W/NW: Churches

[Kai-san]

Il Duomo, Milano.

Nikon 35TI / Fuji Superia 400

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Very nice series! What film?

Thank you. Only the first shot was film (Kodachrome, scanned and converted to B&W). The rest were taken with a Leica M-P 240 (converted to B&W w/ Silver Efex).

 

[boojum]

Chartres again

The main altar

An exterior shot of the main stained glass window

An interior shot of the main stained glass window Chartres

A glimpse of the interior majesty

 

[raydm6]

‎⁨Église Saint Sulpice⁩, ⁨Paris⁩, ⁨France⁩

 

[GMOG]

Santa Rita Church in Riley, NM. Riley is a ghost town. The church is the only building there that is still maintained.

 

[mnutzer]

St. Luke, Munich

 

[Bill Jones]

Sainte-Mère-Église
Sony NEX-7 Touit Distagon 12mm f2.8
iso100 1250s at f2.8
Taken Oct 2013



NEX-7 S24mm f1.8 iso100 125s at f1.8​

 

[rhl-oregon]

Chesterfield NC
SL2, Sigma 65mm2.0

 

[mnutzer]

Dome of St. Luke Munich seen through two arches

 

[Tuna]

 

[dourbalistar]

View attachment 4832627

Well captured! The statute on the left balances the composition wonderfully. Equal "weight" if not equal size.

 

[davidswiss]

St Catherine's chapel just above Abbotsbury

 

[davidswiss]

St Andrew's just outside Didling.

 

[x-ray]

… Still in use, primitive church tucked away in the Appalachians.

 

[x-ray]

St. Roch New Orleans.

 

[x-ray]

It’s not the structure that makes a church…

Holiness church in the mountains of East Tn that practices serpent handling. They handle copperheads, rattle snakes, cobras, puffadders and cotton mouthed as well as using a torch on themselves and drinking drain cleaner and strychnine. I’ve attended about 55 of these services.

You and I ma not follow their practices but these are some of the kindest and most sincere people I’ve ever met.

I’m sad to say the pastor in this church passed away from a heart attack at his home a year ago.

 

[x-ray]

Faith takes many forms and a church doesn’t necessarily have to have 4 walls n

 

[x-ray]

Abandon Victorian church … 1972. Torn down shortly after I photographed it.

 

[boojum]

Abandon Victorian church … 1972. Torn down shortly after I photographed it.

You are in a hotbed of religious fervor. What they lack in religious education they make up for with religious passion. Faith takes many forms and fashions. The yardstick is does it help?

I enjoy very muich your collection of Appalachia events. Get all you can. TV will replace a lot with shabby imitations of what is happening in those hollers. Thanks for posting.

 

[x-ray]

You are in a hotbed of religious fervor. What they lack in religious education they make up for with religious passion. Faith takes many forms and fashions. The yardstick is does it help?

I enjoy very muich your collection of Appalachia events. Get all you can. TV will replace a lot with shabby imitations of what is happening in those hollers. Thanks for posting.

Glad you enjoy them. Will post more soon.