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The sun sets behind Knowlton Church, with glorious sunshine. Just before it got fully dark we walked into the building itself, a little erie, made more so as just on entering the church bats decided to leave, a wonderful experience.

Isn't life odd, when you expect a picture to bomb it does well, when you really like a picture, and expect it to do well, it flops. Not quite sure why these Knowlton pictures haven't gone down too well, but hey ho, such is life.
Thank you to all those that clicked, commented and voted on my previous uploads, I really appreciate it.
This is one of those marmite shots I suspect. Its a blended image of two bracketed exposures to balance foreground and sky, I then processed it in Colour Efex Pro and this is the result. I'm really enjoying processing these images from Knowlton, more to come, I'm afraid!

Brand:Canon
Camera:Canon EOS 500D
Lens:Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Recording media:JPEG (digital)
Date Taken:22 Aug 2012 - 8:03 PM
Focal Length:15mm
Lens Max Aperture:f/4.0
Aperture:f/16.0
Exposure Comp:0.0
ISO:100
Exposure Mode:Manual
Metering Mode:Multi-segment
Flash:No Flash
Title:Church at the dawn of time
Username:marktc marktc
Uploaded:24 Aug 2012 - 6:57 AM
Tags:Digital art, Knowlton church, Landscape, Landscape / travel, Sunset
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CarolG
CarolG (e2 Member)
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24 Aug 2012 - 6:59 AM
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A glorious sky as a backdrop to this fine image, Mark. Carol

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marktc
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24 Aug 2012 - 7:01 AM
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Thank you Carole.

longhoss
longhoss (e2 Member)
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24 Aug 2012 - 7:09 AM
1

Great colours
Glyn

andylea
andylea (e2 Member)
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36 forum postsandylea vcard United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 7:22 AM
1

fantastic colours and detail mark wonderful comp and i love that sky a stunner nice one Wink
andy

fentiger
24 Aug 2012 - 7:23 AM
1

It is the fantastic sky that makes this image.

Albert

zapar40
24 Aug 2012 - 7:31 AM
1

sky is amazing Mark, nicely done.
ant.

WhiteRose1
WhiteRose1 (e2 Member)
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634 forum postsWhiteRose1 vcard England104 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 7:55 AM
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A real beauty, Mark, you've brought out some excellent colour with the processing. And I actually like the telephone wires in the composition which must be a first for me. 15mm - a touch of vertical distortion on the tower maybe.

Dave

barbarahirst
barbarahirst (e2 Member)
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24 Aug 2012 - 10:06 AM
1

love marmite ... love this

Rach1970
24 Aug 2012 - 10:32 AM
1

Another beauty Mark. Love those colours. Nice one Smile

taggart
taggart (e2 Member)
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41 forum poststaggart vcard United States11 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 1:19 PM
1

Terrific atmosphere accomplished in this image, so very well done!

AnnChown
AnnChown (e2 Member)
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98 forum postsAnnChown vcard United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 2:16 PM
1

The sky is wonderful and looks huge against that lovely church. Lovely image.
Ann

Chinga
Chinga (e2 Member)
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24 Aug 2012 - 3:59 PM
1

It gets a double wow from me.... What a sky... IB

Sezz
Sezz (e2 Member)
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614 forum postsSezz vcard England15 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 4:50 PM
0

A lovely scene Mark, that's a gorgeous sky!

Sarah *

gajewski
gajewski (e2 Member)
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24 Aug 2012 - 5:50 PM
1

Nice work. Your processing paid off here -- giving us detail in the structure and the foreground grass and also presenting that wonderful sky.
I look forward to the additional shots.
-=\Walter

Irishkate
Irishkate (e2 Member)
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Irishkate vcard United Kingdom49 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 7:22 PM
1

Superb sky, Beautiful ruin, great composition, lovely light on field and trees -
what's not to like?
KateGrinGrinGrin

Lillian
Lillian (e2 Member)
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Lillian vcard United Kingdom14 Constructive Critique Points
24 Aug 2012 - 9:03 PM
1

Funny..but I like Marmite..but slow off the mark here again Mark!..sorry
I think you have a beautiful capture here with the golden colours
and that is a rather special sky to set it all off so well
Lillian

Skeet1Away
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24 Aug 2012 - 9:21 PM
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Mark, stunning sunset with lovely tones and detail, well worth waiting the rain out.......


Paul.

annettep38
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25 Aug 2012 - 7:58 AM
1

A wonderful painted sky, glorious colours and a completely different atmosphere

TJC63
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United Kingdom1 Constructive Critique Points
27 Aug 2012 - 11:51 AM
1

A nice piece of processing work here. A nice composition with the church tower on a third. I agree with Dave that there looks to be a tadge of lens distortion on the tower, but not enough to spoil the overall effect. Very well done.

Fefe
Fefe (e2 Member)
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28 Aug 2012 - 11:13 AM
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OOOoooooo I love this oneGrinGrinGrin
Diane

tepot
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4416 forum posts United Kingdom
30 Aug 2012 - 4:18 AM
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best of the series Mark, great exposure keeping detail in that gorgeous sky and keeping the foreground from disappearing into the black.

Terry.

DilysT
DilysT (e2 Member)
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12 Sep 2012 - 5:13 PM
1

Gorgeous Sky Mark Smile Love it

Dilys

kenfoulds
kenfoulds (e2 Member)
kenfoulds vcard United Kingdom
13 Sep 2012 - 9:21 PM
1

A sky to die for made even better by good overall composition of the elements in the frame. Great photo
Ken

An excellent shot Mark, great sky detail and exposure. I would like to see a similar shot to this taken from a little nearer the church, just to give it more prominence.

Cheers

Andy

CardenPics
30 Sep 2012 - 8:01 AM
0

Great Picture

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