The Central Tower, York Minster cathedral by Jason Connolly
Jason Connolly

The Central Tower, York Minster cathedral by

Featured in ImageWriting January 2010
Went on a bubblemeet to the historic city of York in Yorkshire… Myself, my wife Donna (her first meet up with some of the redbubble guys) met up with good friends and bubblers"*_+Steve Smith+_*":http://www.redbubble.com/people/bcimages (pictured) his good lady Lesley G and Redbubbler Richard ( clickinhistory ) .

York minster is a Grade1 Listed building and works alonside English Heritage
This is a shot of Europe’s greatest Gothic Cathedral, York minster.
This is a shot of the Central tower dating from the 15th century from the inside looking up, the original tower collapsed in 1407
Here’s some info on York Cathedral from from Wikipedia:
York Minster is a Gothic cathedral in York, England and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe alongside Cologne Cathedral. The Minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is cathedral for the Diocese of York; it is run by a Dean and Chapter under the Dean of York. The formal title of York Minster is The Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of St Peter in York. Services in the Minster are sometimes regarded as on the high church Anglo-Catholicism side of the Anglican scale.
It has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic choir and east end, and Early English north and south transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window, (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 16 metres (52 ft) high. The south transept contains the famous Rose window.
Official York Cathedral website

with a Nikon D300 and Sigma 10-20mm lens
f 5
1/13 second
ISO 200
With tripod

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cathedral, central_tower, chapel, church, churches, minster, york, york_cathedral, york_minster, york_minster_cathedral

Comments

  • Jason Connolly
    Jason Connollyover 2 years ago

  • Shaun Whiteman
    Shaun Whitemanover 2 years ago

    Cracking shot Jase, amazing details mate, the contrasting light really makes it for me!!!

  • Thanks Shaun, my necks never been the same since taking this one…

    – Jason Connolly

  • clickinhistory
    clickinhistoryover 2 years ago

    Great shot Jase, the man above is right, the contrasts of light and texture is superb

  • Hi Richard…I loved this place mate, such a great place for the camera, cheers matey…

    – Jason Connolly

  • Tom Gomez
    Tom Gomezover 2 years ago

    Wow, super catch Jason. I’m getting dizzy looking at this shot …

  • LOL, so am I mate, cheers for that Tom mate.

    – Jason Connolly

  • Catherine Hamilton-Veal  ©
    Catherine Hami...over 2 years ago

    amazing work Jason, and a definate fave.x

  • Thanks very much Catherine, really do appreciate that my good friend ;-)))

    – Jason Connolly

  • Gary Kenyon
    Gary Kenyonover 2 years ago

    Stunning details in this lovely photo. You should see if the official York Cathedral will buy some pics from you and display them on their website. Great work Jason.

  • Cheers Gary mate, I might just do that my fiend, much appreciate the comments on the shot..

    – Jason Connolly

  • Bob Culshaw
    Bob Culshawover 2 years ago

    Brilliant Jason, an instant fave for me. You have done a fantastic job here hand held on a relatively slow shutter speed.

  • Whoops!!!Not trying to deceive poeple, I’d better change that, wasn’t handheld, definately tripod, thanks for pointing that out, hope you don’t like it any less now, thanks Bob mate..

    – Jason Connolly

  • barkeypf
    barkeypfover 2 years ago

    Makes your head spin Jason. Well done.

  • LOL, sure does mate, thanks Paul.

    – Jason Connolly

  • Simon Duckworth
    Simon Duckworthover 2 years ago

    cant beat a church roof shot, they are amazing, great shot and detail

  • Cheers Simon, really am glad you like it mate.

    – Jason Connolly

  • Bob Culshaw
    Bob Culshawover 2 years ago

    Still love it Jason, wasn’t trying to be funny it was just that at my age I can’t hold anything steady! Makes me appreciate the skills of you young guns!

  • I have a steady hand Bob, but not that steady LOL…Some of my other shots in here were handheld but I shot them on full aperture and the camera on auto ISO and did it that way with them…

    – Jason Connolly