Phil's photos with the keyword: Newchurch

A life-size witch model / manikin photographed outside the "Witches Galore" souvenir & gift shop in the village of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire, in the North-West of England. This village and the surrounding areas were the setting for Britain's most famous (or "infamous") witch trials, The Pendle Witches, in 1612 which resulted in the hanging of ten people at Lancaster. Most of the so-called "evidence" was based on the testimony of a 9-year-old child, Jennet Device, whose mother, brother and grandmother were among the victims. In those days, just to be accused of witchcraft usually meant you were automatically considered guilty unless you could prove (without any legal help) otherwise. www.witchesgalore.co.uk

"What are these, so withered, and so wild in their attire, that look not like th' inhabitants o' the Earth, and yet are on't ?" (Shakespeare: Macbeth). This photograph was taken with one of my first digital cameras, an Olympus AZ-1 compact which had a very low-resolution sensor by today's standards. Photographed outside "Witches Galore", a Gift and Souvenir shop in the village of Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire, North-West England. Processed with Nikon NX2 software. (Title & quote from "The Scottish play").

Photographed near the village of Newchurch in Pendle, North-West England, using a Nikon D90 camera and AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED lens. One of my first photos with this camera and the "kit" lens.

Magpie "Hitch-hiker" seen near the village of Newchurch-in-Pendle. Photographed with a Nikon D90 camera fitted with the "kit" 18-105mm lens and processed with Nikon Capture NX2 software.