St Bee's Church, Perthshire, Scotland

St Bean (720 AD) was grandson of the King of Leinster, Ireland, and preached among the Picts in this area. There has been a church on this site since those times. The present church is a 13th-century building, renovated in 1927 but retains many of the original features including a 'lepers' squint' (now glazed). There is a Pictish Cross under the north wall which is evidence of c. 1,300 years of Christian worship on the site.

N.B leper’s squnt = a small window in the exterior wall of some medieval churches through which lepers are believed to have viewed the service being conducted at the altar.

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A replica of the Pictish cross

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Lovely set. Stone work detail is fab as always.

Hope all good up north

Rob

woollyback wrote in post #18335574
Lovely set. Stone work detail is fab as always.

Hope all good up north

Rob

I had to battle with with noise due to a small censor on my Canon G12. ISO1600 for the interiot shots gave me a tonne of noise - hence definition is not what I would like

Thanks for your kind comment though

Stiga wrote in post #18335605
I had to battle with with noise due to a small censor on my Canon G12. ISO1600 for the interiot shots gave me a tonne of noise - hence definition is not what I would like

Thanks for your kind comment though

Tripod, Martin! If you take the time to travel to a great building like that, you can take the time to carry one with you! ; )

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18335685
Tripod, Martin! If you take the time to travel to a great building like that, you can take the time to carry one with you! ; )

LOL! When you are approaching 90 you don't carry anything you don't have to. That's also why I use a camera I can slip into a jacket pocket.

Stiga wrote in post #18335785
LOL! When you are approaching 90 you don't carry anything you don't have to. That's also why I use a camera I can slip into a jacket pocket.

Then how about a 1/4"-20 screw socket in the head of your cane? It shouldn't take you more than 2 or 3 days to figure out how that would work? ; D

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18335931
Then how about a 1/4"-20 screw socket in the head of your cane? It shouldn't take you more than 2 or 3 days to figure out how that would work? ; D

I have thought of that too. But I use telescopic walking poles for stabilization. But the have substantial rubber handles which cannot be adapted in the way you suggest. Walking canes are too short for me.

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Nice work Stiga!! All done on a "lowly" G12,says a lot about who's doing it and not the gear.

PNPhotography wrote in post #18338767
Nice work Stiga!! All done on a "lowly" G12,says a lot about who's doing it and not the gear.

Got it in one! As someone who started photography in 1938, gear was almost irrelevant.

Thanks for your kind words.

I have rarely if ever ventured into this section the past couple years. HDR is usually way over done for my taste.

I am loving the work here though! Lovely! And thank you for the history lesson as well. This was fascinating.