Mini Challenge 246: Religion

CHANDLERJA

Religion

Doesn't have to be something you believe in just something you had to capture. Can be anything from a church to a drum circle! Looking forward to everyone's shots!

This mini-challenge will run until May 12th, 2017.

OUR UNOFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter.
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The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.

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Upon winning a mini-challenge round your first step is coming up with a new theme, and start a new thread using the same format as others have used.
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A few examples:

JAG

Great subject theme! Here's my 3

1 St. Petersburg Russia, Church of the Spilled Blood ( which ironically does not refer to Christ blood being spilled, rather the death place of Saint Peter himself who was ruler over Russia at the time). This is a mosaic with gold leaf of Jesus , Abraham and Moses.

2 A panoramic view of the Holy City of Jerusalem. A very important religious city for many religions. For bigger view, click on image.

3 A random church in Key West Florida

sarasphotos

Interesting challenge Jeromy! A problem for me will be too much to choose from (lots of tourism in Catholic countries - cathedrals galore...). Can't wait to see the other entries!
@JAG your first shot is especially beaituful!

JAG

Thank you @sarasphotos . I too have so many images of different churches and cathedrals, ect. I might change some of my entries before the end of the challenge!

pegelli

A very interesting challenge, my problem also was selection from my extensive library of suitable images.

But I still went out yesterday and shot one of my submissions specifically for this mini-challenge

Middelburg Abbey Cloisters

Icons and main altar in the Uspenskin katedraali in Helsinki

In his mothers' hands

grandmaR

This was hard for me, but since I spend considerable time documenting cemeteries by photographing them, I decided to limit myself to cemetery photos. Even that was hard. But here goes

#1. Curacao - Jewish Cemetery Number Two

This Jewish cemetery had more elaborate statuary than most

#2. Angel in Costa Rica

Most of the graves here are big above ground tombs with many people interred

#3. Cornwall

Cavalier

Here are mine:

Sea Ranch Chapel on the California Coast:

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Jackson, Ca.

Historic St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church - Chinese Camp, Ca. A view from the interior to the graveyard next to the church.

sarasphotos

Having a few more days' time hasn't made my decision any easier so I'll just post these three choices. Not sure if anyone else would call them my "best" but I am fond of alll three for various reasons. I may yet change my mind and make a switch, but for today these are my entries.

1) the chapel atop the Wendelstein on a cold winter day (Bayrischzell, Bavaria, Germany)

2) St. Georg's Church, Augsburg - this was taken hanging out the bathroom window of my former apartment

3) I really love the gothic cathedrals of France and have been fortunate enough to visit many of them over the years. This is a detail of the portal in Bourges:

FYI, from this shot of the main entrance (as much as I could fit in my lens...) you can get an idea of the scale of the building

DavidRGillespie

Really enjoying all the great images. I don't usually shoot this subject so I had to do a little digging (and maybe fudging?)

Stained glass window detail, Basilica, Quito Ecuador

Mortuary Pole, Ninstints, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia Canada

Monisterio San Juan, Quito, Ecuador

sapphire73

Been busy with a big project and haven't had time to look at my archive but can share these photos taken in Europe.

1) Unknown Soldier (Luxembourg)

2) Rays of Sunlight on the American Cemetery in Luxembourg

3) The Pilgrim (Speyer, Germany)

JAG

This challenge was suppose to end on the 12th. I wonder if @CHANDLERJA has forgotten?

sapphire73

@JAG said:
This challenge was suppose to end on the 12th. I wonder if @CHANDLERJA has forgotten?

Chandlerja - feel free to exclude my photos from this mini as they came in after the 12th!

CHANDLERJA

Sorry about that!! Work has been nuts lately
I will pick a winner shortly