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It always pays to do some research before venturing out on a landscape shoot.
I don't mean look on a map, notice a red castle thingy and think 'Oh that looks interesting, think I'll go and have a gander!'
No, what you should be checking is the direction the buildings face, will it be better to go in the evening or morning, is there public access, and of course, most important, is it OPEN!
I didn't do this research so apart from a couple of shots taken through the closed barred and locked gates, this was about the best shot of the evening!
Not to worry, I had a nice trip out and the sunset though not great, added a splash of colour to some nice clouds.
I went to London today, not far from Soho, then this title came to me. Coincedence? Or just a bad pun.
Never mind, I hope you enjoy the shot of this old castle (actually as a 14century example, probably not that old in the castle scheme of things). The Cavaliers and Roundheads both had a pop at destrying it in the civil war, it was then landscaped into the grounds of New Wardour House by Capability Brown, it's an ill wind as they say...
All comments welcome, thanks for looking.
Jon
| Camera: | Canon EOS 300D |
| Lens: | 10-20mm Sigma, I do have other lenses honest! |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Old Wardour's treat |
| Username: | 
redstag |
| Uploaded: | 28 May 2008 - 6:54 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Castle, Did i mention, Hdr, Landscape / travel, Old wardour, Sunset, Wiltshire |
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Well inspite of everything this is a super shot of that sky. It gets my vote for that anyway, apart from the building.
Helen
It just goes to show that we are all different and see things with totally different eyes!...
I like the composition Jon, but although the comments above make a point of mentioning how much they like the sky, it is the sky in this image that I don't like!...:-(
I have an image on my PF that I uploaded which was an early attempt at HDR, but although I liked it at the time I quickly went off the effect it had. People call it painterly, surreal etc, but except for the odd image that I see, it doesn't work for me.
Sorry
Matt
For the record Matt I've uploaded a single exposure conversion of this shot (cropped a bit differently too, but what the heck!)
I do think that HDR is unkind to skies, and sometimes I do merge HDR and non HDR images to acheive balance. Today I am in a totally HDR mood! 
The sky was pretty cool anyway, so maybe tomorrow I'll do a combo shot!
Thanks for the comment, and to everyone else as well, I am pleased with this shot from what looked like an abortive trip. And yes Sezz, it is quite a trek
Jon
Well worked Jon, what a great sky, looks just the place to be with a camera, with all those old walls, Adrian
Alan, that is my usual process, and is what I did in V1, but, I think this sky is just too much for tonemapping maybe!
It also comes down to taste. So thanks all for the comments, particularly Matt, as it made me look again at the image, and I think v3 is stronger for that. Good critique Matt!
Ta
Jon
It's certainly an impressive sky, which doesn't need hdr to look impressive, but I think both versions look great.
Leigh
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