'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

[jimsphotography]

A little snap I took the other day from Clee Hill looking down on Knowle Churchyard. Fog & blue smoke from the log burners getting mixed up into a mist. Just loved the way the stabs of light picked out the grave stones in this little villages churchyard.


What do you think?
James

[hhcanon]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Superb - Clee Hill I know - just may be up there in the spring.
Incidentally, I know a guy who takes a lot of similar shots, which are superp - he lives in stourbridge - it pays to get up early, so well done-keep at it!
A small edit - sorry - B/W may suit the image better

[tesarver]

'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

James

Tom

[Hogharley]

'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Fantastic image.

Shane.

[jimsphotography]

'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Hi hhcanon
I take your point about B/W so I tried it out - there is a lot of middle grey in this image so when converted to b/w it lacks punch. I could beef up the contrast to give it more dynamic range but then it looses some of its subtle tonal range - thanks for the idea - it's always worth trying these things
James

[DeeGee]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Beautiful and very atmospheric.

[hhcanon]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Hi hhcanon
I take your point about B/W so I tried it out - there is a lot of middle grey in this image so when converted to b/w it lacks punch. I could beef up the contrast to give it more dynamic range but then it looses some of its subtle tonal range - thanks for the idea - it's always worth trying these things
James

No problem mate - cracking image, none the less, but I guess you know that anyway.you are lucky to have that view, so hats off to you!!!

[Judder Man]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Very atmospheric layering effect, makes you look around the scene looking for hidden detail in the smoke and mist.

[Nathaniel]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Very nice. I like the superb effect that has been created and captured for posterity.

[Les McLean]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Yes, it's a lovely image, right place at the right time, and having the necessary skills to capture the image.

[colin C]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

One of the beauties of nature and you have captured it well. With the compression you have in the shot, I suspect a telephoto rather than a wide-angle and that church steeple is in just the right place.

[jimsphotography]

'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Hi Colin,
Well spotted - yes the apparent compression in the picture was produced by a 300mm f2.8 lens on a 1DX
James

[George Bear]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

Very nice and being in the right place at the right time with the right kit ... good planning I guess?

[John27]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

I like this, but never really think of using a telephoto lens for landscape

John

[George Bear]

Re: 'Gods Light' falling on Knowle Churchyard

I like this, but never really think of using a telephoto lens for landscape

It opens up all sorts of possibilities and then you can move onto stitching images to produce landscapes with a huge amount of detail.