Postcard from Thirsk, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

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This photo may not strike you with a typical postcard composition but I was really tempted to use my favourite “Postcard from…” title here. Even though searching under Thirsk you may find on TrekEarth a number of photos, there are so far no photos from this town itself. I think many British people at least heard about this town because it is in the North East of England frequently signposted as a direction. If you pass the motorway near it, a brown sign will also indicate that Thirsk is a worth visiting “historical market town”. Indeed last Saturday I have visited this lovely town hoping to take a photo of its photogenic clock tower. Unfortunately, all the time I was there the clock tower was being wrapped around with a beautiful hand made poppy decoration. It took a while so instead of photographing the market itself, I walked to the beautiful St. Mary Church dating back to 15th century (in this photo).

ikeharel, Fis2, PaulVDV, PiotrF, papagolf21, jemaflor, ChrisJ, jhm, mcmtanyel, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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Fis2 (170717) 2019-10-29 11:05

Czesc Mariusz!
Wow!
To jest to, tablice s± imponuj±ce, kocham to.
Piekna wieza na drugim planie.
Znakomity kadr i kompozycja.
Wspaniale miejsce, chcial bym to zobaczyc na zywo.
Widok robi wrazenie.
Milego wieczoru.
Krzysztof

Gerrit (62042) 2019-10-29 11:15

Hello Mariusz,
great old tombstone and magnificent church. They form a handsome couple.
thanks and regards,
Gerrit

carlo62 (81265) 2019-10-29 11:39

Ciao Mariusz
eccellente pov per un bellissimo risultato, ottima qualitа e splendida luce.
Mi piace questa tua interpretazione del luogo.
Saluti
Carlo

jmdias (115128) 2019-10-29 12:02

mariusz

a nice idea to include a close up of the tombstone while we have the typical english church ahead. a compo well done and beautiful.

take care

jorge

drt100 (4038) 2019-10-29 12:17

A great photo. Well done point of view and image composition. I like very much the brick stone colors. I also like the line of grave markers well aged by time. The clock looks too new for the building. Thanks

David

mesutilgim (0) 2019-10-29 12:40

Hello Mariusz,
Another nice and interesting capture/entry in your gallery.
Very good pov and sharpness.
Specially the old gravestone in foreground creates a perfect effect. Many good and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Tue (92328) 2019-10-29 12:43

Hello Mariusz,
A fantastic photo of this typically English church with an old and weather-beaten gravestone in front of it. Very good light, clarity and fine, natural colours. Really well done and composed.
Lars

PaulVDV (62886) 2019-10-29 13:27

Hello Mariusz,
I find it striking that in English cemetaries so many tombstones are skewed. You could not take such a photo in Belgium :) You might not be able to find such an old tombstone here either.
Of course they lend themselves well to successful compositions.
I admit I've never heard of Thirsk. The name doesn't really sound English, I think.
Northern England seems to be an inexhaustible source for visiting and photographing beautiful churches, cemeteries, ruins of abbeys, ...
I like this picture very much, attractive colours, perfect sharpness, good depth.
Best regards, Paul

PiotrF (54636) 2019-10-29 14:17

Czesc Mariusz
Swietna kompozycja z imponujaca wieza w tle. Pierwszy plan ladnie wypelniaja glowice nagrobkow sprzed wielu lat. Widze, ze "angielska" pogoda jest laskawa w tym roku i dzieki temu mamy atrakcyjna kolorystyke.
Ciekawa prezentacja
pozdrawiam
Piotr

Royaldevon (85932) 2019-10-29 15:14

Hello Mariusz,

My first thought was not the beauty of the church, though it is a splendid building, but rather, how well you have used the gravestone. It makes a strong f/g feature, creating an excellent sense of depth, and it is impossible to pass it without studying its decorations and writing. Then, of course, there is still the church to investigate!

My warm regards,
Bev 😊

lousat (139236) 2019-10-29 16:01

Hi Mariusz.You been unlucky with the clock tower, but you have remade yourself with this beautiful prospect which is a great leap into the past of this village until now unknown to the members of TE. The church is perfectly preserved and the perspective is very original and of excellent quality as always.Have a good night and thanks,Luciano

Nicou (193806) 2019-10-29 21:21

Hello

comme on voit parfaitement les inscriptions sur la premiиre tombe du cimetiиre quel cadrage et sie en valeur fantastique et ce clocher en fond avec l’horloge ce vert au sol quelle image superbe
Bravo et belle journйe
Nciou

rychem (72187) 2019-10-29 21:27

To cos dla mnie, uwazam, ze takie stare cmentarze sa nie tylko urokliwe, ale z kamieni mozna wyczytac wiele ciekawych informacji
pozdrawiam Ryszard

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-10-30 0:12

Bonjour, cher Mariusz,
Une composition fort bien pensйe avec ces йlйments architecturaux.
Admiration d'ensemble pour la rйalisation et l'intйrкt.
Amitiйs.
Philippe

jemaflor (147104) 2019-10-30 0:24

Hi Mariusz,
Well photographed, good effect with the FG, dynamic result for the photo. Splendid light well captured and interesting architecture, a well made photo, tfs.

ChrisJ (171822) 2019-10-30 3:23

Hello Mariusz,

I am hoping the UK will vote to stay in the EU. The line of tombstones leads directly to the old clocktower and a former church. Good sharpness and a nice blue sky. Tfs!

pajaran (115861) 2019-10-30 3:49

Pozdrav.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepa stara arhitektura na groblju.
Lep toranj sa satom, lepa St. Mary Church.
lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trenutak sa belim oblacima na plavom nebu.
Zelim vam uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Beautiful old architecture in the cemetery.
Beautiful clock tower, beautiful St. Mary Church.
a beautifully shown, well captured moment with white clouds in the blue sky.
Have a good day, all the best.

jhm (211736) 2019-10-30 5:43

Hello Mariusz,

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Your picture typical English build style this church.
Nice presentation, with the grave stone in foreground.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John

Silvio1953 (221563) 2019-10-30 6:04

Ciao Mariusz, great view of fascinating old church, lovely composition with tombrstone in FG, fine details, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Sergiom (117241) 2019-10-30 6:49

Bonjour Mariusz,

C'est tout simplement la carte postale parfaite. Trиs beau choix de profondeur de champs qui permet de pouvoir lire la pierre tombale et d'avoir le clocher bien net.

Amicalement

Serge

ikeharel (113319) 2019-10-30 10:53

it looks as the old clock still working, Mariusz, or maybe the strong light confused me...
Nice side POV with the added stone up front.
Good evening, many thanks for your critique today, appreciated the supportive note.
Ike

Miguel82 (47110) 2019-10-30 15:10

Mariusz, excellent contribution to Te given that any photos of that town has never been posted on the forum so far. The low pov is a good idea to capture at the same time the old stonework with its clock tower and the gravestones. A cemetery is found next to that ancient church. Fine colors, good image quality, interesting photo note, regards.

ifege (48055) 2019-10-30 23:29

Hi Mariusz
Great DOF to get everything adequately sharp. Good composition and subject matter.
cheers
Ian

mcmtanyel (68479) 2019-10-31 21:21

Hello Mariusz,
I like this view of the church with the gravestones in the foreground. Nice composition! 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT

COSTANTINO (116452) 2019-11-01 10:36

Hello my friend and have a nice weekend
a really magnificent church taken
from an artistic close up
thanks for your useful notes
in order to understand better what
this photo presents because many
British people at least heard about
this town because it is in the North
east of England
welldone
regards
Costantino