St. Jude's Church, a photo from Ontario, Central

Photographer's Note

St. Jude’s Church was erected in 1848 by the Rev. William Stewart Darling and the Anglican families of the Wexford area (a quiet farming area which was incorporated first into Scarborough in the 1950’s and then into Metropolitan Toronto). The church is perfect scale model of the minister’s home church in England and is now the oldest surviving Anglican church building in Scarborough.
PP: reduce file size, sharpen & reduce sharpen by 50%

Thanks for visiting and for your critiques

Nicou, chrisnet, ivo, pierrefonds, jan515, Shoot_Score, ktanska, ChrisJ, macondo, Tue, sabyasachi1212, kittyhawk, gunbud, maloutim has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

pablominto (53746) 2007-02-13 13:40

Hello Silke,
I can see you're blessed with great photo weather these days!
Lovely composition with the little church, framed by the naked trees and the tombstones...
Very fine details, strong vivid colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

ben4321 (9875) 2007-02-13 14:03

Great light here Silke, and I like the way the shadows break up the snowy foreground.
The composition is good, and you controlled the light very well here.
Good work.

Cheers,
Ben

Praetzer (209) 2007-02-13 14:06

Nice postcard; Alfred

Nicou (193806) 2007-02-13 14:16

Hello,

Très belle photo de cette église, plus blanche que al neige.
Vien vu les tombes au premier plan.

Bravo et bonne soirée.

Nicou

ivo (376) 2007-02-13 14:28

Hello Silke,
Composition ****
Subject ***
Perspective ***
Colour and light ***
Crop ***
Frame ***
Sharpness ****
Generally ****
Note ***
Best regards,
Emma

pierrefonds (102203) 2007-02-13 15:50

Hi Silke,

A good POV of St-Jude Church, the photo has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

jan515 (545) 2007-02-13 16:56

Hallo Silke,
Lovely composition,wellframed and beautiful details of your picture.A class picture with beautiful colors and detail.
Beautiful greetings.
Janusz

placombe (7715) 2007-02-13 17:43

Hi Silke
Picture perfect. Nice pov and dof, great contrasting colors. The appartment building on the left is a bit annoying.
Pierre

Shoot_Score (650) 2007-02-13 17:58

Near perfect capture! I would have been tempted to get rid of the ugly brown "downtown" office... ;)
I love the crips clean lines and the excellent contrast...
Reminds a lil of the fishplant on Willow Rd. Tfs. J.

PS Great find, well spotted.

[workshop] [compare] +

chrisnet (23062) 2007-02-14 4:08

Hello my friend Silke,
Very nice one Silke. I like the framing with the trees and you have very well managed the exposure here, this church is wonderful and well photographied.
All my congratulations, it's a very GOOD WORK!
Greetings from France
Christian

ktanska (39469) 2007-02-14 5:46

Hi Silke,
To me this beautiful little church looks quite typically American. But maybe they were those days like that in England too. Good angle, lovely sunshine. Is the spire really a bit tilted or is it a lens distortion?
Kari

PixelTerror (0) 2007-02-14 5:59

Hi Silke,
The eclatant white of the church fits well together with the eclatant white of the snow, with all these whites in the frame the photo gets very luminous.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

ChrisJ (158156) 2007-02-14 9:37

Hi Silke

A fantastic winterscape, with superb sharpness & excellent graphism of the dark steeple, against the blue sky. Tfs!

macondo (20449) 2007-02-14 13:03

Hi Silke. A lovely 'christmas card' sort of shot, with excellent colour and exposure of the snow. The composition is superb, with the gravestones in the foreground and the winter trees making a frame. I've seen no snow since coming to Europe, and not likely to now, with the current forecast! Anyway, marvellous picture.
Regards,
Andrew

Davidwh (3662) 2007-02-14 16:13

Hi Silke,
Glad to see you are back!A lovely image on a crisp winters day.Despite the bright light on the white church I can almost feel the cold air.Lovely natural colours and a beautiful exposure.Well done and take care.
Regards, David

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-02-15 17:42

Hi Silke
The perspective on this little church is beautifull. The light is beautifull. I like this nice picture.
Well done
Bertrand

Silvio1953 (203776) 2007-02-16 14:43

Hi Silke, wonderful of this lovely church in the snow, splendid colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

kensimage (8563) 2007-02-17 11:42

Nice composition, Silke, I like the low POV. It emphasizes the headstones, which with the dormant trees and snow create a bleak mood, but the steeple points to the sky for inspiration. You might crop off just a bit from the bottom, where it's blank, but the composition is fine overall. Regards, Ken.

Tue (81010) 2007-02-17 12:53

Hej Silke,
Lovely view of this nice little church. The snow and sunlight give a wonderful atmosphere to the view. The trees on both sides of the church work well too. Good work!
Hilsen,
Lars

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-02-17 13:41

Hi Silke,
Its a beautiful piece of architecture in a stunning surrounding. The snow on the ground contrasts so nicely with the blue sky. Excellent note as well.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

jemaflor (134034) 2007-03-06 7:48

Hi Silke,
Nice photo with an interesting church and its natural environment, lovely light and colours of course.

juanjo (133) 2007-03-07 2:16

Hello Silke

nice to find you in TE
this is a very good psotal card of this wonderful Church
POV is perfect
colours and details very good too

bye

jjo

kittyhawk (1802) 2007-03-09 4:49

Hello Silke,

Lovely photo of this church. I really like the detail in the foreground and the nice colors. I allso like the composition. The corner of the brick building is a little bit of a minus, but I don't care. Great shot. TFS.

- Halgeir

gunbud (34066) 2007-03-12 0:44

Hi Silke,
Beautiful clean striking colors and sharp details to this churchyard in the snow. The tree and church steeple look very impressive against this vibrant blue sky.
Regards, Tom

wolf38 (30) 2007-03-14 7:47

Hello Silke. Much can be photographed in the winter better, because the trees do not carry leaves. So also this small and modest church. Photo and text complement each other very well. Well composes and very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

maloutim (13617) 2007-04-20 2:18

This is a truly lovely photo of this black and white church, in the middle of a cemetery covered in snow.
The framing of the trees against the blue sky makes it just pefect.
I would love to see a picture of it in Spring or in Summer.
A good day to you!
Marie Louise.