Christ Church from the Road

If you have read my blog for at least a year, you probably know that when I go to St. Simons, I have to go to Christ Church. The weather was so beautiful this year that of course, I had to go back. Here are some photos I took before I even entered the gate.
On the one above, I softened the edges (very easy to do on Picasa). Southern coastal oaks are so pretty with the spanish moss and graceful lines.

Here, depth of field was used to focus on the brick moss lined wall. Simply use the AV mode on your camera, using the lower number (larger aperture) to create that out of focus look on the building.

I did not do a very good job with the photo above (It is difficult leaning down far enough with one camera and having another banging around your neck to get the right perspective with the right thing being in focus!)...one year I will get one of these with which I will be happy. I included it just to remind you to create frames with what is available.

To age the photo I tried using sepia. Last year, I went inside and captured the beautiful stained glass. I was there too early in the day to go inside this year....but I did finally climb the lighthouse! Remember last year, there was scaffolding all around it when I arrived ready to climb it. Of course, there are still more photos of Christ Church to share first!