Friday Foto

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I have been playing with the same filter I used for last week's Friday Foto. This is a picture of Ely Cathedral as a negative black and white image. I remember as a youngster how often I would hold strips of negatives up … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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I took this photograph in the Lady Chapel in Ely Cathedral. I find the contrast between the beautiful flower arrangement and the damage wrought by the reformers is quite moving, and a stark reminder of what we're capable … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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This is a picture of the more visible pipes, there are a lot more behind the stone arch to the left of this, that make up the organ in Ely Cathedral. It's a super instrument, with a quite wonderful sound. If you would … [Read more...]

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This is a picture of the altar in the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral. Behind the altar you can see the remains of what, I imagine, would have been a truly magnificent reredos. But this, like the rest of the statuary and … [Read more...]

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Friday Foto Looking down the barrel of a gun! This is a picture of the canon on Palace Green in Ely, with the Cathedral in the background. The canon was originally captured from the Russians in Sebastopol. It was … [Read more...]

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Friday Foto Here is another picture of Ely Cathedral from amongst my collection of recent photographs. This one shows the east end of the Cathedral. It's a view which I often miss, probably because the main entrance … [Read more...]

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Friday Foto Here is a picture of Ely Cathedral from amongst my collection of recent photographs. It's taken from down the hill on the eastern side of the cathedral. You can just see the top of the Octagon. … [Read more...]

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Friday Foto Here is another picture from my recent trip to Ely Cathedral, this time an interior view. This is a picture of the High Altar in the Cathedral. The picture was taken from in The Choir and shows the bottom … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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Friday Foto I was lucky enough to be able to spend a few hours in Ely this week; and managed to get some photographs of the Cathedral that I was pleased with. The view pictured below is one I haven't seen in the day … [Read more...]

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Friday Foto This is another photograph from Ely Cathedral. It's one of the statues on the side of the magnificent stone pulpit. I would imagine it must be quite daunting, but also a great pleasure, to preach a sermon … [Read more...]