A visit to Carlton

I drove out to Carlton today and took some pictures of the church (St Peter). It was an old and weathered church, which was dark and chilly inside. Here are a few pictures.

View of the south side of the church, with an old semi-timbered porch — The church looks like it was built at different eras. Notice how each window is different!

View of the north side of the church, with the walls a mosaic of crumbling plasterwork and stones. — The north side of the church. I’m noticing two things when uploading these photos: (1) they look darker when they’re smaller and not in an image editor, and (2) I’ve forgotten to turn off the automatic sharpening on the image editor, which means they look too crusty and artificial.

A church window with the stinework around it cracked and crumbling away — The windows are in a poor state. I’ll be donating money, as I’ve decided I’ll do to each church I visit. I could see it as an entrance fee.

A view down the church towards the altar, with plain white plaster walls and dark pews — I had to use HDR on this because the contrasts were huge. I could make it lighter, but the church was dark inside so a lighter image wouldn’t express the atmosphere of the church.

An orange pumpkin, some green apples and some brown beetroots on a window sill lit by the sunlight — I tried a few pictures with my old Takumar 100mm lens. It has lovely colours.

I’ll have to go back and get some more unusual photos. You have to get the obvious ones out of the way first before focusing in on quirky details or unusual angles.