St Mary's church peeking through the trees

On my evening walk with dog lead in one hand and camera in the other.

This is St. Mary's recreation park in the north end of Arnold, Nottingham. The church tower is peeking through the trees and a few cars are in the car park.

This is shot on quite a long zoom for a landscape, but long zoom landscapes can work quite well.

Quite a difficult B/W conversion, but I've managed to get some details back from a slightly blown out sky.

[Pat Knowles]

Churches seem to do well in B/W I think ! I like the way this one is softened by the trees too.

[Kerri]

Beautiful! Great in black and white

[Juliette Packham]

cool B&W - love the clock detail poking through the trees. The trees are a fabulous shape and love the light contrast on them

[Constance Brinkley]

This scene works well in B&W. The contrast and sharpness works nicely in this shot. Well done.

[Catherine]

I love the layers in your shot, Phil. And what a lovely place to walk Ruby!

[Brenda G]

I love this in Black and White. I must go out and find a church! :))

[Sue Beatty]

Beautiful capture Phil. Love the b/w,

[Jennifer C]

Beautiful B&W Phil, lovely scene

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat Thanks Pat, it's quite a 'soft conversion' with not too much contrast :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens Ha Ha Kerri, B/W is my fave genre

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle Thanks Juliette, the clock does show up quite nicely in the conversion

[Phil Howcroft]

@seattle Thanks very much Constance, your support is most welcome :) ...I have a few street photographs to post , so your comments on those will be much appreciated

[Phil Howcroft]

@cath Thanks Catherine, my camera seems to have shown the park off at its best. Ruby certainly enjoys herself there :). Glad you spotted the layers in the shot :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@guifam Brenda, I look forward to your B/W church shots :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sueb Thanks Sue :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenrobcarr Jennifer, thanks for your support, glad you like the image

[Frances Chaloner]

Lovely soft effect I love the band of white in the clouds neat result.

[Phil Howcroft]

@whippeteer thanks Frances, I did go for a soft conversion , if I'd gone too contrasty I think I'd have had too much white sky

[Jennifer]

Great B/W shot! Composition is spot on! The clock adds that extra pop to it!