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Ramblings of a retiree in France
Challenge Your Camera: #4 churches
Less of a tricky challenge this week though to be fair I probably take more photos of church doors than I do of churches and hardly ever church interiors.
Notre-Dame pre-fire when the spire was still standing
The Hamptons, Long Island
Mougins Village
Bayonne
Menton
Tourrettes, Var
As a way to brighten our weeks, each week Dr B from Buddha Walks into a Wine Bar is selecting a single theme to point our cameras at or to encourage us to display a few photos from our collections.
If you would like to join Dr B in #challengeyourcamera then here’s what to do:
1. Follow Dr B (link above) to discover the chosen weekly theme.
2. Select or take a few photos related to the week’s theme
3. Post your own photos that week, on any day you like.
4. Include a caption with each photo so we all know what/where it is
5. Include a ping back/link to Dr B’s blog in your post so that he’s notified, can follow you back and can appreciate and comment on your choices.
6. Include the tag #challengeyourcamera
In addition:
1. Dr B will follow you back
2. He will encourage other posters to follow you
3. He will list each blogger in my weekly post
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I have found people’s responses to this challenge week quite interesting architecturally. The variation in church style is very clear to see with examples from Europe, USA, South Africa and Australia for example. Small and simple vs large and ostentatious is typical across continents although there is also an age/era difference too, and you can see it in your USA example versus the rest.
I know you take part in lots of challenges Sheree and I am very grateful you are having a go at mine. I hope I can vary the topics enough to interest you 👍
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Yes, that’s what struck me too when sorting out the photos.
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Church doors are always a reliable subject. I often take pictures of church interiors and than wonder why!
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I find the lighting is tricky on church interiors.
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Kim says that they all look the same!
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She’s obviously visited too many
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Awesome photos!
I see you changed your blog design, didn’t you? It looks refreshing.
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Thank you and yes I changed the design at the start of the year.
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An excellent set. The Notre Dame picture is moody enough to be a premonition
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Thanks Derrick. I took the Notre Dame photo in the December before the fire.
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I love all the variety shown. I’ll have to join in on this.
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Please do!
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I love the stone work of churches and, yes, always the doors!
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Me too
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That was an awesome tour, Sheree. I’d forgotten about the fire at Notre-Dame. Thanks for the tour.:)
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My pleasure
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Love these ..great one of the Notre Dame
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Thanks Alison
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