Ashton

You've seen this church before, sometimes from inside and sometimes from outside. It's where we get our special occasion pies. But I don't think I have shown the Ashton United Church from this angle across the street.

Generally speaking, I try to compose photos reasonably well and without distractions, but distractions can't always be helped. Sometimes, I just need to take the picture for the record.

But often, I want to play with it afterward, and this time, I decided on a somewhat retro mono look as an alternative for this church. I have decided that I don't like although it does look retro, which was the intent.

Does it resemble 1950s b&w at all?

There was also a general store on my right from where I was photographing the church.

Sadly, the store is no longer in operation. A previous tenant, who seemed to love having the general store, was asked to leave for some reason. It has stood empty for a few years since then. I wouldn't always post a photo with a random truck driving through (on the left), but I am trying to be less uptight and sometimes settling for capturing things as they were. lol

Once upon a time I posted a blog from inside the store. Let's see if I can track it down . . . and here it is from almost 8 years ago.

I also decided on a mono conversion for the store.

Then I made a slight modification that you might not even notice at first, but I like it. I think it adds a focal point. Of course you see it  Right?

Now that I have Photoshop back, I am able to do slight manipulations, like that above, that were otherwise difficult if not impossible for me, like the little touch above.

I also took this photo in the corner between the church and the store. It seems like I should be able to get a good shot of these two tractors, but I haven't quite managed it yet. I did deliberately included the fence so I would have a photo for Happy Foto Friday on Flickr.

Those three photo subjects are just about all there is to Ashton, except for an English-style pub and restaurant.