Showing posts with label cathedral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cathedral. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2022

Wide-Angle View of Ely

We had a CCC meet up in Ely plus the added bonus of a Photohunt set by Barry and Sue. I used mostly a wide-angle attachment for my Fuji compact which focuses close though it does then distort at the edges. Here a selection of images - all single exposures except the very last image with is a multiexposure.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

High Contrast Images from Ely Cathedral

Unusually for any event that I organise, yesterday's CCC Points of View took place in hot bright sunshine so it was ice creams rather than hot chocolate on the wish lists. When the images are all in for judging, I will share some of my efforts at the topics, but here are a few images taken in the Cathedral  mostly using light and shadow in the design. The third image is an in-camera double exposure - one of the topics and quite a few Members were trying this for the first time with their cameras.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

The cathedral is based on a design by Giles Gilbert Scott, and was constructed between 1904 and 1978. The total external length of the building is 207 yards (189 m) making it the longest cathedral in the world. In terms of overall volume, Liverpool Cathedral ranks as the fifth-largest cathedral in the world. I think for me it would rank as one of the ugliest but I am sure many people would not agree. I couldn't get an exterior photo I liked so have borrowed one.
Photos included of the 27-foot-high sculpture, made of more than 100,000 knives, outside the cathedral. The knives were the result of collection points for knives confiscated from individuals by 43 police forces across the country.

 

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Liverpool Catholic Cathedral and New Brighton Icons

On Monday, after visiting the Library, we paid a quick visit to the Catholic Cathedral. The weather was very dull so, hopefully, we will revisit on a sunny day. We returned to New Brighton and I took a few photos of the Liverpool skyline at dusk, one of the mermaids on their Trail and also of the plaque that celebrates the Foundation of the Guide Dogs for the Blind in 1931

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Green Men at Ely

We visited Ely yesterday and spent a long while in the cathedral hunting Green Man symbols. A Green Man is a sculpture or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves. Branches or vines may sprout from the mouth, nostrils, or other parts of the face and these shoots may bear flowers or fruit. There is a lot written about the origin of Green Man sculptures, many believing it is a pagan artifact derived from the ancient Celts' worship of the head. There is a trail leaflet that says there are over 70 Green men and animals but we only found  6 of the listed 12. Sadie and Meredith also enjoyed looking at the Christmas Tree and Great-great-great-great grandfather's plaque as Bishop of Ely .
 

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