Alabama Church

pixeldawg · Jan 9, 2009

If you drive from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa on Highway 82, you go through a little town called Centerville, which incidently is the geographical center of our state. Along that way, there's this small, methodist church that just screams to be photographed. I finally stopped a while back and shot some images of it. Hope you enjoy!

stsinner · Jan 9, 2009

That's gorgeous.. I know that in New England, the church was one of the first buildings to be built and set the center of the town.

Mersad · Jan 9, 2009

This is a great image. :thumbup: I would crop out the blue spot created by the lens flare to the right, though.

xtort- · Jan 9, 2009

Not bad. The subject doesn't really draw me in, but I could be missing something that others would see in it.

LaFoto · Jan 13, 2009

I agree with Mersad on the lens flare. That should be an easy cloning task, I think. Other than that: cute little church - nicely composed. I always get curious to see what such little churches look like inside?

Iron Flatline · Jan 13, 2009

It's a nice enough shot, but seems like a background asking for a subject to step in front of it.

Also, other parts of day might provide more interesting lighting. I bet you the front was nicely lit through the trees an hour earlier.

LarissaPhotography · Jan 13, 2009

It's a nice shot. If you can, you may try taking the shot again when the tree to the left is a little fuller. The tree on the right is dark and fills out the picture, but the one on the left makes the image seem bare.

pixeldawg · Jan 13, 2009

Thanks to one and all for your observations and responses! I appreciate reading them and will incorporate your suggestions if I get down to that church again. I'd really like to shoot this very late in the afternoon in the spring- I think that would be the optimal time to shoot this scene.

I agree that cloning the flair would be better than cropping and is a simple fix for this.

Thanks once again and Happy New Year to all of you!