Friday Town Shoot Out~ Places of Worship

Let me preface my post by saying that this week's theme, chosen by Rebecca at The Dusty Cellar

was a very good subject.

Unfortunately,

I didn't do her theme justice and my photos are pieces of crap.

I procrastinated and so I wasn't able to capture the type of architecture I wanted in my photos.

I tried playing with the effects to make my pictures pop more,

but I even messed that up and made one of the photos worse.

So, I present to you what I call very ugly places of worship.

Very modern buildings that have no character whatsoever.

Bear with me.

I am embarrassed to post this

but I don't want to miss a shoot so I have no choice

unless I want to be really late in posting.

I'm even more embarrassed to post this one.

I tried to undo my color changes but I couldn't.

I played with it some more and this is what my editing skills created.

I don't like it at all.

Much better, but still not up to my standards of where I want to be

and the architecture is just so blah! 

there's no personality in the building

even though it has more than the previous two.

This is the prettiest building of the four churches I took photos of

but it is still so modern.

Again, I see no personality in the building.

A place of worship of another kind.............

Whenever I need to feel close to God

or feel connected to the universe

I gaze up into the sky

and I breathe in the beauty of the swirling clouds

that remind me of cotton balls and soft pillows.

I outline the shapes and colors with my mind's eye

filing the image away for future comfort.

 I am mesmerized by the sun peeking through,

casting light onto the dark shadows

proving to me that every dark cloud has a silver lining.

When I gaze up into the sky

I see miracles that I was too busy to notice before

I feel God's presence all around me

And I am grateful that I can see beyond the clouds.

To see the beauty in other places of worship please visit

Friday Town Shoot Out main page for a list of participants.

You will see amazing architecture and amazing photography.

You won't be disappointed, I can promise you that.