2009.08.08 "Churches" discussion

[Marushka]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40153539@N08/3828834280/" title="8/8/09 Church by vertatle, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3423/3828834280_32cafc8c4b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="8/8/09 Church" /></a>

Im not proud of this photo, persay, but the subject was just too nuts to not include. Any suggestions for improvements? There is a lot going on in the picture, but to some extent the clutter is all adding to create a picture for what this place is. I would love to see how other photographers would try and compose this pic, maybe by a different crop.

Gargoyle: that shot is really awesome. the silhouette shows a great amount of detail making it obviously a church, and the sun hiding behind the tower like that is like a halo! Very cool!

[Snarkasm]

Oh ho ho, you sneaky girl. Two themes from the same subject! Nicely done.

I think the biggest thing popping out at me at the moment is that the sign is half cut off - I can barely tell that it's a crazy-person's church. Expand the frame to see that, and everything would cohere a little better.

[Gargoyle]

Marushka, I love seeing the LA pics :). That's a touch subject; I never got a very good picture of it. Although that's partially because I didn't have the guts to walk very close to it with Ed's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Grothus) paranoia of people (specifically, young folks) stealing stuff.

I think ultimately there's too much stuff to get in one picture. I'd probably try to get closer and get a shot with just the bomb, flag, and church. A further-off shot is ruined by the trees and chain-link fence, IIRC.

If Ed's granite bomb obelisks ever get erected, that would make a pretty sweet picture (the Internets tell me they're 40 feet tall and 39 tons!).

[Marushka]

Everytime I have gone there, it has been closed. I would love a chance to interact with the owner of that place! Maybe if Im nice he will like me. I don't think you can go into the "church" can you?

[Gargoyle]

I don't think so; I think they just use the church for storage these days.

Ed Grothus owned the place, but he passed away recently. The Black Hole's website (http://blackholesurplus.com/) claims that they're still open, but I wonder how long the place will go on without Ed's force of will. There was another guy who worked the counter there that seemed like a pretty nice guy, so I'm hoping it stays open.

Here's Cardinal Ed with the rest of the sign, Snark.

http://i.pbase.com/u13/franhogan/upload/42475949.CardinalwithSign100.jpg
http://i.pbase.com/u13/franhogan/upload42475949.CardinalwithSign100.jpg

[Buddy J]

What!? He died? I never got to visit :(

[Snarkasm]

Aw, I can't see it, Garg. Repost? Or I'll try and check it at the hotel later.

[Gnome Queen]

I don't have any new photos from churchs, but this is from when I was abroad a few years ago- I think it's from the Notre Dame.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2560/3833679578_c9db8bf7ef_b.jpg

[Gargoyle]

Weird, I guess they don't like hotlinking, and it was just in my cache.

Tempted to just upload it, but I'll play nice and link to the original website.

http://www.pbase.com/franhogan/image/42475949

[Snarkasm]

Awesome, thanks.

Critical Mass every Sunday. Love it.