Fortnightly Challenge 26th June to midnight 10th July - The Stonemasons Work
 

Quite often when passing older buildings or monuments we never take the time too appreciate the intricate details and decor that was the Stonemasons work of years gone by. So the challenge is capture either detail or whole building of these guys masterpieces - good luck :)


Fortnightly Challenge is open to all members of WPF.
The challenge will be run on (GMT) time.

Post your photo in this thread from 26th June to midnight 10th July


then a 3 day poll will be placed in this thread for voting on the photo you like best in this challenge.

(Please give your photo a title )

The winner picks a challenge for the following fortnight and starts a new thread.

1. One photo per member
2. To be taken during period stated above
3. The photo must include exif data with date and time
4. Post your entry as one attachment directly in this thread
5. No discussion of entries in the thread
6. Do not post any entries in the gallery until after the voting has finished

Gryffindor

Beneath the Crooked Spire
 

Chesterfield and the Rose Window.

Bastion arches old tin mines Neath
 

Bastion arches old tin mines Neath

Gateway to a udder dimension
 

Sorry bout the title - couldn't resist it

Bell Chamber and Spire, Marble Church, Bodelwyddan
 

The Bell Chamber and Spire of St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Bodelwyddan

The Whitehaven 'candlestick'
 

1850 ventilation chimney for Wellington pit

A good shot gidders

Congratulations Clive - What's next Comp?

Well done Clive - I liked the PP on this and the title ( looked and still looking for a Slytherin) :)

Excellent shot - and beautifully presented!

congrats Clive, beautiful shot

Thanks everyone - new challenge is up :)

Behind the Scenes

• Lighting conditions are always difficult when shooting against the sky so this image started out at a 3 shot bracket.
• These were then exported from Lightroom using > Edit in > Merge to HDR Pro in Photoshop... to create a 32 bit tiff.
• This was then reimported into Lightroom for tonal editing. See this <<<Youtube Tutorial>>> for full detail of the process.
• Then the image was exported to Photoshop as an 8 bit image so that I could clone out some fairy lights & convert to B&W using Silver Efex Pro

Ups & Downs

My Up is Ade's - Whitehaven Candlestick. An interesting bit of stonework & certainly fits the bill as far as the challenge is concerned. For me, its a little bit too central in the frame - maybe moving a bit to the left to show more of the left pier wall with the candlestick offset to the right might have made a more interesting image. Also, personally, I like my black & white images to be a bit more contrasty. There are many different ways of creating mono images - some of which give more control than others.

My Down is Graham's - Beneath the Crooked Spire. Again a very interesting subject. Personally I'me not sure about the angle/perspective. I'm also left a bit wondering if I'm supposed to be looking at the spire as suggested by the title, or the huge stained glass window & surrounding stonework, which dominate the image.

As always Guys, JMHO