On my way to a meeting this afternoon I stopped off at the church in Wickham in search of an interesting door to shoot for today’s theme. I wasn’t disappointed – the west door of the church was wonderfully weathered and was just crying out for a high contrast black and white treatment. I was intrigued by the keyhole – I’ve never seen one so enormous on any door. It must have been fives inches tall and an inch wide. I can only imagine the size of the key that fits it and the size of the draught which it must let into the church!

Lovely captures... U r really taking some wonderful pictures... Like and love ur posts... Sridhar · 2011-12-21: 13:00

Fantastic textures. yellodog · 2011-12-21: 13:20

Lovely textures! great B & W shots! Riyaz · 2011-12-21: 13:53

Fantastic finding great shots digitalideas · 2011-12-21: 14:25

Excellent shots! Eiram · 2011-12-21: 14:28

Great. I especially like the first one.....almost like a face whistling.... maharba · 2011-12-21: 15:06

On dirait des diamants tout autour de la porte ! vraiment génial !!! maudlaurens · 2011-12-21: 15:13

Wonderful textures and clarity :) Great choice for b/w! Kovac · 2011-12-21: 15:17

Great B&W well done :-) demarc · 2011-12-21: 15:25

Fantastic detail and textures! Look, it is a cobweb in the key hole! danrav · 2011-12-21: 17:12

great pictures and fantastic details! tomie · 2011-12-21: 17:29

Great set Helen!! They are all so beautiful jennyLit · 2011-12-21: 19:31

Wonderful shots..love that door! I would love to see that key also :-)) What does the rest of the church look like? Gothic.. NellyBly · 2011-12-21: 21:01

What a lovely gnarly old door, I've always fancied getting a big old iron studded door for our front door, but I fear it may look odd on a 1950's semi detached box.. I also fancy getting a gargoyle to glower at our miserable neighbours from the roof of our conservatory, but James won't let me... Annbramwell · 2011-12-22: 02:10

An absolutely magnificent series of details and textures... We imagine the sensation of the wood and the metal... I like the small cobweb in the keyhole :) josy63 · 2011-12-22: 03:13

Wonderful work! Thanks for sharing and keep the great style! davidcardona · 2011-12-22: 04:27

wonderful. the BW gives real beauty and depth to these shots miltonjacob · 2011-12-22: 05:45

this really is awesome, excellently photographed my friend! urmysunshine · 2011-12-22: 09:56

Wow, these are stunning...and the b&w is a great touch. Well done!!! :)) mazpics · 2011-12-22: 10:10

I like the irregular shape of the plate around the keyhole, reminds you how it was made by hand, not machine. And a spider has made it his (or her) home. Very nice. ????? · 2011-12-22: 10:55

Wow thats such a fantastic door beutiful capture for the theme mystic1 · 2011-12-23: 21:36

Really nice post! I like all three shots! lukesmom · 2011-12-24: 14:29

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