in a ruined manor, bearing an uncanny resemblence to the Roundtable Hold. Debris scatters the floor, and the stairs upwards have long since rotted away.

A shard of golden grace at the centre of a large table, in a dimly-lit room full of statues. The shard is surrounded by broken and rusted weaponry, piercing the table.

A shining shard of grace on the floor of an abandoned dining room. Candles still burn on the table, but there are no other signs of life.

An abandoned bedchamber, with a large painting of Queen Marika, her arms wide in front of the Erdtree.

A stone cloister leading into the dark. The arched windows are barred, and the low sun casts the bars as long shadows across the floor.

A paved courtyard at sunset. Golden light filters through red-grey foliage, while stone benches and statues of robed figures cast long shadows.

A courtyard full of hooded statues at sunset. Foliage is silhouetted black against the sky.

An antlered tree guardian crouches on a large tree root, in front of the golden trunk of the Erdtree.

An overgrown wooden structure within a stone cathedral. Dangling foliage trails down from a dome high above, and a tree root has pierced the building.

The interior of a cathedral with towering columns, and copious greenery. Sunlight enters through a dome high above.

A dais in a cathedral, with a shard of grace at its centre. Four doubled columns rise up to either side, and beyond, a pair of chandeliers outline an archway out into the Capital.

A large golden-domed tower wrapped in tree roots, at twilight. A viaduct atop a series of arches leads to the right, rising up towards the Erdtree.

A processional path from the tower to the foot of the Erdtree. There's a wide ceremonial plaza in front of the tree, leading to a graft of darker wood decorated with a grand archway.

A curving processional path, at night. A trail of bundled corpses leads towards a lit archway at the front of a root-bound audience chamber.

A luxurious audience chamber with a vast stone seat, lined with rumpled cloth. Around the throne are stacked piles of large stone tablets, and on the circular tiles below, a shining grace bathes the room in light.

A luxurious audience chamber with a vast stone seat, lined with rumpled cloth. A grace stands before the throne, and a sunlit archway leads on towards a set of stairs.

A view of the audience chamber from behind the throne, framed by sweeps of drapery from above. A grace sits in the centre of the room, and beyond, an archway leading back towards the sunlit Capital.

A wide processional staircase, leading up to a large archway in the shadow of the Erdtree. To either side, large decorative buttresses frame the ceremonial plaza.

A gold-seamed doorway, to the heart of the Erdtree. A dense network of thorns has grown across the doorway, blocking access.

The ceremonial plaza at the foot of the Erdtree, looking back towards the Capital. A shard of grace gleams at the centre of an ornately decorated circle of paving. Beyond the archway, the gold dome of the audience chamber can be seen.

A view of the cathedral, pierced by tree roots. Its roof tiles are gold, and a pair of curving pathway lead off to the right.

A courtyard in the Capital, partly shaded by vast tree roots overhead. Plants are growing everywhere.

A view down into the Capital from up high. A large stone gargoyle stands guard over a trio of white-robed envoys in a semi-circular courtyard. Beyond that, the rooftops of the Capital stretch into the distance, beneath the golden lightning spear.

A view from below, up the many layers of Capital architecture, to the large domed audience chamber at the top, beneath the golden trunk of the Erdtree.

A large grey-stone statue of Radagon, a man with bare chest and arms spread wide, being lifted into the air by sculpted stone tree roots.

A hidden processional stairway leading towards the mountains. Robed statues guard the way, lit by burning braziers.

A bridge to a large circular tower, at night. Robed statues stand silhouetted against vast flaming braziers; below, mounted knights patrol the way forward.

A cosy but dilapidated study, lit by a shard of grace and a purple wisp. The room is dominated by bookshelves, along with an aging armchair and an abandoned desk.

A large pair of decaying fingers at the top of a grand tower, wrapped around a red-gold great rune.