(p) Coventry Cathedral

andycam · Sep 30, 2003

Coventry’s (old) Cathedral, formally known as St. Michael’s Church, was bombed in the blitz back in 1940.

The first pic is of St. Michael’s tower (backlit) and the second of a bronze tombstone, whose right hand was blown off in the air raid and has subsequently been repaired.

Comments welcome.

To view more pics of Coventry and its Cathedrals, please visit http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt/coventry

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AlexMoore · Sep 30, 2003

That's one pretty mean silhouette.. in my opinion slightly overcooked..

I do like the Yeatman-Briggs pic, but you seem to be slightly off the horizontal.

-Alex

boff180 · Sep 30, 2003

nice pics, what camera was used??? i go to uni at cov and i tried the same shot with s304 some months ago and got the same result.

Andy

tameria11 · Sep 30, 2003

Nice work, like the DOF in pic 2
Dave

boff180 said:
nice pics, what camera was used??? i go to uni at cov and i tried
the same shot with s304 some months ago and got the same result.

Andy

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andycam · Sep 30, 2003

boff180 said:
nice pics, what camera was used??? i go to uni at cov and i tried
the same shot with s304 some months ago and got the same result.

Andy

Sorry not to mention it in my first post, all pics were taken with the s602z

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andycam · Sep 30, 2003

tameria11 said:
Nice work, like the DOF in pic 2
Dave

Hi Dave,

although I tried used an F stop 2.8, this did not give the desired affect. Instead, I used gausian blur in PSP to through the background out of focus.

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shudder · Sep 30, 2003

andycam said:
boff180 wrote:
i go to uni at cov

Nice set of pics, Andy. I liked flipping through them a lot. They gave me a flashback on the past as I too went to the University of Warwick, but a long time ago (the year The Specials and The Selecter formed in the downtown pubs...). I had a GAF cam back then... It's been a while.

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shudder

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LesF · Sep 30, 2003

G'day Andy,

Our Town's sister city is Coventry. We had a Civic delegation visit there in August. The renowned Coventry hospitality was exhibited to our visitors who were very appreciative (if not overwhelmed!) by the good cheer and friendship received. I met the then Lord Mayor Sheila Collins when her delegation (including a complete soccer team!) visited here in 2001. Also previous Lord Mayor, Arthur Waugh. Any of these names ring a bell? Anyway, good to see photos of your wonderful city. I will pass the link on to our promotions people at Council.

Les.

andycam said:
Coventry’s (old) Cathedral, formally known as St.
Michael’s Church, was bombed in the blitz back in 1940.

The first pic is of St. Michael’s tower (backlit) and the
second of a bronze tombstone, whose right hand was blown off in the
air raid and has subsequently been repaired.

Comments welcome.

http://image.pbase.com/u33/dandyholt/upload/21464609.cov2.jpg

http://image.pbase.com/u12/dandyholt/upload/21660730.Cov7.jpg

To view more pics of Coventry and its Cathedrals, please visit
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt/coventry

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

andycam · Sep 30, 2003

AlexMoore said:
That's one pretty mean silhouette.. in my opinion slightly
overcooked..

If only I had my tripod, then I would of had a go at bracketted exposure and blending the images PSP.

AlexMoore said:
I do like the Yeatman-Briggs pic, but you seem to be slightly off
the horizontal.

I will try to straightening the image and re-posting to pbase.

AlexMoore said:
-Alex

Thanks for your constructive comments.
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Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

andycam · Sep 30, 2003

LesF said:
G'day Andy,

Our Town's sister city is Coventry. We had a Civic delegation visit
there in August. The renowned Coventry hospitality was exhibited to
our visitors who were very appreciative (if not overwhelmed!) by
the good cheer and friendship received. I met the then Lord Mayor
Sheila Collins when her delegation (including a complete soccer
team!) visited here in 2001. Also previous Lord Mayor, Arthur
Waugh. Any of these names ring a bell? Anyway, good to see photos
of your wonderful city. I will pass the link on to our promotions
people at Council.

Les.

G'day to you too Les,

I didn't know that Coventry is the sister City to Parkes, named after the Sir Henry Parkes, who incidentally was born a stones throw from where I live. I was reading that they are to build a replica of his cottage in Australia.

As for Sheila Collins, her name was featured prominently when she was Mayoress of Coventry (last year I think).

Please do pass on the link to your people at the council, and if they can make use of the pics all the better.

The main reason for putting the Coventry Gallery together is to provide an insight into the changing faces of Coventry, when considering recent developments, for relatives who have left for Brisbane over 30 years ago.

Thanks again for your interest,

Andy

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Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

LesF · Sep 30, 2003

andycam said:
G'day to you too Les,

I didn't know that Coventry is the sister City to Parkes, named
after the Sir Henry Parkes, who incidentally was born a stones
throw from where I live. I was reading that they are to build a
replica of his cottage in Australia.

As for Sheila Collins, her name was featured prominently when she
was Mayoress of Coventry (last year I think).

Please do pass on the link to your people at the council, and if
they can make use of the pics all the better.

The main reason for putting the Coventry Gallery together is to
provide an insight into the changing faces of Coventry, when
considering recent developments, for relatives who have left for
Brisbane over 30 years ago.

Thanks again for your interest,

Andy

Thanks Andy,

I will advise the right people about the availability of your pics. When Sir Henry's replica cottage is completed (very shortly supposedly) I will post somes pics and get you to do the same of the original. We'll see if we got it right

. Keep the pics of everyday life in Coventry coming.

Cheers,

Les.

morris · Sep 30, 2003

Andy, go back and capture the top of the steaple in the first photo. The second is very nice.

Morris

andycam said:
Coventry’s (old) Cathedral, formally known as St.
Michael’s Church, was bombed in the blitz back in 1940.

The first pic is of St. Michael’s tower (backlit) and the
second of a bronze tombstone, whose right hand was blown off in the
air raid and has subsequently been repaired.

Comments welcome.

To view more pics of Coventry and its Cathedrals, please visit
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt/coventry

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

andycam · Sep 30, 2003

morris said:
Andy, go back and capture the top of the steaple in the first
photo.

But Morris, I was using the 2/3rds rule

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

Jeff0671 · Sep 30, 2003

Enjoyed both shots, especially pic 2.

I enjoyed the crisp detail of pic 2

Look forward in seeing more

Jeff

andycam said:
Coventry’s (old) Cathedral, formally known as St.
Michael’s Church, was bombed in the blitz back in 1940.

The first pic is of St. Michael’s tower (backlit) and the
second of a bronze tombstone, whose right hand was blown off in the
air raid and has subsequently been repaired.

Comments welcome.

To view more pics of Coventry and its Cathedrals, please visit
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt/coventry

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

andycam · Sep 30, 2003

Jeff0671 said:
Enjoyed both shots, especially pic 2.

I enjoyed the crisp detail of pic 2

Look forward in seeing more

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,

Coventry Cathedral is well photographed site, and getting a different view point is a challenge in itself.

Just 4 Morris,

I've gone out, re-took the shot, and added on the top part of the spire!

Seriously, I preferred the composition of the clouds/sun and the depth of colour in the first shot.

See for yourself......

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Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

morris · Sep 30, 2003

I think you still need a little more room on the top. Also if you could move to the right and block out the sun, that might look better. You might even get a glow on the edge of the building.

Morris

andycam said:
Jeff0671 said:

Enjoyed both shots, especially pic 2.

I enjoyed the crisp detail of pic 2

Look forward in seeing more

Jeff

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Thanks Jeff,

Coventry Cathedral is well photographed site, and getting a
different view point is a challenge in itself.

Just 4 Morris,

I've gone out, re-took the shot, and added on the top part of the
spire!
Seriously, I preferred the composition of the clouds/sun and the
depth of colour in the first shot.

See for yourself......

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

AlexMoore · Oct 1, 2003

It's not in Coventry (it's actually Reykjavik..), but here's a shot I kinda like of a spire (I know it's different to what you're trying to achieve though Andy, but thought it might give you more ideas).

I should be up in Coventry fairly soon (I have family there), may join you and take some snaps of the cathederal..

-Alex

morris said:
Morris

andycam said:

Jeff0671 said:

Enjoyed both shots, especially pic 2.

I enjoyed the crisp detail of pic 2

Look forward in seeing more

Jeff

Click to expand...

Thanks Jeff,

Coventry Cathedral is well photographed site, and getting a
different view point is a challenge in itself.

Just 4 Morris,

I've gone out, re-took the shot, and added on the top part of the
spire!
Seriously, I preferred the composition of the clouds/sun and the
depth of colour in the first shot.

See for yourself......

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

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andycam · Oct 1, 2003

Hi Alex,

I do like the perspective on the Reykjavik spire, I will certianly consider different compositions in the future - if only to see what works and what doesn't.

If you fo decide to visit Cov Cathedral, I found that Sunday Mornings/afternoons are pretty quiet times - otherwise its overrun by tourists!

Thanks again,

Andy

AlexMoore said:
It's not in Coventry (it's actually Reykjavik..), but here's a shot
I kinda like of a spire (I know it's different to what you're
trying to achieve though Andy, but thought it might give you more
ideas).

I should be up in Coventry fairly soon (I have family there), may
join you and take some snaps of the cathederal..

-Alex

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

jim corcoran · Oct 1, 2003

andycam said:
Coventry’s (old) Cathedral, formally known as St.
Michael’s Church, was bombed in the blitz back in 1940.

The first pic is of St. Michael’s tower (backlit) and the
second of a bronze tombstone, whose right hand was blown off in the
air raid and has subsequently been repaired.

Comments welcome.

To view more pics of Coventry and its Cathedrals, please visit
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt/coventry

--
Andy
http://www.pbase.com/dandyholt

andy there is some great angles of the pics you took on your site.....give a lot of the pics a sense of depth thxs jim
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andycam · Oct 2, 2003

Thanks Jim for taking time in looking at my gallery,

I do like the pics in your 'creative' gallery, they have an air of surrealism.
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Andy
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