Sunday's Best, a photo from Lincolnshire, England

Photographer's Note

Song: Elvis Costello, Armed Forces.

We took our Hungarian visitors to see the quaint old English town of Stamford, and I came upon this quaint old English practice of dressing up Sunday best and going to church on a SUnday morning. I walked past this church just as the service was ending, and all as the congregation came out, they all said goodbye to the vicar, just like in an old film. Maybe this is normal, and I just don't notice what's going on around unless I've got visitors to entertain.

A pity the guy noticed me fiddling with my camera across the street, I tried to shot from the waist to avoid attracting attention, but too late.

Tech: Crop, greyscale, back to RGB to get sepia.

elihesamian, Liora, Cool-ice, ChrisJ, Galeota, prlcs, Kenny10pin, cmartos, manerist has marked this note useful

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elihesamian (26149) 2004-06-28 3:55

Very well cropped,great work to chang it to sepia,Richard!
not only the boy attentioned to you ,but also the man in center did it:)It's not a flaw I think,it's very real.
I like your composition ,too.Great.Thanks for posted it.You did great.

Liora (1857) 2004-06-28 4:04

Great shot Richard! They all look so festive and so official at the same time. I like the boy on the left - all dressed up and probably intrigued by you... I like the sepia as well - it enhances the atmosphere by highlighting just the situation and not the colorful details.

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-06-28 4:35

I like very much your living scene, Richard.
And the PP is really excellent.
Well done !

maciekda (19895) 2004-06-28 4:36

hi Richard, nice shot, very busy scene, I enjpy watching alll those different poses and expression, I am glad you try shooting different things, interesting work

ChrisJ (171302) 2004-06-28 5:09

Very nice b&w with a good tonal range & variation.

Galeota (10352) 2004-06-28 15:04

Nice candid shot. Not "daily" but "sunday life" representative.. I'm surprised to see how they are dressed in a very fancy way (even the little boy has a tie). It seems almost like a marriage or a 1st communion or another ceremony like these ones. We're losing that kind of habits here in the old continent. It seems to me that everyone dresses a little bit more "simple" to go to the church nowdays.

prlcs (63) 2004-06-28 15:42

Excellente composition o� le noir et blanc est du plus bel effet et s'harmonise parfaitement avec le sujet de la photo. Les personnages donnent une note dynamique tr鋊 bien vue. Tr鋊 bien vu Richard !

merpb (2001) 2004-06-28 16:12

Nice daily life shot Richard that has been played out each Sunday for who knows how long, and your B&W treatment kind of creates a visual link with that past.
Nice work again

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-06-28 18:30

very nice shot here, I like the people here, they look like they are posing, but they are not, very posh indeed, well done

cmartos (242) 2004-06-28 18:39

A very good daily life shot, with a B&W PP that I really like, slightly warm, very well suited sepia tones. Not too bad that he noticed you, the scenery is otherwise full of activity and different attitudes and I like this variation. BTW, the little boy was also interested by your cam, and that's an add here. Very good composition and crop, I like this one a lot. Well done Richard!

jrzufferey (7305) 2004-06-29 15:45

Belle sc鋝e de la vie que cette sortie d'嶲lise en N&B, la composition est excellente et le contraste bon. Amicalement/jr

Jeppe (18654) 2004-06-30 17:01

Nice to watch those people - Somehow I seen this befor - may be I watched to many TV-series with Miss Marple for instance ;-) And I also agree with the title -specially the little boy - surely not hes "play dress" - Thanks Richard.

Isabelle (9046) 2004-07-04 18:30

long time out of TE, missed comment your pictures, Richard!
lovely sunday life scene! Like Gal, i thought it was a wedding ceremony, and got looking for the bride ;)
beautiful sepia tone and, imho, the guy looking straight to you just make the overall mood of joy even better.

kaychambers (1198) 2004-07-05 6:03

Great stuff Richard....particularly like the detailing on the stonework...and the vicar's stance ...

Well done.

Regards,

Vic, Singapore. 5th July 2004.

anil-ahuja (327) 2005-02-01 8:02