Mount Grace Priory III, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

This shot of Mount Grace Priory is of the west fa軋de. Many of those who have come to know me, know I like to use natural framing devices when the opportunity presents itself, so here is the bell tower framed by the west window.
Founded in 1398 Mount Grace Priory is the best preserved of the ten Carthusian charterhouses found in England. In comparison to the churches of other monastic orders, Carthusian churches were small and simple, because the monks themselves prayed mainly in their own cells. Please use the links to see my previous shots where there is more information.

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Paolo (41258) 2007-01-09 4:36

Hi Kath, amazing view of that beautiful series on that ruins.
excellent persepctive and fantastic light and colours.
thanks, ciao

pastadog (13111) 2007-01-09 4:38

Hi Kath, very original shot, with double (even triple!) frame within frame, pretty green and shadow area on bottom, and overall excellent sharpness and light, tfs! Daniel

PixelTerror (0) 2007-01-09 4:41

Hi Kath,
As you did write the other day, yes I like such framings, on your photos as well, looks like the builders of this priory really had photography in mind when designing it ! Well seen and apart from the good yngle you found a technically fine photo !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

pasternak (15185) 2007-01-09 4:43

Hi Kath, this one is crying for my theme, so there it goes. Double architectural frame below with a good perspective punctuated with shadows, and another one above, and all this in nice sidelight showing the wall textures. Excellent!

Cheers and all the best for 2007,
Alexander

imrek (4) 2007-01-09 4:44

Hi Kath,
very well handeled light, an excellent persepctive and fantastic colours as always...good work!!!
regards,
imre

garageolympo (242) 2007-01-09 4:50

Nice work, as you said the natural framing it has.
Colors and light is well managed, too.

vincz (19113) 2007-01-09 4:52

Such a great compostion with the superposed doors/swindows framing two totally different parts visons in the background. Lots of depth in your picture and great quality almost everywhere I look.

colibri (294) 2007-01-09 4:53

wonderful use of light
I love the 3d efect
TFS
Marco

besnard (59196) 2007-01-09 4:57

Bonjour Kath
Tu nous fais faire une jolie promenade au travers de ces ruines. La luminosit� est tr鑚 bonne et la position de prise de vue bien 騁udi馥 nous donne une belle vue en enfilade.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journ馥.
Nicole

Buin (42580) 2007-01-09 5:08

Hallo Kath!
A wonderful point of view! The priory framed by itself. I like the aslant light here very much. It somehow emphasizes these venerable buildings!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

Philippe (11836) 2007-01-09 5:16

Hi, Kath. A very good and precise framing with the bell tower well centered in the window and also the cross framed in the door. The light is very good and allows us to see the texture of the walls very well.

ben4321 (9875) 2007-01-09 5:26

A very effective and rather inventive composition here, Kath.
I like how you framed the church tower with the window, and the shadows visible through the lower archway are a good touch. The direction of the light was perfect for this shot.
I'm not sure, but maybe I would have excluded the area of sky at the top of the frame. You wouldn't have been able to do that and include the whole window frame though, so I think you probably made the right choice.
Good work.

Cheers,
Ben

riclopes (35577) 2007-01-09 5:44

Ol� Kath, it is a very beautiful framing. I new that you should have one of this, when I saw the POV from the cross side, on the other side of this image. Both parts, upper and bottom framings, are fantastic: the first benefits from the sky and the second from the light and shadow on the grass. I like how the negative on the ground level corresponds to the tower on the first floor. The result is really good!
Ricardo

ktanska (44804) 2007-01-09 7:56

Hi Kath,
So this is from the opposite direction than the version II. And again the sidelight brings out details. Symmetry and natural framing well in use.
Kari

coco (30439) 2007-01-09 9:21

Hi Kath.

A clever composition and a nice capture where the light create very nice shadows and colours.

And also original!!

Regards.

markstaples (15670) 2007-01-09 11:30

Very clever. So many frames with (a) frame(s). I'm trying to count them, but my brain isn't working properly. Great light, high quality. Simply wonderful.
Amicalement
Mark

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2007-01-09 12:13

Hi Kath
Interesting composition with a view through the window at the tower. Nice colours.
Regards

peter1892 (1681) 2007-01-09 12:20

Hi Kath - a good addition to the earlier shots, the arches act as frames to the other parts of the building.

josepmarin (59385) 2007-01-09 12:47

Hello Kath,
Good idea to use elements of the photo to create a frame for other elements, indeed I do it sometimes, I like it.
Here there is double frame, the window frames the tower and the door frames another door, across which yet we can see more things.
Excellent work with the light and beautiful colors. Your composition is good and I like it very much.
Regards,
Josep

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-01-09 14:17

Hi Kath,

Good composition. I like the texture of the stone wall. The natural frame is just perfect. Very nice colors and light.
Greetings,
Leonor

plimrn (21344) 2007-01-09 15:15

Hi Kath,
The framing really does add an attractive dimension; actuallynot only does the window frame the tower but the tower frames the sky as well. Your polorizer is used to good effectiveness as well.
HLJ, Pat

chrisnet (23062) 2007-01-09 15:33

Hello Kath,
A very original framing here and you have well managed the light and shadows, it's well seen and composed.
Regards
Christian

gilou530 (34) 2007-01-09 16:03

salut kath
un autre cadrage diff駻ent plus resserr� avec le jeu des arches et de la lumi駻e, bien compos馥
amiti駸
gilbert

alvaraalto (42804) 2007-01-09 17:05

Hi Kath,
There is a lovely symmetry in this picture. You found the right POV to situate the tower just on the right place in the window. The beautiful skimming light completes this successful picture.
Groet Rob

lukie (0) 2007-01-09 17:45

Wow, Kath ! This is a school example of a symmetric shot ! And also very nice colors, the old stones look like gold. Great shot, Kath !

regards,

Luc.

Tue (92470) 2007-01-09 17:58

Hej Kath,
I like very much the looking-through-idea of this shot. The arches work as a great frame for the tower behind them. I also like the warm colours of the stone as well as the pleasant sunlight. Very well done and thanks for sharing!
Hilsen,
Lars

john_c (24666) 2007-01-09 18:59

Hi Kath,
A clever use of framing here, as this see through effect to the bell tower and beyond is most effective. There are really two distinct scenes here, the upper part dominated by the sky and bell tower, while the lower portion emphasizes the grassy down to earth part bathed in sunlight and fine shadows. There must be some spiritual significance to such dichotomy! Well captured.
John

stego (24132) 2007-01-09 19:39

Hi Kath,
It's great! Amazing pov/framing and clarity.
I guess that if you had shot it one minute before or after it would be much less pleasant, as the angle of the sun is just right to enhance dramatically the textures of the walls.
In fact it's so punchy and aparently sharp that I almost missed that strange blur on some areas of the wall - I don't understand what caused them.
TFS, Regards, Jos�

renerob (601) 2007-01-09 20:41

Hi Kath,
A lovely shot with great colour and very good sharpness well captured Kath and well done, where did that blue sky come from i haven't seen blue sky like that for ages Kath.
Regards Irene

tibervince (781) 2007-01-09 21:20

Dear Kath,
I love the symmetry and the complex/mysterious yet attractactive compo/framing of your picture.
The eye is almost "tricked" as I was expecting to see the base of a tower through the door (from what I see through the top window) but actually we see another door with a cross at last... great effect! The layers of shadows on the floor add to this mystery...

This is my first visit to your gallery but will surely come back often. Congratulations!
Vincent

singuanti (15250) 2007-01-09 22:04

Hi Kath. This is a fun one with the symmetry. You also had an excellent light and its play through the picture really catches the eye. Nice shot Kath!

Graal (103040) 2007-01-10 3:31

Hi Kath,
fine vertical composition, interesting view , pleasant colours and superb sharpness. Well done.
Gr., Aleksander

delkoo (68) 2007-01-10 3:39

hi kath
what a clever framing through the arch, very nice light and pretty details on the stones.
very well done
cheers
didier

four (529) 2007-01-10 5:32

The strong geometry here means its a super shot to show as a strong black & white image too.

Gerrit (62042) 2007-01-10 6:26

Hi Kath,
Good composition and great colours. Fantastic place.
Regards, Gerrit

carper (96) 2007-01-10 6:31

I like the shot a lot Kath,
very nice and interesting pov with the shadow the fantastic light, the good lines and the fantastic photojob here, well done.
gr. jaap

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-01-10 7:50

Beautiful composition and nice colours as well. Great idea for a shot too.
Achim

siolaw (38294) 2007-01-10 11:24

Hi Kath,
Another good compo from Mount Grace Priory, under a more symetric POV, colors are excellent, so is sharpness, nice light and shadow alternance on the grass and a good perspective and depth
TFS
Laurent

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-01-10 14:22

Hello Kath,
I'm impressed by the framing in this image. Mount Grace Priory looks beautiful in this pov and appears well built. Good colors and sharpness. Greetings. Danilo

mortijo (12828) 2007-01-10 14:23

A perfect 'in-depth'-shot. Excellent perspective and colors..

cobbydale (1958) 2007-01-10 15:35

Great light and sharpness Kath - really shows the textures on the stonework.
cheers, Leon.

guillaumejm (0) 2007-01-10 15:46

Hello kath,
Very good point of view. I like also the doors aligned and the shadows in perpendicular axis. Tower throiugh the woindow works very well too.
Kind regards
JMarc

t0mmm1 (5442) 2007-01-10 16:22

Hello!
wow, I like this double POV, excellent work on exposition and composition. Wonderful.
Have a nice day,
Tomi

papagolf21 (152607) 2007-01-11 3:50

Bonsoir Kath,
Il est difficile de se lasser de ce genre d'architecture. C'est toujours un r馥l plaisir de contempler un tel 馘ifice.
Le choix du cadrage est tr鑚 original et valorise parfaitement cette composition.
F駘icitations.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

ALIRIZA (16423) 2007-01-11 4:33

Hi Kath,
Excellent POV with double frame.Marvelous persepctive and fantastic colours.Great work my friend...
Best regards...
Ali Rıza

JCG (35153) 2007-01-11 13:28

Hi Kath,

One beautiful research in prospect to show us this magnificent architecture of another time. The lights and the colors are superb and allow us to detail the image pleasantly. Very interesting series of photo, thank you Kath.

With my best regards,

Jean-Charles

Stepan (27210) 2007-01-11 14:40

This was a really great moment in that magic light. I suppose you had good times... Good pov again. Amazing textures and light again.
St駱hane

Angshu (56760) 2007-01-12 4:49

Hi Kath
The framings are perfect. The window at the top framing the tower against the blue sky, while the bottom arch frames the doorway with the green grass with long shadows. The symmetry is perfect & I like the small flower shaped window high up in the tower from where we can peep into the sky. Stunning shot
Regards
Angshu

UlfE (14641) 2007-01-12 15:51

Hi Kath,

You continue to surprise me for the 2nd time with an even better POV. I really enjoy that even if you have to take a very symmetrical picture here, nothing is very straight or symmetrical anymore in an old building like this. This is absolutely number one of your series. But do not be surprised if I change my mind again if you post a 4th picture. Have a nice week-end.

Cheers,

Ulf

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2007-01-12 20:41

Hi Kath,
Very good point of view, beautiful colours and light. Well captured symmetry of this beautiful building.
Have a nice weekend.
Ahmet

pboehringer (770) 2007-01-13 14:19

Hi Kath, not only your framing works extremely well here, but also the strong symmetry. The tower almost looks like levitating in the back. Excellent light conditions that you got here. It looks so warm although I can imagine that it was taken at freezing temperatures.
regards, peter

berek (50518) 2007-01-14 5:24

Dear Kath,
very good point of view. i like this frame in frame working. thanks.
Burak
my overall evaluation -> ****

balatrek (7455) 2007-01-14 12:08

Hi Kath,

A good composition, the light of the Sun has created beautiful contrasts and an illumination very balanced, I like the perspective from a low point of view, it increases the sensation of greatness of the place. Great shot and thanks to share.

Regards
Jos�

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-01-14 13:30

Hi Kath,
Excellent POV. I like the frame within the frame and the beautiful contrasting colours.
� With Greetings from India �
Sabyasachi

sergio1 (12152) 2007-01-15 6:56

Hi kath

Perfect pov and composition. I like the crop and frame to tower.

Well done
Sergio

Emile (20352) 2007-01-18 11:54

Hola Kath.
Very good shot of this beautiful ruins, you did a good work with the bell tower frame, nice colors and sharpness. Excellent composition. Well done.

Didi (61589) 2007-01-20 10:18

Hi Kath
Another interesting one with nice lights.
I think you must try my way of stitching; I think for here 15 picture will be quite enough :))
Cheers.

bazal (7900) 2007-01-22 17:28

Hi Kath.
Well I won't comment too much on the quality of this one (other have done that, before I came to this picture!).
I like the multiple framing, the superb light management, and the great DOF selection that allows a perfect sharpness from the very foreground to the background. The vertical tight crop allowed you also to play with an interesting symetry.
Thanks for sharing!

paura (25802) 2007-01-26 11:21

Kath,
Beautiful shot from this amazing place. Nice colors and architecture details.

Paulo

batalay (41261) 2007-02-24 15:51

Hello Kath,

This is a wonderful shot of Mout Grace Priory. Years ago when I was a physics post-doc at Oxford, we drove to Yorkshire � in search of one of the chuches that had been destroyed during Henry VIII's dissolution of monasteries. Could this have been the edifice, or is it too small. The vantage point for the photograph is very effectve, with the window perfectly framing the tower.

I had discovered the existence of the mystery spheres in Costa Rica from one of your photos, and just today I saw a television program about them. It appears that they were shaped by gently striking them with other stones and knocking off chips. The modern versions were not quite as smooth, but then the ancients obviously developed the skills over generations, and had a much better feel for the technique.

Warm regards,

Bulent