Merry Christmas! Today seemed the perfect day to attempt a photograph of the First Baptist Church in America. The church was founded by Roger Williams - the founder of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - in 1638. The beautiful white church in today's photo is the third one built on this site by Williams' congregation. This one was erected in 1775 as Providence and the rest of the colonies prepared for war. In addition to being the first Baptist Church gathered in the Americas, this Georgian style structure is also the first Baptist Meetinghouse to be built with this tall steep style more commonly associated with Anglican and Congregational Churches. Weekly services continue to be held here some 374 years after Roger Williams first gathered his congregation.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders as well as adaptive exposure, contrast, boost black, boost white, and protect highlights. A brightness and contrast adjustment was added in PSE followed by a sepia photo filter.
Wonderful photo... great arching branches of the tree in the foreground and all that beautiful colonial architecture filling the frame! Terrific perspective! Merry Christmas, Ron!
