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Looking towards the altar in my local parish church, St Mary's, Purton, Wiltshire, England. Shot at f/5.6 and ISO 400. <br />
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The painting of “The Last Supper” in the reredos is from the school of the 17th century Dutch painter, Jacob Jordaens, and was given to the church by the dowager Countess of Shaftesbury in 1782. It was stolen in 1994, returned from the United States in 2001, badly damaged, restored and then returned to its historic location in 2004
Tumulus on the Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England. <br /><br />
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A Tumulus is a Neolithic burial site and contains the remains of our ancient ancestors. This one is at the top of the downs beside the Ancient Ridgeway Path, the oldest road in England. The original path ran from the south coast in Dorset all the way to the Wash in East Anglia and hence to continental Europe.<br /><br />
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Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM lens with a Metabones Adapter.
The largest man-made mound in Europe, mysterious Silbury Hill compares in height and volume to the roughly contemporary Egyptian pyramids. Probably completed in around 2400 BC, it apparently contains no burial. Though clearly important in itself, its purpose and significance remain unknown.<br />
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Single RAW Frame shot Hand-Held. Uncropped.
Charring Cross Station, London, England.<br /><br />
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Single RAW Frame, image shot hand-held. Conversion with Sony's RAW Image Data Converter.
St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of the English port city of Bristol, close to the city centre. Constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, the church is a Grade 1 listed building,<br /><br />
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Adapters: This is the fifth in a Series of Test Shots using Lens Adapters in conjunction with Non- FE/Sony lenses with the Sony Alpha 7R Camera System.
Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Pulteney Bridge crosses the River Avon in Bath, England. It was completed by 1774, and connected the city with the newly built Georgian town of Bathwick. Designed by Robert Adam in a Palladian style, it is one of only four bridges in the world with shops across its full span on both sides. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
This consists of 5 RAW Bracketed Images converted with Sony's excellent RAW Data Image Converter and processed with the Fusion facility in Photomatix Pro 5.0 software. There is no other way to capture this Dynamic Range.
Shot on the Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire, England. This is a tumulus, a Neolithic burial mound with a coppice of Beech trees growing on it. A second tumulus can be seen on the left in the background. There are six tumuli on this ridge of the Marlborough Downs and they look down on the stone circles below at Avebury. A very, very special atmospheric location. A Selenium Toned B&W conversion.
Shot inside STEAM, The Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, Wiltshire, England.<br /><br />
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Three RAW Frames shot from a Tripod at -2 EV, 0 EV and +2 EV, 35mm, f/8 and ISO 400. RAW Conversions undertaken in Sony's Image Data Converter which seems to offer superior RAW Conversion to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3. 16-Bit TIFF Files Tone Mapped with Photomatix Pro and finished in Adobe Photoshop CS3. As a Canon user and owner of the EOS 5D Mk.II, this looks to be a stunning Camera/Lens combination.
