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karmat


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Collection: Where I Live
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2007

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 There are a lot of churches in Canton, and in haywood county in general. On one route to my church, i pass 5 others. On the "bad weather" route, I pass 10 others.

This church is barely outside the town, but because canton is so rural, the rest of it is too. if that makes sense.

So, why did I choose this one? Have you ever heard of snake handling churches? I think they are more predominant in rural TN and KY than NC, but we have had a couple. This building used to house one.

The preacher owned a bait shop, and we sold him our nightcrawlers. NC doesn't look kindly upon strychnine drinking, rattlesnake toting preachers, and he was forced across the state line into Greeneville, TN. There he preached until he got bit and died.

Post processing, which I normally don't include, but I really like the blue sky 0 0 0
cropped (I was taking this out of my car window so the angle was kinda funky) and rotated a touch.

Then, I darkened it with a brightness/contrast level, and it made the blue just pop. Then a touch more contrast to give the steeple a bit more detail.

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 04/07/2007 10:53:48 PM
Very nice angular form. I really enjoy strong geometry in architecture shots.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
03/02/2007 10:32:02 PM
great contrast btwn the steeple and the rich blue sky.

-dave
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/24/2007 03:16:45 PM
nice shot of the steple i like the contrast between the sky and the white of the steple
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/24/2007 03:38:01 AM
I really like the blue sky, too; I have no idea what blue sky 0 0 0 means (the techniques and the language here sometimes baffle me completely; but so does life in general, I guess). I love the shot, it's very striking, and I love the story, which is also striking (snakes, striking . . . get it? Sorry, bad, I know).
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 02/23/2007 08:34:22 PM
Beautiful blue sky, great processing to get this!
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/23/2007 12:34:35 PM
Beautiful- I like the graduated blues of the sky, great contrast with the steeple. Funny history !
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Canon EOS-5D
Sigma 24-60mm f/2.8 EX DG for Canon
 02/23/2007 12:25:34 PM
I saw a documentary on snake handling churches, found it a bit odd, but hey, what do I know? This is a gorgeous picture, the blue is stunning, really beautiful.
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 02/23/2007 12:17:29 PM
Beautiful white against blue, very nice composition.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 02/23/2007 11:10:19 AM
I've never heard of what you talk about.
I don't believe you!

Only joking :-)
It sounds very interesting.

I wish I had interesting stories to go with my pictures.
Maybe I should make some up?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

P.S that's a purty picture.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 02/23/2007 07:50:54 AM
I've never understood that preaching/snake thing, but I think it's cool that there are so many churches in Canton. If you ask me, you can't have too many. . . .especially if they are all filled up during services :)

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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/22/2007 10:38:42 PM
Nice deep blue sky and I like the stmetry of the base. Well done!!!
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 02/22/2007 09:46:23 PM
Oh no....you don't just throw this gleaming spire thrusting skyward into the azure reaches and not tell us about it. Cough the details, girl!
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