What started off as an evening photo-walk to capture the Christmas lights down our main street, turned into photographing two of the local churches. It was the first time I’d really realised that the churches are beautiful lit up at night. This particular night by a bright full moon as well artificially.
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I hope, at some stage, to take photos of the many other churches around town, at night.
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Wow, those are two stunning photos. Well done.
Thanks Heather! It was really an experiment to see whether I could do night-time photography. Turned out better than I’d hoped for.
Lovely! Did you use a tripod, Lisa?
Thanks Reggie! No, no tripod. I was using my compact camera, so my hands were quite steady.
Those are great pictures. The second one, especially, is spectacular.
Thanks Laura! I got lucky with the full moon being behind the church and the wispy cloudy drifting by.
Lovely pictures, reminding me very vividly of SA and its beautiful churches
You’re right – even the smallest country towns often have at least one beautiful church.
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We now love in Belgium and the smallest town will have a beautiful church. The rest of the town sort of developed around the church
I also like the second one best, although they are both beauties!
Both churches date back to the mid-1800s, but have been beautifully maintained. The second is (I think) the biggest church in our town, and is a well-known landmark.
The second photo looks like it could be right out of a scary movie with the moon partially obscured by the clouds.
You sure have steady hands!
It felt quite eerie too. We were all alone in the dark church garden. The trick to steady hands is to have a small, light camera! 🙂 My hands shake a lot when I’m using our bigger camera.
fantastic! – rita
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