Some Church shots

[Wee man]

Not in any way even close to Nicks standard but I was in the little Church yesterday and took some shots.

This is the Church at Saul outside Downpatrick in St Patricks area when over here.

All with 7 - 14mm

Outside



Inside facing front



facing back



organ area



and the font



Thanks for looking comments welcomed.

[gregles]

Re: Some Church shots

Lovely wee church Ed

The roof timbers look pretty modern compared to the walls, must have been a guid collection

[Andrew Riddell]

Re: Some Church shots

Nice shots which give a real feeling for the church, but (with respect!) the interiors need to have the verticals corrected. The 7-14mm needs to be used with care in this kind of shot.

BTW, for Gregles, I don't think the main structure is older than the roof - just in an old style - and the whole thing probably built in the 1920s/1930s.

Andrew

[Wee man]

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Yes aware of the out of line walls etc but just wanted to give it a go I had permission to shoot and found a gap with no visitors. The Church was started in 1933 based on an old church.
As part of a community project which I helped with last year looking into the local granite /farming/fishing industry we came across work books relating to this church. One of the things written in a stone cutters pay book was a list of payments for individual stones. The main stones cut by hand for around the doorway were charged at one shilling and three old pence each! About six and a half new pence. They made three cut stones in a week. The stones for the walls were random cut.
I hope to return with other lenses and do a proper job.

[gregles]

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Fantastic history for this Ed and that is what makes things like this come to life for me

Greg

[Wee man]

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Yes the history in this area brings things to life. The same family firm from Annalong also prepared stones for structures in London and Belfast. The same work man had listed granite kerb stones and the street name where they were for with prices listed, a curve cost nearly twice the price of a straight section.
Was out birding with long lenses, weather was good drove up to check the church up as the hide I was visiting was only two miles away the only short lens with me was the 7 - 14mm and my PS skills are not good enough to sort out the tilt etc.

[gregles]

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My adopted home town is Annan. The town hall here is constructed from sandstone quarried locally from Corsehill quarry. The same stone was also used in the base of auld myrtle, the statue of liberty

History is alive and screaming at us every day Ed. It just takes someone to take 5 minutes of their time to waken us up to what is around us

Greg

PS you should really make the letters after yer name a wee bit bigger

[OlyPaul]

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Nice set Ed and a interesting history to it.

[Guest]

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Nice to see someone else trying church interiors, they always make good subjects with some challengeing requirements.

I would suggest that about 11 or 12mm is a better focal length for most churches, we actually don't see as wide as we think we do - and very wide angle pictures look a bit odd when, if we were there, what we would actually be seeing is depth.

Look forward to seeing more.

Nick