Street Lights and Spires

This is Newark On Trent, in Nottinghamshire.

I'm off work this week and we went to Newark for this afternoon.

This is Newark Parish church spire contrasted against some street lamps in the market place.

I shot quite wide angle, so I got some 'converging verticals'. I straightened the spire a bit, but left the street lights 'converging' (OK I didn't know how to straighten two converging verticals in one image !!)

Converted to monochrome

BTW : The clock is wrong !

[Kylie Martin]

great contrast in items works well in b&w

[Judith Johnson]

I love the different greys, the POV and the contrasts.

[Juliette Packham]

Great POV and B&W tones and lights - great job Phil. The clouds were fantastic today, especially around the Notts area

[Ken Lemieux]

Enjoy your time off Phil, nice shot too.

[Pat Knowles]

Modern electric light & an old church steeple work well together against that sky & a good POV looking up like that !

[Kerri]

Love the use of black and white

[Allison Williams]

Wonderfully clear B&W. Love the contrast of the gauzy clouds and the sharp lines of the spire.

[Mags]

Wonderful black and white! Love the lines and textures, not to mention that great sky! Outstanding shot, Phil!

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Great shot and particularly interesting for me as I have now learnt a bit about converging verticals - something new for me to think about, so thanks Phil!

[Fanny Brogden]

Thats great, b&w really gives a shot drama doesn't it? Hmm spires and verticals oh dear, something new to try!!

[Sue Wilde]

This is a great shot Phil. You've got the perspective just perfect between the two structures and the B&W is an absolute winner

[John Brown]

Superb B/W image and POV.

[Phil Howcroft]

@hobgoblinwychwo thanks john for your comment and support

[Phil Howcroft]

@swilde ahh sue you know me too well, i always get carried away with a B/W shot :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@fannyb fanny thanks for your kind words and support, i'm sure you will do a good job when you do spires

[Phil Howcroft]

@tishpics Patricia, I'm pleased you like this little study of Newark , converging verticals can add drama to a shot, but make life difficult for people who are trying to do an accurate architecture shot

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, the shot was just crying out to be captured

[Phil Howcroft]

@klemieux cheers ken, your visit to my pics is always appreciated :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle cheers juliette, we do sometimes get great skies in Notts :) and you know how skies can look dramatic in B/W :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 allison, thanks for all your support, it's much appreciated especially as i'm not in year 2 and you were one of my very first followers when i joined

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam maggie thanks you are a good friend to have on here for all the support you give me :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thanks kerri the monochrome does work well :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@busylady thanks judith , the B/W post processing was fairly straight forward, I don;t tend to spend too long editing

[Phil Howcroft]

@kmrtn6 kylie, thanks for your comments

[Corine Wernsen]

Love the angle! Great picture!

[Judith Greenwood]

Nice - great contrast in the sky Phil!

[Anne-Marie Taylor]

Wow! Love the POV, especially of the church.