"Angelica"

St Mary and All Saints, Holcot, Northamptonshire

Through the churches of England Angels can be found in various guises. In Holcot in Northamptonshire there is a gorgeous wooden reredo at the East end of the south Aisles which contains three carved examples. This is a close up the central of the three, which has wonderful detail and carving. These can be quite a challenge to photograph as they are usually hgihly polished and so with flash reflection can be a challenge and with windows usually to the right reflections from natural light can be a problem also. In this case I opted for a long exposure using a tripond which I undeerexposed and then used a bounce flash off the wooden ceiling which bathed the wood in a warm light from the brown timbers above. A little touching up in photoshop created the finished iamge. Below is another images taken at an angle which can also help with intrusive reflections.

Holcot church is usually open and contains some nice medieval wall paintings.