stone angel in the churchyard

I've tried on more than one occasion to get a shot of this decorative gravestone with not too much luck. I think it's worked a bit better in b&w conversion + a bit of tinkering.

[Sgt. Pepper]

Hmm, time I popped round the corner to the cemetry again methinks. Nice one.

[Jules Sparrow]

Great shot ..well spotted and captured!

[Sam]

The textures and tones are wonderful - what a wonderful stone work. Somebody must have paid a lot of money for this angel!

[Hazel]

@gigiflower

I'll now need to go back and see if I can read the inscription!

[wendy frost]

Wonderful capture and find. A beautiful angel to watch over the grave.

[linda]

it must have been hard to do because of the texture blending in the the background, but you have done this really well, I am impressed. the focus is solely on the angle fav

[Wylie]

lovely in b&w

[Henrietta]

wonderful. the textures are great and I love the b&w.

[Bep]

Beautiful decorative gravestone.

[Hazel]

@pinkpaintpot

Linda, many thanks, it's still not as clear as I would like but the best attempt so far!

[Hazel]

@gigiflower

We walked past the chuchyard today to buy the newspaper and I had a look and found that this was erected in 1925 to remember one Thomas Lavington who died aged 62 - yes,I think it must have been expensive funeral furniture.

[Penelope Ann]

She is lovely

[Graham Thresher]

So symbolic.

[Joyce]

Beautiful B&W capture Hazel. Great editing

[Richard Creese]

Works well in B&W.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This statue must be very old but it is beautiful and I love the details in it. Fav!

[linda]

@quietpurplehaze I always prefer clear but in this case it works

[Molly]

A good capture of this flamboyant angel. These Victorian gravestones are fascinating - even if they're ugly (in my view!).

[Hazel]

@dolphin

I'm interested in your view! I tried once to find out why it is thought that there are angels and that they look like this.....

[Susie]

Fantastic shot, shows texture and 'age' of the stone and the DOF is great too

[Molly]

@quietpurplehaze Have you read Tracy Chevalier's 'Fallen Angels'? It's a novel, but there's interesting discussion about graveyard angels.

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture and processing. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Charles]

Great shot. Love the texture and it works well in B&W.

[Ivan]

Good image in B&W.

[Nicole]

works really well in b&w!!

[Denise fuller]

Love this angel fav

[Anita Russell]

Lovely statue

[Hazel]

@dolphin

I'll search it out, thank you - have read some of hers but not this one.

[Leah]

Fantastic detail !!! Works really well in black & white!!! Well done!!!

[Kathleen Hickey]

I love this shot! Your processing really brings out the detail in the stone. Got to admit that I'm looking for the TARDIS in the background though. :-)

[John]

Beautiful and elegant work.

[Andrea]

😍fav😍

[Sandy]

What a beautiful sculpture and detail. FAV