Astbury church

Astbury church, originally uploaded by foto-art.

Art effect treatment using Photoshop of Astbury church near Congleton, Cheshire, England.

Astbury Church 1

Astbury Church 1, originally uploaded by foto-art.

Astbury Church, near Congleton in South Cheshire. A slightly more unusual viewpoint of this church, which is usually photographed in the height of spring when the green in front of the church is bedecked with daffodils. This had to be taken early in the morning to get the sun on this face of the church. It was taken with a 35mm camera using a Sigma 18mm Wide angle lens and the resultant converging verticals were corrected in Photoshop. With 35mm I just take my film into somwhere like Jessop's and get them to process the film and digitise the images and put them onto a cd-rom. I do not scan prints in myself or digitise the negatives...too time consuming and expensive for the amount of 35mm photography that I do. It's just that the ultra-wide 18mm lens is indispensible for this kind of shot, where my digital camera just does not have a wide enough angle of view.

Astbury Church 2

Astbury Church 2, originally uploaded by foto-art.

Astbury Church, near Congleton, South Cheshire. One of the most photographed churches in the area. I had to get up early for this more unusual viewpoint of the church, as the sun soon moves around putting this face of the church in shade. Shot on 35mm using and 18mm wide angle lens, the resulting converging verticals were corrected in Photoshop.