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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 830582" data-attributes="member: 53455">Saint-Bartholomew church in Farges-lès-Mâcon (2022)Today I am taking you to another small village in southern Burgundy, Farges-lès-Mâcon, to visit the Saint Bartholomew parish church, built between 1050 and 1100 and which depended from the abbey of Tournus. The similarities between the monumental church in Tournus and this small village church are striking: they were undoubtedly built by the same hands, or at least those who built Farges did it using Tournus as a model.In spite of the limited technical and financial means, this church has been beautifully proportioned and designed. It must also be said that, for once, this is a nicely lit church (in most cases, lighting is designed not to showcase the monument, but solely to accommodate the needs of the congregation, i.e., be able to read their prayer books!), and a pleasure to photograph. The only lack of taste (but what a glaring one!) is the usual, ugly-as-sin 19th century Stations of the Cross pictures hanging on the venerable walls.Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head.[ATTACH=full]416846[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 830582, member: 53455"] [B]Saint-Bartholomew church in Farges-lès-Mâcon (2022)[/B] Today I am taking you to another small village in southern Burgundy, Farges-lès-Mâcon, to visit the Saint Bartholomew parish church, built between 1050 and 1100 and which depended from the abbey of Tournus. The similarities between the monumental church in Tournus and this small village church are striking: they were undoubtedly built by the same hands, or at least those who built Farges did it using Tournus as a model. In spite of the limited technical and financial means, this church has been beautifully proportioned and designed. It must also be said that, for once, this is a nicely lit church (in most cases, lighting is designed not to showcase the monument, but solely to accommodate the needs of the congregation, i.e., be able to read their prayer books!), and a pleasure to photograph. The only lack of taste (but what a glaring one!) is the usual, ugly-as-sin 19th century Stations of the Cross pictures hanging on the venerable walls. Nikon Z7 II, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus, FTZ II adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. [ATTACH type="full" alt="53090947815_1647684371_o.jpg"]416846[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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