St. Michael and All Angels by David Jacks
100 views 14th November 2011
Featured in Christian Churches, Crosses and Statues (9th September 2011)
Featured in The English Church (26th August 2011)
This magnificent church, which was built between 1733 and 1735, stands in the grounds of Witley Court, Worcestershire. The Court was devastated by a fire in 1937. The church was the only part of the estate not damaged.
Fuji S9500
ISO 80
1/450 sec
f/4.5
One file in Photomatix Pro. 4.0 ( -2, 0, +2);
b&w conversion in Nik Silver Efex Pro. 2.0
Comments
This is beautiful David!!! I love what you’ve done with it.
Wow, thank you Sheryl. It’s a lovely church and I’m so pleased you like it. Thank you for the favourite, too.
– David Jacks
Your image is so Gorgeous Artwork and I love it, thank you to inspire friends and me :)
Take care and love yourself everyday.
Best regards,
Sunny
Thank you so much, Sunny! I’m so pleased you like the photo.
– David Jacks
Another winner David!
Thank you, John. This is one of those I took a while ago and left to gather dust. Don’s HDR b&w group has inspired me to dig out those old cast offs!
– David Jacks
Brilliant. What a beauty David. The sc is perfect
Thank you, Don. This has been in the reject pile for 4 years!! I decided yesterday to give it a chance to make the grade with HDR.
– David Jacks
Thank you for the favourite!
– David Jacks
Beautiful work David. Love the selective colouring…it looks really effective
Thank you Polly. It’s a lovely little church, I must go and visit it again soon.
– David Jacks
Thank you for the favourite!
– David Jacks
stunning work, especially love the use of selective colouring. Always found this whole place to have such a spooky atmosphere, and you’ve captured that perfectly
Thank you for this great comment and for adding the image to your favourites; both greatly appreciated. I am in awe of Witley Court’s atmosphere, it is ghostly and a bit sad. It’s one of my favourite places in the whole UK but I wouldn’t want to be there after dark!
– David Jacks
Congratulations on your feature 26/08/11
Dave, thank you so much, a lovely surprise and a great honour.
– David Jacks
Lovely image and SC. Congrats on your feature. -Judy
Thank you so much for the comment and the favourite Judy. Both are much appreciated.
– David Jacks
I went here after dark once – never again!! It was in the days before English heritage took it over. Very run down, the fountain was in a terrible state of disrepair and the atmosphere was incredibly spooky. I’d gone with an ex boyfriend who wanted to photograph the sunset, there were some very strange noises near the dilapidated conservatory -needless to say I hotfooted it back to the car!
I moved to Worcester in 1989 and visited Witley Court soon afterwards so I remember the state it was in even though English Heritage had taken it over. I went with an ex-girlfriend! I remember thinking I was glad that it wasn’t being made into a posh stately home again, though, I think that would rob it of its special character. I once heard a rumour that George Michael wanted to buy it! I’ve read somewhere that the main fountain (Andromeda?) was at one time destined for the middle of Worcester, near the Elgar statue. Can you imagine New Year’s Eve? Or any Saturday night for that matter….
– David Jacks
must’ve been about ‘86/87 when I was there at sundown, we used to go there a lot during the day, but there was always something about that place, in fact the whole area that used to spook the bejesus out of me! Maybe because it was so isolated? Since found out a lot of ancestors came from that area, so maybe they were haunting me?? LOL
I can imagine absolute carnage if that fountain was ever placed in anywhere near the Cathedral roundabout on New years!!….don’t get me started on Worcester council’s devastation of historic buildings and new monstrosities that replaced them, makes me seethe!!