San Francisco de Asis Church

Cornflake

I wondered whether there was any point in photographing a place that had been photographed by Adams and Strand and painted by Georgia O'Keeffe. It really grabbed me, though, so I did.

Stumblebum

Lovely capture! Don't get "Church" from it, but wonderful light and shapes! All we need! Cheers!

Cornflake

Thanks, Taz. I don't get church from it either... just shapes and lines. But that's enough for me.

Richard

I really like this one, Don. Aside from the shapes and shadows, what I find interesting about this image is that its scale is entirely ambiguous--is it a cleverly lit ceramic model, sold to tourists? A really big structure? A smallish building? No way of knowing, and that's a good thing.

Cornflake

Thanks, Richard. That hadn't occurred to me but you're right. It adds to the mystery.

PS: Maybe that's why I took so many detail shots, e.g.:

kdog

Cool abstracts! I'll have to go visit that church in person next time I'm in the city.

Earache

Nice work Don! So nice in B&W... you eliminated any distractions very well!
Most of Taos almost demands B&W... imo

Taz, the front looks very much like a church, in the dominant architectural style of the region.

black mamba

Very, very nice. I've never seen that subject presented quite like this. Sure, there's been tons of B&W work involving the place, but it's kind of like you got the place to expose some of its character that is rarely exhibited.

Tom

Cornflake

Joel, Eric, Tom, thanks very much. I agree that much of Taos almost demands black and white. That's fortunate, because my primary camera started malfunctioning on my first full day there, so I had to use the infrared camera for everything. I think I would have used it here anyway.