Thanks to all who looked and/or commented. A couple of specific responses....
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:27 -0500, "Bob Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, > Lovely photo. The sky is so dramatic and the tombstones in the > foreground really add a special touch. How do you let convicts be > architects? Greenway was an excellent architect despite his convict background - He was sentenced to death for forgery; later commuted to 14 years transportation to Australia. He was responsible for several early public buildings around Sydney, including one (St James Church) that featured in the BBC series "Around the World in 80 Treasures", hosted by Dan Cruickshank. However, there was probably a bit of 'beggars can't be choosers' as far as the Governor of the time was concerned. There weren't many other options. ++++++++++++++++++ On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:18 -0700, "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > Great elements, beautifully exposed, Brian! Ideally, I "think" I'd like > to see more of the foreground. I'm not sure that's possible. I seem to remember a heavy brick fence close to the first headstones. I think I'd need a very low shooting angle to include more and that would probably obscure the church. I'm going to do some more photography there shortly as part of SoFoBoMo, so I'll see what I can do. +++++++++++++++++++ Thanks also, Cave, Dan and Peter. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > G'day all > > > > Discovered while trolling through the archives... > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/IMGP3205peso.html > > > > > > This church dates from 1821 and was designed by the convict architect > > Francis Greenway. > > > > Comments, suggestions welcome. > > > > *istDS with DA 16-45 mm zoom > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
