Stained Reflections Photo

Photographer’s Note

St. Werburgh’s is a perfect example of a timber framed parish church, there are just 27 remaining in England, the pulpit and communion rails are fine examples of Jacobean woodwork.

A newer church in the parish now takes the weekly services, though the old church still conducts ‘special’ services occasionally.

I took this shot because the light coming in from the stained glass windows was throwing pools of colour onto the tiled floor and pulpit giving them a serene and extremely beautiful appearance. I didn’t want to risk using the flash here in case the impact of the light and shadows was lost, fortunately it was just bright enough to take with a steady hand.

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Aegean (2567) 2003-07-19 3:41

Great colorful composition Mike! Stained glass windows has the potential to create fantastic color patterns...Perfect metering...Your choice to not use flash here was very wise;-) Very well done!

forlife (890) 2003-07-19 3:44

this is a real good shot Mike!
cotrast,colours,shade and sunny side,i like it very much!

philip_coggan (11) 2003-07-19 10:07

This is beautiful, luminous light and wonderful colours. You better get yourself a tripod for next time though... :-).

Guzman (577) 2003-07-19 20:12

Oh yes I do like this Mike , it appeals to me on all levels , churches can be great places for photography as long as he vicar agrees , some can be quite funny when you ask them.
composition ,light, subject all fall into place in this image , one thing thou, looks like it needs a good clean is that dust on the floor ?

well done

Lizard-lady (235) 2003-07-20 13:35