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Please excuse my ignorance of St. George! That seems like a pretty big blunder!
Quentin (UK) said:
Yes, its an Anglican church, as almost all the oldest churches are,
and St George is England's patron Saint.
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I would have recognized the blue and white salt peter as Scotland's, though I might have thought St. Michael was England's.

But I thought some of the oldest churches are Norman and Saxon, which predates Anglican (time of Henry VIII) significantly. For example, ist' Westminster much older? And I would think Glastnbury too. Even Ely.
Quentin (UK) said:
The church largely dates from the 14th century, though the lower
two stages of the tower were built in the 12th. Most of the rest
is 15c, so I wouldn't call it "new" :-). I like the relative
simplicity.
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Aren't crennelated rooflines a Saxon feature?
Quentin (UK) said:
Not always a good idea with a stock shot, where some "space" is
useful. If I was preparing the shot for exhibition purposes, I'd
have cropped the Sky a little so the church obeys the law of
thirds, but what the heck, I didn't....
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Well, there's no penalty for 'disobeying' a 'photographic law' fortunately! I was thinking for exhibition, true. For me, the blue of the sky competes with the church structure.

Which wide angle lense was used for this shot? A Sigma?
Quentin (UK) said:
I quite liked the combitantion of the red box and the store front,
and I specificaly wanted to keep the postage info there, but there
is an alternative shot I could have taken of the items in the store
front alone, but it just didn't work for me as well.
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Well it was interesting that the resolution is so great you could almost read the fine print on the letterbox!

Very nice pictures!
Quentin (UK) said:
Quentin (UK) said:
Kim
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Kim Borchardt said:
Please excuse my ignorance of St. George! That seems like a pretty
big blunder!
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St. George and the Dragon you know (perhaps he should really be the welsh patron saint?)
Kim Borchardt said:
Kim Borchardt said:
Yes, its an Anglican church, as almost all the oldest churches are,
and St George is England's patron Saint.
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I would have recognized the blue and white salt peter as
Scotland's, though I might have thought St. Michael was England's.
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Squash 'em all together to get the Union Jack.
Kim Borchardt said:
But I thought some of the oldest churches are Norman and Saxon,
which predates Anglican (time of Henry VIII) significantly. For
example, ist' Westminster much older? And I would think Glastnbury
too. Even Ely.
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Most churches predate Henry VIII, and, I guess, in principle you are right, but as far as I know, all the Catholic churches over here were built much later on, having been Anglican for the last 400 years kind of makes them Anglican churches , don't you think?
Kim Borchardt said:
Kim Borchardt said:
Not always a good idea with a stock shot, where some "space" is
useful. If I was preparing the shot for exhibition purposes, I'd
have cropped the Sky a little so the church obeys the law of
thirds, but what the heck, I didn't....
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Well, there's no penalty for 'disobeying' a 'photographic law'
fortunately! I was thinking for exhibition, true. For me, the
blue of the sky competes with the church structure.
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Well, it's a matter of opinion, I think Quentin has it right, but the reason for 'space' on stock shots, is to allow the purchaser to bung some text in. Obviously, he can crop if he wants to, but it's much more difficult to add space.
Kim Borchardt said:
Which wide angle lense was used for this shot? A Sigma?
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Sigma 12-24 - nice lense.
Kim Borchardt said:
Kim Borchardt said:
I quite liked the combitantion of the red box and the store front,
and I specificaly wanted to keep the postage info there, but there
is an alternative shot I could have taken of the items in the store
front alone, but it just didn't work for me as well.
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Well it was interesting that the resolution is so great you could
almost read the fine print on the letterbox!
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Not almost - I'm sure that in the full size shot you can read every letter, clear as clear.

Kind Regards

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Wow. I guess it's up to me to rave about the composition...but both of these are excellent...even if cropped "squarish".

I have trouble deciding which I prefer. Each might serve a different purpose. The first seems more "explanatory" to me, a bit more spread out, wth all the essential features pictured, while the second is "tighter", more angular and more precise.

I'm not sure if the shadows in the foreground of the second are a bit too overwhelming, but they go with the sharper angle on the roof, and inclusion of the one gravestone. The flag is included here, too. My one objection to the second shot, which is probably better, is that the front entrance is a bit too obscured by the trees.

In the first, I notice the contours of the older building remains on the right. Is this church Catholic?

Very nice.

Kim
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with his bridge, and now you're doing it with your church porch - leaving trees where they'll spoil the photo...
Kim Borchardt said:
My one objection to the second shot, which is probably
better, is that the front entrance is a bit too obscured by the
trees.
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These are absolutely stunning scenes.

Your photographic precision in the second, amplifies the architectural precision present. Going from the darker contrasts of the stonework against the white plasterwork on the building corners, and from there up the white tower to the shadows under the window, is truly amazing color capture! Very sharp.

Extraneous comments would be:

For some reason, I find the presence of two steeples, confusing on a church. Are these flags, or weathervanes on the top of each? Is the one on the right a rooster? The Baroque period would put these buildings in the 1600-1700's...still "relatively" young. When I think of "Bavarian", words of Don Henley in "Building the Perfect Beast" come to mind. And movies by Ingmar Bergman.

Beautiful pictures!

Kim

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The closer I look at the Hemmersdorf chapel, the more it bothers me a little, that the two spires don't seem to be equal, either in height, or in their shapes. The spire on the left, although taller, appears to lean to the right, because it's not an equilateral traingle. On the other hand, the right spire though equilateral, also optically seems to lean to the right just a tad, doesn't it? Were the towers perspective corrected? Interesting to me, how these European churches achieve the scale and grandeur of great cathedrals by simply adding this element of height, while not putting as much effort into the massive (and expensive and time-consuming) stonework typical of French cathedrals. Must be the Protestant value of "thrift".

One more question-- I wondered if the roof shingles to the front of the second chapel were actually black, or grey, in real color. It looks as though they might have been faded by the direct sunlight. Black would be hard to capture fully in bright sun.

No more comments! These are great photos!

Kim
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very beautyfull your b+w shot. i think its a good idea to go more times to b+w again.... the slr does it great. i just bought an infrared filter,- works very well also..............
Quentin (UK) said:
Go for it - we depend on you to lift our New Year spirits :-)

I, on the other hand, must go and look at...Sofas :-(

Quentin
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Jono Slack said:
Sun's out today, but I'll do my best to try and find some more!

Kind Regards
Jono
Quentin (UK) said:
That I quite like



Quentin
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rainer viertlböck
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i did describe them poorly.

although the most of the churches i have to shoot are in the interior clear baroque churches which have been securalisazed and given back later to the protestantic churches, the churches itself often are mucg older. this is the case with the church with the totally unique 2 towers. i have never seen a similar construction. they are different, from different ages and i dont have no idea why they have done so. the church is in very bad condition from its substancy and need to be restaurated. the left tower is a blind tower without any use. i think the optical correction is well done, the church is not symmetric at all.

the second church is NOT baroque at all. its build in the beginning of the century and its stilistic art nouveau. the interior looks crazy, difficult to describe, i would say with some "aztec" influence.




Kim Borchardt said:
One more question-- I wondered if the roof shingles to the front
of the second chapel were actually black, or grey, in real color.
It looks as though they might have been faded by the direct
sunlight. Black would be hard to capture fully in bright sun.

No more comments! These are great photos!

Kim
Kim Borchardt said:


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rainer viertlböck
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I nearly bought a 12" Power Book which I can't afford and strictly speaking can live without...all because it's £400 cheaper than it was a month or so ago.
Quentin (UK) said:
Jono,

Go for it - we depend on you to lift our New Year spirits :-)

I, on the other hand, must go and look at...Sofas :-(

Quentin
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