The Silent Grandeur of Lincoln Cathedral

The magnificent Cathedral of Lincoln stands at the top of a steep ridge that runs for over fifty miles, from the Leicester border near Grantham to the river Humber. Building of the Cathedral commenced in 1088 and when finished it held the title of the tallest building in the World for some 238 years, until 1549 when the centre spire collapsed never to be rebuilt. It can be seen for many miles across the flatlands of the Lincolnshire fens and is a truly imposing sight.

The Cathedral is an often photographed landmark, the castle square probably the most popular place to stand and capture an iconic image. But I always try to shoot from a different angle or wait for adverse weather conditions to develop before I try and portray the building in a different light, something the viewer may not have seen before. My post entitled 'A Room with a View' captured the Cathedral from the bottom of Steep Hill on a cool Autumnal evening as a storm rolled menacingly overhead and can be viewed here, http://brettgardnerphotography.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/a-room-with-view.html , it is the view that greets all visitors as they walk towards the Cathedral from the city centre.

The image below was taken one early January afternoon while out for a stroll with my camera. It had been a reasonably nice day but as the light began to fade, the fog started to shroud the Cathedral's spires and everything became still and silent, the only signs of life being the warm orange glow emitted from the light in the little coffee shop situated in the Cathedral grounds.

Nikon D3s with Nikkor 24-70mm F2.8: ISO 1250 1/60 sec @ F5