A visit to the Co.Down town of Royal Hillsborough (The home of Hillsborough Castle – a Royal Residence) on Tuesday 30th September, gave me the opportunity to add another image to my collection of photographs of the town, made on a few earlier occasions.

The people I was visiting lived directly across the road from Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, and while on earlier visits I have been able to photograph the historic and beautiful Anglican Church building, this was my first chance to get up to the Presbyterian building.

The building itself is well up to standard, beautifully presented, and is especially unusual in that its gardens contain a little wooded area, with paths and seating, which would lend itself to people seeking a bit of space to think, or pray in private, in peace and quiet.

I liked the image and thought it was worth posting because of the way the path leads the eye up towards the door of the building. The Fujifilm X-T50 camera was set to record the image on Reala Film simulation, so the colours are natural and accurate, and the late summer sunshine adds to the beauty of the scene. There’s a sense of depth too, with foreground and background interest.

Here’s a previous image, made in 2018, with a Fujiflm X-T2, of the historic and beautiful Anglican Church in the town.