After a day spent at home catching up on admin work I popped out in the car late this afternoon to look for today’s photo. I followed my nose until I got to St. Andrew’s Church in the hamlet of West Stoke. It’s a tiny little church and I couldn’t persuade the lights to work so it was very dark too. Just as I was about to give up I noticed an ancient bible sitting on the lectern and I rather liked the light that was falling on its embroidered bookmark. With my 50mm lens wide open at f1.8 and my camera’s ISO cranked up to 6400 I managed to get a useable shutter speed and caught a few frames before leaving. I’m not usually one for selective colour in photos but it just seemed to work well on this particular image – a spot of ecclesiastical gold among the gloom.

This golden task is just perfect. A point it is everything. Perfect !Bravo Helen josy63 · 2011-05-23: 16:44

Beautifully accomplished Helen! The DOF alomg with edit really make this a stunning shot! Great! danrav · 2011-05-23: 20:19

Well done Helen! liveandletlive · 2011-05-23: 22:16

you've done a great job of bringing out the details of the embroidery, considering the circumstance... nicely done McMommy · 2011-05-23: 22:28

it turned out awesome, WoW! urmysunshine · 2011-05-23: 22:28

Lovely, I think the selective colouring works very well here to hightlight the cross. busybee36 · 2011-05-24: 01:05

Excellent work. yellodog · 2011-05-24: 02:19

outstanding .... what software do you use Helen? mountainflower · 2011-05-24: 03:11

lovely. the selective colour works well here giving a wonderful contrast and attention to the gold. miltonjacob · 2011-05-24: 03:39

Beautiful!! LAZYWASP · 2011-05-24: 09:07

You are right, the selective colour treatment works well. Nicely done. davids · 2011-05-24: 12:03

Great detail and so dramatic! Love the mood! :) ppinho · 2011-05-24: 16:44

Nice composition! hannamagnusson · 2011-05-25: 03:57

Lovely gold detail!! Ryana · 2011-05-26: 15:02

Great shot ~ love that gold. Just enough! michibee · 2011-05-27: 03:12

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