Lindisfarne Priory

The island of Lindisfarne off the coast of north east England is also

known as Holy Island as St Aidan lived here 635 -642 AD. The place is

also famous for the Lindisfarne Gospels, the astonishing and

beautiful 7th century illuminated manuscripts now in the British

Museum.

 

All comments welcome!

Great shot! Nice interaction of clouds and ruins. Though people (in this particular case) are a bit distracting.

Colin, beautiful scene captured. Personally the humanoids don't bother me in this image. Part of me wishes that you had one or two in the foreground space on the left.

 

 

Hello Colin, my wife is from Berwick, so I know Holy Island quite well. In addition to the St Aiden and the manuscripts, this place was one of the very first to be "visited" by the Vikings. There is almost too much history here to contemplate.

 

About the photo, well its that 10-22mm again, so it's got great dof and as I expected, its a composite of two shots. The composition along the column bases leads nicely to the arch and the human scale. It's very harmonious in its lines. There also seems to be some sunlight on the tops of the structures which is very nice too.

 

I would though, like to see just a little more definition around the people under the arch.

 

No matter, very good work.

 

Best wishes. Peter

Colin, I think that the 10-22mm was formed just for that image!... very impressive, composition and history. The people are hardly visible and are not an issue for me, I like the brown colors and ark against the blue sky. I wish to be there. Pnina

Good idea to include parts of the columns bases (?) in the foreground to convey a perfect impression of depth. Perhaps some work with perspective correction, I guess (not overdone, excellent result). Funny, but I would have missed the humans, without a person I would have no idea about the dimensions. Very good architectural !

 

Regards

 

Carsten

Thanks everyone!

 

Arkady, I kept the people to give a sense of scale but did think about removing them.

 

Amar, I am beginning to wonder if you have some special powers as I removed a figure from the left foreground by copying and pasting from a different shot!

 

Peter, you are right about the history. It was for a time in the dark ages one of the places in Britain where learning and hope were kept alive. Now, you want the people clearer! Well, I did wonder about that too but decided just a glimpse would be enough.

 

Pnina, the stone colour of the ruins is a red-brown colour and has been worn away by wind and rain over the centuries into interesting sculptural shapes.

 

Carsten, the nearest column base is the bit from the second shot. I am not quite happy with the perspective correction on the mid-to-lower right but I thought it was the best compromise.

 

 

Very nice composition and detail and more of your great skies. Well done.

Colin, great image, beautiful lighting, and wonderful details. The history of the Priory is very interesting. Cheers, Sondra

Great work with that wide angle lens. I love this shot, it is very nice.

I like the ruins standing against the large expanse of sky & the arch framing part of the ruins behind.

Colin,fabulous,where You bring us here.The perspective looking towards the arch is stimulating,the generosity of the architecture and the way,how it is represented, with space and color.Good to hear about the history,the building speaks for it,but the surrounding of nature holds it together into all times,so the people.

Nice shot and good use of your wide angle lens. I will be going to Northumbria at the end of this month and this was on my top places to visit. Can't wait.

Beautiful ruins that your composition brings out very well. Yet I think that a later hour would have been more appropriate to the atmosphere of the site, and with a bit luck there would have been nobody in the field.

Nothing to add, Colin. I agree with Alexanra that your photo takes us there so we can also enjoy the scene; I also agree with Henri that a later hour may have been better though if your park service is like ours, it closes well before the light is good. Best regards.

colin, it might not be your thing, but what about putting together a book proposal with your photos on one page and a page of history on the other? it would make a great book. this is very beautiful. the colors on the structure, the sky, the green, soft, warm and inviting, the composition, including the stone in the foreground, the structure in the middle ground, and the structure centered in the opening in the background, give plenty to consider. my only question is the cutting off of the stone in the foreground. i think the angle and framing is just about perfect.

 

i can't think of anyone else on this site who has put together such a masterful series of photos on a subject matter. congratulations on stunning work that welcomes us to ponder where we have been and what remains of those journeys.

I'm after castles and you are after ruins of great priories and cathedrals, after lanscapes, after docks, ducks, museums... After what are you not?

But whatever you are after, you are masterfully, as here...

Beautiful!

A "Colin Carron" standard. That means high quality in every aspect I can think off. And it also means a personal style. Very nice work. Kind regards.

My thanks to all of you who were kind enough to comment.

 

Michael, have a good trip - I hope the weather is to your liking!

 

Henri, Richard, I agree the light is not ideal. However the Island is accessible only at certain times by a causeway through the sea. It is flooded by the tide at times. So the time of day available was limited to a few hours in the middle of the day.

 

Ben, A book is something I have thought of but I think the qality of a 6 Mpixel camera would not be up to publication. Maybe when I get my full frame digital camera!

 

Alberto, I seem to remember not just castles from you but also villages, landscapes, poets, dancers, bars....etc etc !

I was saying: perfect but for the human presence. Then read the various opinions and think you kept them for a reason, so it's up to you to decide. Excellent composition and angle. There is something mystical in this pic ( rpobably this is the reason why I don't like the human presence)

Paula, thanks for commenting. Yes, there are reasons for having people in a shot like this and also other reasons for not having them. I left the figures in fairly unobtrusively to add scale to the shot. I also left the pigeon in! (sitting on the arch). I feel the light in this shot (as commented) is not quite interesting enough to make it hold the spiritual charge I would want, so I left it rather more of an architectural essay.

Colin, i seriously doubt 6 mp would not be enough. consider posting a question about that in one of the forums here if you are interested in pursuing such a thing.

Excelent balance and perspective. The greatness of the monument is accentuated. Scale is necessary (the tree is not enough) and the people are not distructing; though I would prefer them more randomly dispersed in the space.

Thanks Ben and Manolis.

 

Ben, I know a guy who does bird photography. The stock libraries he uses have converted his 1200 catalogue of 35mm slides to digital and now will only take digital files from full frame cameras (usually about 14MP). He reckons he is too old to do t all again annd can't afford a full frame camera anyway!

 

manolis , maybe I need a sheep dog for people - a people dog?

Nicely done Colin. Lovely colors and composition.