Clouded Yellow
Lincoln Cathedral on a very misty night.
Lincoln Cathedral on a very misty night.
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Dec, 2016Views
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Location
This is the passageway leading into Lincoln Cathedral. It's a very much photographed location, and quite rightly so: A quite beautiful and imposing medieval cathedral at the top of Lincoln's one and only hill.Time
This was early in the evening on a wet, drizzly and misty December day. Just for once the area was devoid of the usual tourists, making a great opportunity to make a nice eery and timeless image, complete with Christmas tree and lonely figure.Lighting
The streetlighting from beyond the arch provided everything I needed: Bold lighting on the building, contrasting with dark shadows around the arch and some lovely texture on the cobbles. Sometimes, what you see is just what you want.Equipment
I used my good and trusty Lumix GX7 mirrorless micro four thirds camera with a 14-150 mm lens set at around 30mm. Handheld and taken fairly quickly as I didn't want to get the equipmentt oo wet.Inspiration
The area around Lincoln Cathedral is one of my favourite locations. I love the medieval patterns and textures brought out by the light at any time of day. I was also inspired by that slightly Gothic, Hammer Horror, atmosphere produced by the streetlights on the wet cobbles with the background of a lonely figure passing a Christmas tree, leaving an image that is more or less timeless.Editing
This one? No. This is straight out of the camera. Sometimes reality just gives you the right image on a plate.In my camera bag
Because my little mirrorless Lumix GX7 with its 12-100mm lens is so small and neat I can fit lots of things in my bag. A drink, a sandwich, a packet of mints, another zoom lens at 40-150mm, a pair of spare batteries... Oh, and the camera of course. :)Feedback
Be spontaneous! See the picture, take the shot! Sometimes thinking you know what you want stops us seeing the beauty of what's really in front of us.
