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Published: 2004-12-19 21:01:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1003; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 104
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Out and about in Bristol last year, we stopped at College Green after a visit to Subway, and the sky looked like this.Such sturdy clouds, so I grabbed this photograph of them.
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Appreciated, thank you.
Regards,
James
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your welcome
I love the way you word things ^^
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Impressive building, especially from that angle.
Although I'm not a religious person, I do love looking at churches and the like.
Their architecture is so resourceful and detailed.
Great shot, that's a fav!
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The building itself isn't particularly tall, but when I peered up at it through the viewfinder the bright blue behind and the dark stone made it seem huge. Glad you like this, I'm no expert photographer, so it was a pleasant experience to grab a photograph which I was pleased with.
Regards,
James
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I'm no expert photographer either. But it's just fun going out and shooting...
One day in October I did almost 100 photos within 3 or 4 hours. 
More than half of the pictures I take I don't like afterwards and from the other half I deem only very few good enough to submit here.
So I can pretty much understand you.
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I miss gothic architecture. I had to move back to Canada.
-Chris
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Does Canada have no architecture that pleases you? I've not travelled at all, and I can't say I've ever thought to imagine what the buildings of Canada might look like, however I am now curious.
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Oh yeah thats right I did comment, great, one point for Chris. We have very nice architecture in Canada but it in no way compares to England and Europe. Ottawa is like a mini London with all of our parliment building similar to yours. There are places in Newfoundland and other costal communities that have multicoloured shack-houses St. John's is a great example. Quebec city is probably the closest thing we have to a European atmosphere, I'm Quebequois and I dare say that we have far supperior arcitechture to the rest of Canada, but hey we are the French. But still Canada is very modern-cityish ergo very boaring and no character and houses are made from wood and side paneling. Suburbs flood our lands with such homogeneous becons of mediocrity. To appreciate Canada one needs to look at the nature, culture and arts (not architecture) but especial aboriginal arts (my favorite). Remember, we have to live in colder weather.
-Chris
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With a digital camera, and a sky this perfect, I did nothing but click the shutter. I'm really not much of a photographer, but a happy snapper instead.
Regards,
James
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I thought so too, I was just so very lucky to look up at exactly the right moment.
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This is a terrific, breathtaking shot. I love this type of architecture, it's so incredibly ornate and classic, and the angle at which it's shot along with the way you caught its shaded front contrasted against the much lighter sky shows the cathedral off to its very best advantage. I have only one objection and it has nothing to do with your excellent photograph: they could have come up with a more fitting clock, don't you think?
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Hmm, you're so right about that clock. I think they had to replace it relatively recently although I can't remember why. 
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You're very welcome. They must have picked that clock for readability and it has that, but it stands out like a sore thumb against the cathedral's classic architecture. You know, judging from this photo I'd say you have a good knack for photography and you might want to think about developing it.
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Oh my gosh...this makes me want to -be- there..like some queen in the tower..or a knight ..or..yeah..very lovely, very emotive. Absolutely stunning layout and use of space..gorgeous..
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Thank you very much, indeed. I'm not much of a photographer, but when something as obviously lovely as this scene pops in front of my lens, well. Even I can push the button. I know what I like to see, and I saw it in this one I suppose is what I mean to say.
Oh, you added it to your Favourites too! - that's certainly appreciated.
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You are most welcome! Oh..I hope you dont find this annoying, but you sound so charmingly brit! So adorable!
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Charmingly British? - oh, my. Have you been listening to this? --> [link]
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~L~...I hadn't heard that yet, but you write -just- like you sound!
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It looks like those castles I always think about. That are in the far off distance of dreams or something,
The kind of places things can happen in.
I love it
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Rich and magisterial things I expect, not everyday average nonsense.
I've resolved to make something more of my photography. I've bought all sorts of books on the subject, and I'm hoping I might have the natural talent of it. We'll see.
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wow! what a beautiful scene! wish I were there now.
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It is a lovely building, and the sky that day seemed particularly splendid. A lucky shot, and one of which I'm very proud considering I'm not much of a photographer.
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Great perspective and angle to take the shot in alignment with the tower pointy thingy 
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This is one of only a handful of photos I've taken which I feel happy with. The day was getting on, and the light falling off so that the blue of the sky really threw itself at me. I'm not much of a photographer, but I'm learning slowly.
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It is one of the many advantages of digital photography (presuming you have a large storage card with it). You can take hundreds of dreadful pictures and probably pick out a few good ones
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I bought myself a pair of 512MB Memory Sticks for my Sony DSC-F717 (Picture :: Review ) so I don't have any trouble in that regard. It's the finding of suitable subjects I have trouble with.
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Sony makes some good Camera's, especially that one. I had an old DSC-P51 for years and years, but eventually I decided to upgrade from the old 2megapixel one to a new Canon 300-D. I got that particular camera because I wanted to go SLR, but stay digital. That was the outcome.
The downside is that SLR's are big to carry around every day, and that now my money gets burnt on many lenses
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It's rather a shameful admission, but I knew absolutely nothing about photography when I bought my camera. I was impressed with the quality of the pictures produced by a friend of mine with the Sony one, so I went out and bought the same model. I'm still very impressed with it.
Hmm, when you do get new lenses, you take photographs of salad.
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That is very true. It was the first thing I did as soon as I put the lense on. I couldn't wait to try it on other things, god no 
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Nice sky, but the cathedral *drool* I want to go there, and for that matter I wish the cathedral to be my lair... I mean house.
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No drooling on the architecture, thank you very much. It takes an age to clean up.
I didn't think a ninja had a lair.
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Oh yes we do, right now my lair isn't very lair-ly as it's just a house. I would love to make a cathedral like that my lair
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Brilliant perspective - it builds up from that gothic building, touching and built of the earth, into the comparitively light sky beautifully as the dribs and drabs of the cathedral itself break away. It's as two halves of an entirely opposed display -- with both holding their own charm, but only revealing their true power and contrast when brought together and interlocked.
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Ooh, you've added it to your Favourites, how marvellous!
... and your comment reminds me of Nashy's style.
... [gasp] ... is that a typo in your signature?
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My God, you're right!
*rushes over to profile*
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oh wow, jahg.... this is great... def. fave!
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It's one of the very few photographs of which I'm quite proud. I'm still a "happy-snapper" when it comes to photography, but I'm learning.
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lol, so am I... I have a LONG ways to go before my pictures are much good. [link] 👍: 0 ⏩: 0
~Louisa
what a cool place to study at, neat...
nice skies, very crystal clear...
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The College is a little further down the street, a hideously modern building. I much prefer the Gothic surroundings of the cathedral.
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Impressive contrast. I'm sensing the symbolic contrast between the church and heaven that the church actually supposed to promote and represent, and how that has changed over the years.
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There is that aspect to it, yes. A friend of mine is creating a series of websites devoted to various religious groups and she spotted this photograph of mine and asked about using it for exactly the reasons you've given.
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Use it? - do you have a particular project in mind for it? I'd be fascinated to see where and how you make use of it.
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well, if I have your permission, I can use it..I started doing photo manips too..I have a different account for that one, you can take a look if you want, and then you can allow me to use the photo(of course, if it's possible). I usually do fantasy stuff.
here's the link
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Waiting for an answer!
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