Rock Cemetery
14th March 2015
In the last year or so I have become more interested in photographing aspects of Nottingham city centre and whilst it would be inappropriate to describe a cemetery as a hidden gem, Church or Rock cemetery is definitely worth a visit.
The cemetery dates from the mid 1800s and there are rows of quite closely set graves facing St. Andrews Church with some very fine figure sculptures and tombs.
I only had a brief hour to look around and capture one or two photographs. I would have left more time had I realised how interesting the cemetery is both from a historical and visual perspective. A revisit is definitely on the list.
The photos I did take on this visit have been processed to take account of the lighting conditions which were a little harsh. To balance the highlights and shadows I have used Adobe's merge to HDR on a single file. I deliberately chose one of the more surreal pre-sets which was then overlaid onto the original exposure to reduce halo effects. Often my view with HDR is not to hide the process but to use it as a creative tool and to give impact in the final image - hopefully this has been achieved.
The cemetery dates from the mid 1800s and there are rows of quite closely set graves facing St. Andrews Church with some very fine figure sculptures and tombs.
I only had a brief hour to look around and capture one or two photographs. I would have left more time had I realised how interesting the cemetery is both from a historical and visual perspective. A revisit is definitely on the list.
The photos I did take on this visit have been processed to take account of the lighting conditions which were a little harsh. To balance the highlights and shadows I have used Adobe's merge to HDR on a single file. I deliberately chose one of the more surreal pre-sets which was then overlaid onto the original exposure to reduce halo effects. Often my view with HDR is not to hide the process but to use it as a creative tool and to give impact in the final image - hopefully this has been achieved.