St Mary’s Church in Totnes, Devon. Taken from a low angle , lying on the pavement (sidewalk) with people stepping over me 😉 to bring the tiled nameplate into view with the church behind. Bit of processing on this one to darken the sky a bit and some dodging to bring out the detail on the nameplate.
Perfect perspective by prostrating yourself in front of that church.
I like your processing. Darkening the clouds really adds to the feeling created. However I love the perspective!
Loving that lowdown perspective – it really makes the the church seem powerful and quite large! The details in this are incredible and I love how darkening the sky brings out the details even more!
I bet people driving by slowed down wondering why some weird photographer was laying on the ground lol
Hi Steve,
Awesome picture! Love all the texture in the building.
Love the composition . . . I would have liked to see a photograph of the photographer . . .
Your processing is amazing. Love the textures and clarity. Darkening the sky was spot on.
Where did you pick up on that it was Religious.
I love the concept that comes across through your pairing of “religion” with the low-shot perspective of the church. I also greatly appreciate your “extreme” photographers position on the ground!!! My kind of guy! lol…
love this dark image – I think I would have been tempted to take out the more modern building on the left to focus the eye on the old church and the amazing textures in the photo.
Thats a fair point Iris….perhaps I’ll post a follow up with it removed
Ohhhh … what at dark and foreboding image you’ve captured! Feels a bit like an image from a gothic novel! Very, very cool!
Love your dedication (I am now less hampered by the presence of a mortified teenaged daughter than I used to be.) Great work on exposure–this looks like it might have been an HDR photo.
I know what you mean Bobbie, but it is not HDR….the cloud was darkened with a Multiply layer then a mask used to bring back the church and sign and the dodging done on a 50% grey layer
I agree with Kathryn. That is an amazing shot.
The angle was worth laying on the pavement for – it made a wonderful composition.