Half Light by rockstrider

Photography • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Nov 16, 2009

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[best viewed full sized] This image was shot this afternoon quite local to where I live and is the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, (although it is known as just St Mary's) in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. Mirfield appears to have formed part of the great Saxon parish of Dewsbury, till the year 1261, when the following curious and well authenticated account caused its separation: it happened, says this ancient document, that as the Lady, of Sir John Heton, of Mirfield, was going to mass, very early in the morning of Christmas day, to the parish church of Dewsbury, that she was robbed, and her principal attendants murdered, at a place called Ravensbrook Lane. On the same day, while she was at dinner, at nine o'clock in the morning, (at that time, the usual hour) two Mendicant Ecclesiastics came to solicit charity, at the same time informing her that they were going to Rome, where her husband, Sir John, then resided. On this intelligence, she wrote a letter to her husband, and told him of the horrid scene she had just witnessed, and requested of him to make interest with the Pope to erect the Chapel of Mirfield into a parochial Church, that the inhabitants might no longer be exposed to the dangers she had experienced, on the way to their parish church. This letter the priests delivered to Sir John, who prevailed on his holiness to elevate Mirfield into a rectory, and bestowed the patronage on Sir John and his posterity, who immediately conferred the living on his younger brother, who built the rectory House about the year 1300. This was shot for this months Forum Challenge set by Bruce (pushinfaders) using a wide-angled lens, polariser and a tripod. Only very slight dodge and burn was used on the stonework in photoshop as well as a slight boost in saturation. Thanks for looking and any comments and critique are, as always, more than welcome and valued! Carl

Comments (21)

BibbyBear

3:00PM | Mon, 16 November 2009

Love it! I love the low light and the perspective created from the wide angled lens. And the flare from the light is an added bonus that really draws my eye into the shot. Favourite xxx

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