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HDR photograph by Timothy Selvage of stain glass windows at Coventry Cathedral, UK. What a week!! I've fallen behind with my processing and regular uploading as I've been working on a mini project that isn't (hold your breath) anything to do with HDR.
It's more experimental and progressive than completed though. But over the next I hope to get back to the more usual processing and uploads until I'm ready to post the new work.
This shot of the stain glass windows at Coventry Cathedral was a simple and satisfying shot. It was towards the end of an overcast day which made the inside of the church dark, but bright enough to illuminate these windows. In fact I think that the overcast light illuminated these windows evenly which gives this a soft glow rather than a glaring light.
I used HDR but only because of the spotlights. Otherwise I would have used two exposures, one for the room and one for the windows & reflections on the floor. In cast the windows as pictured are from a single exposure.
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I haven't been out shooting any architecture images since early March as I haven't been able to get into London because of the lockdown. But about a month ago I was in Coventry for a day as my son, who is at uni there, went to collect his things from the flat he'd been sharing with 2 other lads. Apparently, and I say apparently because I refused to accompany him into the flat and I don't know for sure, but the idea was for the 3 of them to work together to clean the place before they all departed. How well that went I have no idea. Let's just say I am resigned to losing the deposit we paid on the flat and leave it at that.
So while the 3 of them cleaned I went out and walked around Coventry with my camera. Hooray, there is actually architecture in Coventry. Perhaps not the most inspiring of architecture as the place was bombed in the war and a lot of it is post-war architecture. But there was enough there for me to explore happily for 3 or 4 hours.
This car park is very close to where my son was staying and I liked the clean lines of it. In fact this is two images, set side by side on a white background, with one of images flipped horizontally so that the light in the centre matches. I like the abstract nature of it but I also like that it is still recognisable as a car park.
The original monastery, the Priory of St Anne, was built of local sandstone between 1381 and 1410.
The site included a church, a chapter house, the Great Cloister surrounded by 12 individual monks’ cells, and the Prior’s Cell and refectory, now the main building known as the Prior’s House. Near the Prior’s House there was probably also a guest house, bakery, brewery, kiln house and granaries.
Each monk lived in a self-contained cell, a two-storey dwelling within a small walled garden. Remains of these cells, and of the church, have been discovered through archaeological excavation on site.
This is a location shot to coincide with my two previous uploads. The three photographs were taken next to the canal in Coventry during a cloudy day an hour or so before dusk!
The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England.
The city has had three cathedrals. The first was St Mary's, a monastic building, from 1102-1539, of which only a few ruins remain. The second was St Michael's, a 14th-century Gothic church designated as a cathedral in 1918, which remains as a ruined shell, seen here on the left; after its bombing during the Second World War. The third is the new St Michael's Cathedral, built immediately adjacent, on yje right; after the destruction of the former, consecrated in 1962.
The ruined cathedral is a symbol of war time destruction and barbarity, but also of peace and reconciliation.
The roofless ruins of the old cathedral, was largely constructed between the late 14th century and early 15th century from red sandstone. It was one of the largest parish churches in England when, in 1918, it was elevated to cathedral status on the creation of the Diocese of Coventry. This St Michael's Cathedral now stands ruined, bombed almost to destruction during the Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940 by the German Luftwaffe. Only the tower, spire, the outer wall and the bronze effigy and tomb of its first bishop, Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs, survived. The ruins of this older cathedral remain hallowed ground and are listed at Grade I. Following the bombing of the cathedral in 1940, Provost Richard Howard had the words "Father Forgive" inscribed on the wall behind the altar of the ruined building. The spire rises to 87 metres to the base of the weathervane, and is the tallest structure in the city. It is also the third tallest cathedral spire in England, with only Salisbury and Norwich cathedrals rising higher. When the height of the weathervane is included, it is 88 metres high.
The current St Michael's Cathedral, built next to the remains of the old one, was designed by Basil Spence and Arup, built by John Laing and is a Grade I listed building.
The selection of Spence for the work was a result of a competition held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Coventry Cathedral; his design was chosen from over two hundred submitted. Spence (later knighted for this work) insisted that instead of rebuilding the old cathedral, it should be kept in ruins as a garden of remembrance and that the new cathedral should be built alongside, the two buildings together effectively forming one church. The use of Great Gate sandstone for the new Coventry Cathedral provides an element of unity between the buildings.
The foundation stone of the new cathedral was laid by Elizabeth II on 23 March 1956. The unconventional spire or flèche is 824 m tall and was lowered onto the flat roof by a helicopter, flown by Wing Commander John Dowling in April 1962.
The cathedral was consecrated on 25 May 1962 by Cuthbert Bardsley, Bishop of Coventry with Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, composed for the occasion, premiered in the new cathedral on 30 May to mark its consecration.
An old RAW file image re-vamped using Photoshop CC2020 & Luminar 4 ...
On the night of 14th November 1940, the city of Coventry and its Cathedral were devastated by an air raid !
In memory of a good friend and drinking partner no longer with us ... Dave Tipton. This day - 16th November 2010 - Dave gave me a mini tour of not only the Cathedral, but a few pubs as well. It was the last time I saw him alive. Sadly he passed away from cancer 2 months later !
EXPLORED 16th Feb, 2013 #44: - Thanks Everyone
One of the earlier shots from my first night time outing with the D800. I have tweaked it a bit here and there, the source of that colour is sodium street lighting. I have increased the sharpness, contrast and maybe the colour.
Since I had the D800, it seems that the photographs are more sensitive to any increases in contrast during processing, certainly compared with shots taken with the D300. I wondered if anyone else has had any similar experience?
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The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The current bishop is Christopher Cocksworth and the current dean is John Witcombe.
Coventry's three spires belong to the churches of the Holy Trinity, St Michael (the city's old cathedral), and Christchurch. The buildings of the old cathedral and Christchurch were ruined in World War II, but the spires remain.
HDR photography by Timothy Selvage of the "rather imposing bronze statues of St. Michael and the Devil on the southern end of the east wall. (Ecclesiastically speaking, the west end of the south wall.) It was sculpted by Sir Jacob Epstein, who, sadly, died in 1959, and therefore didn't live to see his masterpiece mounted on the cathedral wall a year later.
The choice of Epstein for the work initially troubled various members of the cathedral's Reconstruction Committee. The phrase "But he is a Jew", plus the controversial nature of some of his previous work, were among the reasons put forward against his selection for the sculpting of St. Michael, the cathedral's patron saint. "So was Jesus Christ" was the simple retort from Basil Spence to the first accusation!" see: www.historiccoventry.co.uk/cathedrals/st-michael-devil.php
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Seen parked at at the ex Midland Red garage at Oldbury in September 1974 is WMPTE (ex Coventry) 231Y (VWK 231), a Daimler CVG6 with Metro Cammell body
For all Coventry Transport enthusiasts!
Taken at the Sandwell Bus Rally at Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich in the eighties is preserved Daimler CVA6 94 (GKV 94).
With Metro Cammell bodywork, it is one of 96 almost identical buses, these are the buses that I travelled home from School on in the mid 60's.
Now in the care of Roger Burdett, hopefully we will see this back on the rally scene in the not too distant future.
Loading in Pool Meadow Bus Station in March 1974 is 26 (KWK 26F) an ECW bodied Daimler Fleetline.
It is wearing the final Coventry livery, in WMPTE style. One more variant was to come though, using Marshall Red and WMPTE cream in the WMPTE layout