Magnificent shot and lighting! Stay well!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance

Thanks for posting to the group
www.ipernity.com/group/churches

Superb shot Howard

Thanks. It's odd how, after I return from a trip with a batch of new pictures, it's often the one which I initially rejected (because it appeared at first to be slightly substandard, and it's better, surely, to have fewer pictures of a higher average standard than the opposite) which I then edit and upload a few days afterwards, which turns out to be the most popular.

This one, I thought looked banal, the church with its stumpy tower rather ordinary. But on second view, the lack of a spire (church towers and spires must be included in their entirety, and that places restraints on composition) made a better overall composition possible, and once I'd added an interesting sky from elsewhere and airbrushed out the usual rubbish - parked cars, aerials etc. - it was as good as the other shots. Because of the limited range of colours, the monochrome version may be better, but at the cost of the golden glow of the low sun on the Cotswold stone, which may be the picture's main attraction.

You have done a wonderful Job Howard, my editing skills a sub standard, What do you use to airbrush out the pesky cars?
I agree there is someting wonderful about that glow of Cotswold stone, I do however like the tones i get from Kent flint!

In most cases, the Clone Stamp tool (in PhotoShop), but sometimes I'll create a layer from a suitable nearby area and use that (by selecting the area, then using ctrl+C then ctrl+V, and then moving the layer created with the mouse to hide the offending car, sign etc. The latter method gives a bit more flexibility.

Superb image with excellent lighting Howard.

Thanks.