Another photography challenge from #challengeyourcamera this time with a focus on churches, or temples, mosques etc, which provide lots of opportunity for your camera both externally and within. Internally the main challenge is often the lighting as well as whether to target a specific artefact or a wider area. Externally the challenge might be finding the best angle to capture the whole building against a sky or other buildings. We are lucky living in the English Cotswolds and are surrounded by churches from Norman and Medieval times steeped in history. Here’s a few images of our own that we hope will inspire you to have a go at this weeks challenge:
Roll of Honour #3 Industrial
Challenge Rules
Each week I am selecting a single theme to point my camera at or display a few photos from my collection as a way to brighten up the week as we enter a new year which we all hope will be brighter than the last. If you would like to join me in #challengeyourcamera then here’s what to do:
Follow me to discover the weekly theme I have chosen.
Select a few photos related to the week’s theme
Post your own photos that week, any day you like.
Include a caption with each photo so we know what/where it is
Include a link to my blog in your post so that I am notified and can follow you back
Add a pingback/link to YOUR post in the comment section of MY post on that weeks theme.
Include the tag #challengeyourcamera
I will follow you back
I will encourage other posters to follow you
I will list each blogger in my weekly post
Categories: Photography
WineArt: #6 An Aesthetic Experience 
WineArt: #3 The Flower of Burgundy 
WineArt #2 The Art of Friendship 
WineArt: #1 The Elegance of Volnay 
https://awaywegomk.com/2021/03/16/challengeyourcamera/
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Dr. B, you can click in the header of our Blog under “Photo Challenges” then a drop down menu comes and you can now easily find “Challengeyourcamera- Churches Week 4 in Granada, Nicaragua”. Let me know if that helps.
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No, that’s not how it works. I’m getting almost 200 alerts per week from people connected to the challenge. I click on the alert and the relevant post opens, I don’t have to search their blog looking for it.
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Ok, I saw others comments above and revisited their posts.
https://awaywegomk.com/2021/03/16/challengeyourcamera/
I have included the link above, the tags on the post, and a pingback on my post to your post. =)
Whew. I hope it is all good now. How is that?
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Yes, comment with link in my own post that kicks off the challenge. Still WordPress gremlins though ….. not your fault … I visited your post, clicked the WordPress button next to the comment box and replied. But …. a message came up saying “ sorry your comment could not be posted”! Been happening to a few of us lately , however it may still have arrived. Bizarre.
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I just chatted with WordPress, they were able to comment on my post with no issue. They said you can chat them so then can fix that issue for you. Can you try leaving that comment again? I will see if it works.
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WordPress also recommends “I would let the user clear their cache and try commenting again”.
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That link takes me to a mass of posts on your travels, not an entry for the theme churches of week 4. Did you want me to read all of your posts linked to find your entry? Honestly what I see is a long list of posts with no idea which one enters the challenge. Have a look at some of the entries I summarise in each post I make, everyone makes it easy to find.
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Oh no, I haven’t heard of an issue with our Follow Button or Comments, please let me know if there is an issue.
Here is the post: https://awaywegomk.com/2020/10/01/granada-nicaragua-1-28-1-30-2/
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That link doesn’t take me to your entry in Challenge Your Camera, it takes me to a post from last year?
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Yes, the tag I included is “challangeyourcamera” for the Churches post. Are the photos of churches in Granada not what you meant in the Churches challenge?
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Hello there, I left a comment and post pingback many weeks ago, followed your blog and I still don’t see the follow back or my comment. Was something the matter? Thanks.
https://awaywegomk.com/2020/10/01/granada-nicaragua-1-28-1-30-2/
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Oh dear I can’t find you at all! I see this comment (obviously) but which challenge theme did you post on and I’ll see if I can find out what happened. I commented generally on some of the challenges that some blogs weren’t letting me comment and also that in a few cases pressing the WordPress Follow button just didn’t work. It’s driven a few of us crazy! So put the link here to the challenge theme you posted on and I’ll take a peek.
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Enticed by Alison to join your challenge, I have posted a selection here on https://travels-with-my-camera.blog/2021/01/27/challenge-your-camera-churches/ I look forward to joining in further challenges but I can see the standard is pretty high.
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Hi and thank you so much for joining in our challenge. And thanks for following me. But I’m having a problem commenting on your travel blog and following you via WordPress. I think it’s because you followed me from maristravelsdotnet which doesn’t exist instead of from your travelswithmycamera blog. I know this sounds a bit technical but home it makes sense
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I’m afraid I don’t understand that at all. I do all my commenting and writing from travelswithmycamera.blog but I’ll put a query on the WP Forum and see if I can resolve this. Another blogger told me last week that she couldn’t access my blog with the URL I’d given her so I have to get to the bottom of this.
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Here’s the id you followed me from, try it and it might help https://maritraveldotnet.wordpress.com
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Hi Mari
I also had the same problem as Dr B and couldn’t find you for a while ..it seems you have two names! Maristravels and travels with my camera
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My churches. https://scrapydo2.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/challenge-your-camera-4-churches/
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Some really great old churches here Dr B
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Thanks Ali, I tend to prefer the old at my time of life😂😂 Are you giving it a go?
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Yes I think I will ..I have so many photos of churches ..I’ll get onto it tomorrow
Good choice
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👍👍🙏🙏🍷
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I love the first photo of the Saxon St Kenelm’s Church. I almost looks like a painting!
Here is my entry:
https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/challenge-your-camera-4-churches/
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Thank you, just commented on your site. St Kenelm’s is just a 15 min drive away from us and situated next to the Minster Lovell property cared for by English Heritage, I wrote about it here if it interests you https://buddhawalksintoawinebar.blog/2020/03/10/10599/
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Thanks, I will read about it
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The Cotswold stone is the most beautiful shade of yellow ever!
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It has its own charm though we have visited churches, cathedrals and ruined monasteries and abbeys all over England with different stone. But …. they can all look the same after 1000 years of weathering. However google Cirencester church and try to see the difference between old and new after they sandblasted it about 2 years ago
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This is a great idea! I love your images and would love to join in the challenge! These churches are not too far away from where I live, it’s good to capture the beauty that lies on our doorsteps.
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Hi, thanks for your comment on my images and you are very welcome to join in the challenge. Churches are great places for photography especially in England where there is often so much history attached. Who built it, who paid for it, date, plague churches, famous people buried, fonts, etc etc. About 2 years ago we decided to visit every church within a 10 mile radius of our home in The Cotswolds and found ancient wall paintings, abandoned villages, and one associated with a regicide… the first signatory to behead Charles II! I thought you lived in Lincoln? Good cathedral to have a go at?
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I love old churches and cathedrals. Your pictures are wonderful.
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I have photographed a lot of church doors, but fewer churches. I will need to go on the hunt for this challenge. Your photos are delightful.
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Stay safe then
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http://artandidioms.com/2021/01/25/challenge-your-camera-4-churches/ Not sure of the churches. They are from an old camera roll from 2010.
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Thank you for sharing these! I hope to find some time this week to join you.
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Great, would love to see your photos and for you to join us 👍🤞
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I love the architecture of these old churches.
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Lots of history to them too
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Yes, indeed!
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