Danger From Above
As we were having a look around St. Martin's Cathedral (better known as the Dom Church) in Utrecht, The Netherlands, we were being watched from above by strange creatures:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/250s
Olympus Stylus 1s, 220mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/200s
These gargoyles are found on old churches all over Europe. They often have a spout designed to convey water away from the side of a building, but their shapes traditionally illustrate evil; they provided images and symbolism for a largely illiterate population.
They still look slightly scary today.
It took some doing to get rid of the perspective distortion you get from photographing upwards, but I think I pulled it off.
Thanks for watching!
Scary though, but i think it should be, because this is part of great ancient work done by our ancient father. Nice work dude and i will look forward seeing more of this.
the Moss on these ones really adds to their character and yes scary feel which I gues sis part of what they were designed for
Even though we have some on a couple of buildings here in NYC they do not have the same character and feel as those in Europe
Awesoem job on fixing the distortion, thats something I still struggle with doing well
I like your posts ,,,
what beautiful scenery are you a photographer?
They were set up to scare off evil spirits in the Middle Ages))) We have them also in Ukraine.
Do they look similar?
Yep, the same look)
These are slightly scary! But very nice shots anyways. :)
It's just wonderful. I beg you to continue.
It reminds me of the Angels and Demons scene in the Vatican.
I love the old churches or buildings with gargoyles, they are so goth and sacry, but very interesting to see ^_^
Are the gargoyles more or less in the same style where you live?
In the city where I live there's not gargoyles, because every church here is in romanesque style (older than gothic), but there are some gargoyle (even if in different style ^_^) in the Dome in Florence:
