Sunlit Spire : St. Marys Church Hobbs Moat Revisited

I'm revisiting some of my previous locations to do alternative shots to the original.......OK , you got me , I'm struggling for content as I near the end of my 365, so I am revisiting the same spots !!

Anyway this is St. Mary's church in the Hobbs Moat are of Solihull, Birmingham.

You first saw this location in April last year and it was shot with my HTC desire android phone:

http://365project.org/phil_howcroft/365/2011-04-04

This too was shot with my android phone and I tried to catch the sun directly behind the spire so that (a) the sky had no flare and (b) the spire looks all lit up !

I added a little warming filter in PSE (I've used filters in PSE before and they are quite a nice feature to use)

That's it. Hope you like it as much as I do :). Not bad for a camera phone !! Oh and very letterbox too :)

[Mags]

WOW! Another fantastic shot! Very nice light, clouds and sky! The comp is beautiful! A fav! Pinning it, too!

[Pat Knowles]

Good letterbox & that is a stunning outline against that wondrous sky !! We are in a church mode today !! I love the way you have caught that sun in the window of the building but without taking away that outline.

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam Magggie , well another pinned image , what can I say but a big thank you :) ...you obviously have excellent taste in photo choices :) :) :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, I'm glad u appreciate that sky. It's a cool sky and the positioning of the low sun helped a lot :)

[Mags]

@phil_howcroft You just posted 2 mighty fine pics this evenin'! =) Mighty fine pics, yessiree!

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam awww 'mighty fine pics' ...I like your use of words...a 'very american' phrase to us Brits...but a very nice phrase too :)

[patsyj]

a great sky and compostion..love this one!

[Phil Howcroft]

@patsyjphillips thank you Patsy, good luck with your 365th pic tomorrow :)

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Allison Williams]

Love the glint of sun through the glass spire. And of course the cloud formations are majestic. The fact that you mention you are struggling for inspiration makes me think you are looking forward to completing your stay on 365 at the one year mark. Any chance you can be persuaded to continue?

[Ken Lemieux]

Great shot! You can make it Phil!!!

[peter/zipp]

lovely sky vista, very nice.
..and yep mr h, no limping over the line.. those shots are in you and out there waiting mate.

[Sue Wilde]

Love the light in this shot

[Tammy Montoya]

Oh WOW! Very cool!

[Constance Brinkley]

Almost looks like a light house window. The clouds add the mystery to this shot. Now go out and continue snapping to the end!

[Ems]

How did I miss this yesterday?! I love it! Fav!

[Juliette Packham]

great shot - cool light and great crop!

[Heather 43]

Beautiful composition and gorgeous light.