Cap-Saint-Ignace -1
One of the don’t blink your eyes or you will miss it towns along Route 132 is Cap-Saint-Ignace it sits just a bit downriver from Quebec City, the lovely church and surrounding elements make for a decent composition especially if the flowers are still in bloom.
The whole site is made up of the church, presbytery and a tithe barn, the tithe barn is one of the few remaining in the region and served to house the churches cut of the crops grown from the congregation of farmers that it served.
As was the custom in rural areas up until the mid-20th century the tithe levy, a tax payable to the Church on cultivated grain was collected in order to support the priest this was replaced eventually by capitation, a tax payable to the Church in cash.
The Tithe barn that sits today behind the presbytery was built only in 1920 and was used up until the 1950’s crop tithing ensured an income for the priest and allowed farmers that had little else, to contribute what they could.
I took this on Sept 22, 2020 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm Lens at 28mm 1/40 sec f/8 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Cap-Saint-Ignace -1
One of the don’t blink your eyes or you will miss it towns along Route 132 is Cap-Saint-Ignace it sits just a bit downriver from Quebec City, the lovely church and surrounding elements make for a decent composition especially if the flowers are still in bloom.
The whole site is made up of the church, presbytery and a tithe barn, the tithe barn is one of the few remaining in the region and served to house the churches cut of the crops grown from the congregation of farmers that it served.
As was the custom in rural areas up until the mid-20th century the tithe levy, a tax payable to the Church on cultivated grain was collected in order to support the priest this was replaced eventually by capitation, a tax payable to the Church in cash.
The Tithe barn that sits today behind the presbytery was built only in 1920 and was used up until the 1950’s crop tithing ensured an income for the priest and allowed farmers that had little else, to contribute what they could.
I took this on Sept 22, 2020 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm Lens at 28mm 1/40 sec f/8 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress