Lower Heyford Church
This wonderful little 12th Century church is constructed in a mixture of Cotswold and Hornton stone. It just loves to be photographed and as you can see looks wholly different at different times of the day and in different lights. Here are just some of my many images and of course every one is very idividual. One of the pleasures of photographing this building is the many opportunities for changing the geometry of the gravestones by just moving a couple of feet or changing the focal length of the lens a fraction.
The Church - midwinter
A bitterly cold January day but the late afternoon light brings out the best in the Cotswold and Hornton stone.The tower dates back to the twelfth century but the nave was reconstructed in 1865. What a pity that this wiew is dominated by overhead power cables which happily have been removed in Photoshop. Much better to put the cables underground! Also, taken from this angle and at a relatively low level the resultant photograph tends to 'lay back' the building with converging verticals. This has been reversed in Photoshop. I hope this has not impacted upon the integrity of the image!
Location: Lower Heyford
Photographer: Robin Barker