Westminster Abbey - The Royal Wedding - Apr 2011 - West Door Martyrs Stitch

BEST SEEN LARGE
Just outside the west door is the circular memorial to Innocent Victims of Oppression, Violence and War, dedicated in 1996. Above the west porch are statues of ten modern martyrs, unveiled in 1998 (Maximilian Kolbe, Manche Masemola, Janani Luwum, Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, Martin Luther King Jr, Oscar Romero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Esther John, Lucian Tapiedi and Wang Zhiming).
www.westminster-abbey.org/visit-us/highlights/the-nave

Five years ago I visited the Abbey with my son, Rhys, who was at University nearby and I had a go at getting a number of images of the Martyrs above the West Door with my wonderful Canon G3 with a view to stitching them together later. Sadly when I stitched the images up when I got home I found I had mislaid two of them but had a lovely picture of just 8 of them. I decided after the Wedding on Friday that I must have another go and see if I could get the complete set this time.
I think I may have achieved my goal this time despite the fact that hundreds of others were attempting to take pictures while the Television crews were dismantling their equipment all around.
I am really rather pleased with this effort though you will have to view it large to read all their names though you can read the piece I found about them above. I have also attached a link above. I also adjusted the contrast somewhat so as to accentuate their faces.
I hope you like it.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Westminster (show map)

Taken on: May 2, 2011

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