Westminster Abbey ( Mission BC )

lensmole

Juano

I like it, but would have liked to see more of the dramatic sky.

PhotoDavid78

Beautiful shot but is it posted in the correct forum??

lensmole

Juano wrote: »

I like it, but would have liked to see more of the dramatic sky.

Thanks Juano ! This is the best I could do hand held .

PhotoDavid78 wrote: »

Beautiful shot but is it posted in the correct forum??

Thank you ! Yes it belongs here.

Benedictine Monks live and work at this Abbey,raising cows and chickens and such for food and according to the Padre the work also helps keep the psychiatric bills down.

PhotoDavid78

I would consider it a beautiful black and white landscape but unless I see the monks working, not sure it is documenting anything.

lensmole

PhotoDavid78 wrote: »

I would consider it a beautiful black and white landscape but unless I see the monks working, not sure it is documenting anything.

I was going to photograph a bunch of them playing soccer ,but I didn't.

A landscape photo does not have buildings in them.

PhotoDavid78

Landscapes can and absolutely have buildings in them

lensmole

PhotoDavid78 wrote: »

Landscapes can and absolutely have buildings in them

You mean a cityscape or something of that nature ? A real landscape image does not have buildings,structures,or people in them .

TonyCooper

Oh, boy! I'm used to arguments about what is, and is not, "street", but expected a
discussion about the requirements of a landscape photo about as much as the Spanish
Inquisition is expected.

I'm with PhotoDavid. Buildings and structures can be a legitimate part of landscapes.
But, a certain type of building. Country churches, in, cathedrals, out. However, I'd
accept a distant cathedral spire appropriate in a landscape.

Still, no harm, no foul by posting the original image here. A regular contributor should
be allowed to play a wild card once in a while.

lensmole

Anyway. Pictures of buildings without people and other types of images of this nature were allowed in this forum prior to the name change and I recall seeing a number of them,however if you think it should be somewhere else move it over to the landscape forum or anywhere else you think it belongs.

PhotoDavid78

An urban landscape is a landscape none the less and let me reiterate this is a wonderful shot but I stand by my original opinion that it is neither street nor photojournalism nor documentary photography. I would love to know BD's opinion on this.

michswiss

Well, I'll chime in. I'm fine with this as an establishing shot for a series on the Monks. It sets the scene and subject very nicely, assuming there's more to come including the Monks themselves. It could be quite interesting and I'd like to see more.

So seeing what Lens has followed up with and to Tony's point, I'm OK with it. As a standalone shot not so much, and it'd be off to Other Cool Shots or Landscape.

If you're really interested in discussing what's conventional or allowable in traditional or urban landscapes, there's a very good forum for that here as well.