Chantry Bridge and Chapel

Tried a long exposure to blur the water on this shot, the direct sunlight beneath the first arch on the left detracts from the shot for me. Overall though am quite pleased with it.




Chantry Bridge and Chapel by SFB579 , on Flickr

In the 14th century the Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin was built on the medieval bridge across the River Calder on the road to Doncaster and the south.

I like the light dappling the bridge.

Interesting shot. Nice tones.
Is that sensor dust and staining in the sky and river?
What have you been up to with that camera?

I think that sensor cleaning would help too but more importantly a little CCW rotation, take the whole exposure down a lot and convert to mono and you have a winner

I thought that was dirt on my lap top screen

I like this shot

I quite like the composition, but the building across the river and the bright halo round it are a bit distracting. The water and bridge look lovely though.

I think the dust could be birds in flight, used the polorising filter to get a long shutter speed to blur the water, usually check sensor weekly for dust. Will try the black and white conversion, cheers fellas.

Cleaned up, ratated and converted to black and white.



Chantry Bridge B&W by SFB579 , on Flickr

Re. colour image:

I know that place - you have chosen an unusual angle to shoot from, and I like that composition.

The sky blue gradation looks fine to me (apart from the sensor dust spots) but, if it were mine, I would enhance the saturation of the other colours in the image - in that kind of light I would expect all the colours to be stronger.

Philip

B&W is much better, but that sky and the building need darkening down, and you need to get you eyes checked if you think those are birds in the sky

Thanks Alan