Report - St Mary Magdalene Church..Guyrhin, Cambridgeshire February 2018

[Mikeymutt]

Another from the archives. One I visited solo. I think someone had forgot to shut the door properly on this one, has I went back a few weeks later and it was shut completely. A nice relaxed explore of what was a very nice unvandalised church of some size.
St Mary Magdalene was built to replace the little chapel down the road. Built in 1878 it was constructed when Guyrhin was divided up from Wisbech St Mary. The church served the community until 1983 when it was closed and the former chapel of ease was restored and deemed more a suitable size for the hamlet. Ironically when Guyrhin was brought back into the parish of Wisbech St Mary. And is now under the churches conservation trust.
This church was put up for sale in 2018. Not sure if it sold or still laying derelict.

 

[Wastelandr]

Nice sometimes those opportunistic finds are the best! Big fan of shot 22

 

[JakeV50]

Cor that's stunning!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Very nice that, good to see its clean

 

[Calamity Jane]

Lovely church, good to see its been kept a close eye on since 83! Just have to admire the architecture of these places. 👍

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nice sometimes those opportunistic finds are the best! Big fan of shot 22

Cheers mate. I always liked that one. Was on my old 35mm lens.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Lovely church, good to see its been kept a close eye on since 83! Just have to admire the architecture of these places. 👍

Yeah I honestly did not think it had been shut that long.

 

[Wastelandr]

Cheers mate. I always liked that one. Was on my old 35mm lens.

Think I've realised lately that wider isn't always better, sometimes the focal lengths closer to actual vision look nicer if you can fit enough in

 

[Mikeymutt]

Think I've realised lately that wider isn't always better, sometimes the focal lengths closer to actual vision look nicer if you can fit enough in

Yeah definatley. I think it's always been go wide in exploring, and understandable as it's architecture. But like you say the focal lengths can be fantastic. You just have to think more. I have always liked detail shots of things in a building as well.

 

[Wastelandr]

Yeah definatley. I think it's always been go wide in exploring, and understandable as it's architecture. But like you say the focal lengths can be fantastic. You just have to think more. I have always liked detail shots of things in a building as well.

Yeah for sure, often you do need a wide but the wider you go the easier it is to distort it. I need to try the detail shots more after seeing your and @dansgas1000 work

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Think I've realised lately that wider isn't always better, sometimes the focal lengths closer to actual vision look nicer if you can fit enough in

I do rate my tokina 11-20, it is about as wide as u can go with 0 distortion (I really dont like the fisheye look)
I do carry a cheap 18-200 which is handy if I want to zoom in on feature on top of a building etc

 

[Mikeymutt]

I do rate my tokina 11-20, it is about as wide as u can go with 0 distortion (I really dont like the fisheye look)
I do carry a cheap 18-200 which is handy if I want to zoom in on feature on top of a building etc

Is that in his Sony. That would be just under 8mm on a crop sensor. I am looking at a 8mm prime lens for mine. I really don't like fish eye myself. It's ok in something like a cooling tower or anything circular. Haslar staircase being a good example.

 

[Wastelandr]

I do rate my tokina 11-20, it is about as wide as u can go with 0 distortion (I really dont like the fisheye look)
I do carry a cheap 18-200 which is handy if I want to zoom in on feature on top of a building etc

Is that in his Sony. That would be just under 8mm on a crop sensor. I am looking at a 8mm prime lens for mine. I really don't like fish eye myself. It's ok in something like a cooling tower or anything circular. Haslar staircase being a good example.

Do like the sound of those ones with a big wide-tele zoom range. I did have an 8-16mm Sigma lens with no distortion, think it was the widest non-fisheye APS-C lens made, but it was so heavy and looks a bit too unrealistic. Still I think an 8mm prime would be handy to have in the bag for tunnels or other tight situations like staircases.

 

[Mikeymutt]

Do like the sound of those ones with a big wide-tele zoom range. I did have an 8-16mm Sigma lens with no distortion, think it was the widest non-fisheye APS-C lens made, but it was so heavy and looks a bit too unrealistic. Still I think an 8mm prime would be handy to have in the bag for tunnels or other tight situations like staircases.

Yeah the 8mm for the Fuji is new out. Thinking of trading my 10-24 in for it. I have a manual samyang 12mm and 65 macro lens as well which can be creative. Keep thinking about the 23mm f1.4 as well. But need to be good as just bought a new camera and 70-300 lens and Tele converter.

 

[Wastelandr]

Yeah the 8mm for the Fuji is new out. Thinking of trading my 10-24 in for it. I have a manual samyang 12mm and 65 macro lens as well which can be creative. Keep thinking about the 23mm f1.4 as well. But need to be good as just bought a new camera and 70-300 lens and Tele converter.

Ah nice, is it a Fuji camera? Laowa make some good ultra wide primes that might be worth checking out.