Ryman Auditorium Photograph the police came by twice

the police came by twice

extended the tripod legs and ran up to a slit in the fence

I made a firm decision on that cold rainy November 2012

and everyone I met had been great to me

I had to make my best guess with the manual settings on the lens in total blackness

Ryman Auditorium Photograph the police came by twiceThis is the "Mother Church" of Country Music, here in Nashville. It used to be a church, built in the 1800's and in the 1900's became a world famous music venue, hosting the "Grand Ole Opry" (the biggest country music radio show in the country) for decades! I shot this in three parts, on a tripod, with vintage lenses from the 1970s, to give it a special glow, and then stitched the 3 images together at the end to make one ultra wide capture of 180