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.
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).
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.
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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