St James Church Buttermere
Shot last year at Buttermere in the English lake district national park.
The small picturesque Church of St James is situated above the village of Buttermere at the junction of Honister and Newlands passes. The original chapel was consecrated in 1507, while the present building dates from 1840, and was restored in 1930.
A special feature is the wrought iron ‘Shepherd’s Gate’, at the entry to the porch. There is an antique organ, dated 1820. The East window by Henry Holiday, dated 1893, has Mary, Martha and a cherub head. Wordsworth said ‘A man must be very unsensible who would not be touched at the sight of the chapel of Buttermere’.
There is a stone tablet set into the window sill of a south window as a memorial to Alfred Wainwright, the famous walker and author of guidebooks. The window looks out on his favourite place to walk, Haystacks, where at his wish his ashes were scattered.
Shot with a Nikon D70s and 18-70mm lens
1 shot Raw tonemapped and tidied up in photoshop.
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Pat Yager
What a neat picture, Jason! And a helpful description as well! Thank you! – Pat
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers pat and thank for the comments and visit too my friend.
Tom Gomez
A lovely little church, nice one Jason …
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Tom mate.
Albert Dickson
A marvelous photograph. Rich in color and composition. I like this very much.
Jason Connolly replied
Thank you so very much Albert, this was taken last Summer believe it or not, only had one nice weather day the whole week being there and only just got around to processing it today….
Lois Bryan
Jason … you are the KING of pastoral beauty in the UK!!!!! Right down to the perfect placement of your ram (is it a ram?) buddy!!!!! WOWZER!!!
Jason Connolly replied
Well thank you my friend, you are so nice with your comments..I think it’s a goat or a sheep with horns LOL
Cheers Lois…
Catherine Veal
This is really pretty Jason.x
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks so much Catherine.
Warren Williams
Excellent , like the comp with the goat.
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks very much warren, this was a stuffed posed model one that I keep in the boot of the car for occasions like this !! ;-)) LOL
Cheers bud..
Béla Török
Great work, my friend!
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much bela mate..
Nancy Chambers
This is gorgeous!! :0
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks so much Nancy , appreciate that.
Magnum1975
Wow, great shot. There is such history there. Well done.
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks ever so much magnum1975, appreciate the fine comments and visit.
Nori Bucci
Gosh, what a beautiful place Jason! I’d certainly love to visit a little chapel like this one… and look at those beautiful hills in the distance!!! Gorgeous work.
Jason Connolly replied
This was the first time i had been to this part of the lake district Nori and I have to think that it is amongst the most beautiful part too, didn’t have time to go in the church so no piccies there…
Thanks my friend.
John44
Jason truly a stunner!
Gorgeous!
John
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks so much John, much appreciated mate.
Squealia
Wonderful work
Jason Connolly replied
Thanks Celia, I have just read your Bubblemail, i’ll get back to ya pal..
Thanks for the comments on the shot my friend.
Shaun Whiteman
Wonderful shot Jason, Buttermere is possibly my favourirte location in the Lakes! A fave mate!
Marvin Collins
Wow!! I love this one Jason, beautiful image!!
Eva Lee
Absolutely beautiful!!!
xoxox…
Peter Lessey
Great Photo Jason, the compsition and presentation is outstanding.
I like this. – Peter
bill oneil
Great shot mate, what a fantastic old building
Lisawv
Beautiful place. Outstanding clarity and composition; gorgeous sky. Enjoyed reading the history and the stone work is incredible.
Meeli Sonn
Ww , this is realy great photo. Gorgeous athmosphere, light, green landscape. Scotish I think…
Rob Parsons
Great shot Jason, love the sheep in the foregorund.
Nanagahma
Very bucolic setting. I love the way this chapel is nestled so nicely in the valley of these gorgeous mountains. The ram adds additional interest to the photo. Very nicely done!
Teresa P. Pelaez
What a beautiful place, lovely, peaceful, full of nature, amazing work!
Visual Inspi...
wonderful… mystical capture!!
AmyRalston
great picture
Stewart Laker
Lovely shot.
SharonD
Wow, this is a gorgeous photo Jason.
Kofoed
A gorgeous photograph, Jason. Beautiful church, beautiful setting, and wonderful lighting and colours.
Thanks for the description, very interesting.
Lori Peters
This is so beautiful, Jason!!!
jchanders
Very beautiful again. Lovely sheep too!
Jonathan Bartlett
Very awesome scene. Great job capturing it!
handprintz
Beautiful capture James
Rosalie Dale IPA
What a cooperative animal, posing for you! Great work …
dougie1
beautiful jason!
Imber
Beautiful shot!
GailD
Stunning Jason. Beautiful countryside & beautifully taken shot.
Barry Norton
Great capture Jason, I commented when you put it up before
Jason Connolly replied
Cheers Barry mate, much appreciate the great comments and visit too.
This is the first and only time I have uploaded this image mate, must be getting this shot mixed up with someone else’s mate..
Curtiss Simpson
This is beautiful, nice shot Jason !
BarbL
Lovely setting and beautiful church! Well captured!
Tomas Abreu
Beautiful picture, idyllic scene.
Rich Gale
very nice jason, I hope you got the sheep to sign a release!!!!!
JamieGreen
Cool shot of a churchgoing Swaledale. I was there not so long back and nearly got trampled by a herd of cattle.
Smudger
wow the sheep in the foreground makes all the differnce well done mate
Ronald Jore
This is beautiful, it all just works!
Jing3011
So inviting in every way
RedHillDigital
Lovely spot.
debsphotos
Very special place and building Jas….lovely history and OMG…what a setting!!!! *-)
David Craker P...
perfect balance Jason
Ruth Vilmi
I love this, Jason, especially the purple hill:-) I love the way you give us historical details too.
dotje
Congratulation with your featured photo beautiful
Roddy Atkinson
Excellent composition, great shot!
Bonnie T. Barry
Intensely detailed, crisp, clear, colorful, beautifully composed. This is absolutely spectacular!
AnaCBStudio
Beautiful scene….great shot
Anne O'Connor
Wonderful little church and photographed beautifully. Light and all is super and thanks for the info with it. It certainly deserves the feature. Regards from Tassie.
Mayina
Stunning work…....
Josie Jackson
Beautiful capture of such a lovely old church, great lighting and composition nd congrats on your feature
kenspics
Brilliant photography Jason!!!
Congratulations on a VERY well deserved feature!!!
Lori Peters
lorilee
How beautiful!!!!!!! Very charming!!!!!
Gary Kenyon 2 days ago
Another stunner. Superb.