Exploring St Ives

A beautiful warm sunny October Day to explore St Ives and take some photos. Here a few view - some with alternative treatments, exposures or taken at different times of day. The Church has a very unusual Rerebos screen made of alabaster and the public toilets look like a small chapel. I like all the small alleyways and steps, many of them with plants and pots decorating them.

St Ives Cambridgeshire, Parish Church and Surrounds

All Saints Parish Church in St Ives is attractively situated on the Ouse. The tower and spire at 151 feet is not the tallest but 'the excellent proportions are apt to make it seem more' and are a challenge to photograph as it is enclosed by fences and trees. This is a 4-image panorama taken with a 27mm lens as horizontal frames and turned into a panorama with Lightroom The spire was blown down by the great gale of 1741 and rebuilt in 1748; it was again rebuilt in 1879. Finally in 1918 a large part was knocked down onto the church roof when an aeroplane crashed into it and it had to be rebuilt.