Sussex pyramid

Sussex's own pyramid is Mad Jack Fuller's grave in Brightling Church.

 

Jack Fuller's pyramid is a 25 foot (7.62 m) high mausoleum built in 1811, twenty-three years before his death. It stands in the churchyard of St. Thomas à Becket, Brightling.

 

The ninth verse of Grey's Elegy is inscribed on one wall:

 

'The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r

And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave

Await alike th' inevitable hour

The paths of glory lead but to the grave'

 

Local legend had it that Fuller was entombed in the pyramid in full dress and top hat seated at a table set with a roast chicken and a bottle of wine. This was discovered to be untrue during renovations in 1982. Fuller is indeed buried in the conventional manner beneath the pyramid.

 

On Camera stuff

- Tripod

- Canon 10-22mm

 

Post Processing in ACR

- Strengthend blacks

- pushed clarity

- pushed vibrance

- overly sharpended image

- Converted to B+W

- Played with colour channels until I got the B+W effect I wanted.

- removed a few dust bunnies

- Added vignette

Done