First test shoot with my new toy

[karohemd]

Went around the corner from work to St. Andrew's Church in Chesterton to take a couple of shots and stopped again after work for some night shots.
I know the composition is off at times but the point of the exercise was to get a feel for the camera and try various settings.
The night shots are all handheld at ISO 1600 with automatic white balance, aperture between f3.6 and f4.5, shutter speed between 2s and 1/30th.
Thankfully the kit is heavy enough to hold steady without tripod. I'll go back with a tripod soon to take some long exposures.
All shots are unchanged, just resized to be web-friendlier (orginal size Large at Fine quality JPG).

St. Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge

(crossposted to my journal and nikon_d70)

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

I like the one of Elizabeth Gathercole's gravestone. The one of the angel on the tomb might have been better with less depth of field? The background's a bit distracting. Some nice atmospheric shots there.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*nods*
As I said above, the compositions aren't necessarily ideal. I was just snapping as I had to be back at work soon after.
First I was a bit disappointed that the sky had clouded up (it was sunny an hour earlier) but the dark clouds actually added to the atmosphere.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, absolutely. You want good looming clouds for pictures of churches. Well, that or a bunch of goths hanging around ;)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

There's no shortage of goths in Cambridge, except right now as they are all in Whitby. ;o)

[sea-cucumber.livejournal.com]

ahhh... one of my favourite things... doomy church pictures :) :)
Really atmospheric, actually!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I thought you would approve.
It's sad that the churchyard and the graves are so neglected, on the other hand, they make for great photos.