More Bedham church

I discovered it was built in 1880 as both a school and a church. It ceased being a school in the 1930's and the last service was held in 1959. It is such an incongruous setting, being in the middle of a wood. I cant wait to get back there in misty and wintry conditions.

You can see all the church pictures in my Flickr album https://flic.kr/s/aHsmNTvU7W

The lighting was awfully challenging. Deep shade and full on sun next to each other. Luckily I have been doing a few online tutorials in recent months and HDR merging was one of them. After merging three raw files I then open the merge in Adobe Camera Raw. That has seen a major upgrade in recent weeks and the brush tool is amazing. Almost blown highlights....no problem..... just paint in some exposure correction to the affected areas.

The first and third shot in this post would not have made it if I had relied on a single exposure.

This is the first of the 3 raw captures processed with default silkypix adjustments. Just look at the blown highlights !

I cannot find any reference to it being "protected", but it sits in a conservation area so hopefully that offers it some security. There are two large steel poles supporting the highest wall. The other walls are all in reasonable condition. The Victorians were master craftsmen when it came to building.