Elgin Cathedral

These shots were taken at Elgin Cathedral in Scotland. We were given the assignment during our reading week to shoot an old building to show its character. I chose Elgin Cathedral because I had seen a picture of it before an thought the architecture would be good for doing close ups to show the material and textures of the building which would show the character. Unfortunately when I went there, which was also the only day of sunshine there was out of the 9 days I was up in Scotland, I found out that the cathedral was closed. It was supposed to be open but it wasn't with no explanation. As a result of this I had to shoot through the gates and couldn't get up close to the building. I was also using the 18-55mm lens and because of the width between the bars on the gates I could only move so far left and right.

I chose these two shots because the first image, the general view, had nice colours from the leaves and I liked the reflections in the river. I have noticed that my focus is not as accurate as I would of liked it so if I could go back I would improve it that way. Over the course of this degree thats something I would really like to achieve, being able to spot where the focus is and play around accordingly as alot of the time I think everything looks in focus on my camera screen but in reality when uploaded I notice that the picture is not always as sharp as it could be. I chose the second shot because I liked the symmetry of the gates. I also think these two shots best showed the character of the building.