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Had a Camera Club evening outing back end of July to Newmillerdam Country Park, a couple miles out of Wakefield down Barnsley Road. Usually the weather's not very favourable on our outings, but on the last couple we've been fortunate.
Sitting alongside the large lake is this Boathouse. Little is known about its history except that it was built by William Pilkington, and first appearing on a 1826 map. This Grade II listed building stood derelict for many years until it was restored to its former glory, and is now accessible to visitors and can be hired as a meeting room or for exhibitions.
Techie stuff: see Exif
Single Raw image processed in Adobe Camera Raw, tweaked in Photomatix Pro and Elements 6
Thanks again to everyone for your votes & comments on my previous uploads, it really is appreciated and encouraging.
Trev 
| Camera: | Nikon D3000  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 85mm VR  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 30 Jul 2012 - 8:15 PM |
| Focal Length: | 85mm |
| Aperture: | f/8 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/80sec |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture Priority |
| Metering Mode: | Matrix |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | The Boathouse |
| Username: | 
TrevBatWCC |
| Uploaded: | 24 Aug 2012 - 11:10 AM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Boathouse, Lake, Landscape / travel, Newmillerdam, Wakefield |
| Votes: | 38 |
Comments
The colours and wild flowers sets this apart Trev love it.
Regards
Trev.
was he from the glass pilkingtons ?
a wonderful image ... must get yup there some time
Love your processing as always
Looks a lovely venue for meetings- lots to distract you - 
Helen
Gorgeous evening light, golden and mellow.
Moira
Well, you were blessed with fine weather that evening, Trev, the late sunlight showing up the detail and textures in the stonework so well.
Love the pink flowering weeds that have taken root on the structure.
Mr. Pilkington (was he the glass manufacturer?) must have been a man of means when he was able to build such an elaborate housing for his boat.
Ronnie.
What a fascinating building! Super colour from a magnificent evening, I believe.
Regards
Bill
Quote: was he from the glass pilkingtons
Quote: Mr. Pilkington (was he the glass manufacturer?)
No, I don't think he was. The name Pilkington associated with glass belonged to a company founded in 1826 in St Helens. From doing a search on the name, I believe this William Pilkington was an architect born at Hatfield, near Doncaster, Yorkshire, on 7 Sept. 1758.
Trev
The light is excellent, Trev, and also the golden reflection in the water. Good pov and excellent textures.
Dave
The light has detailed the architecture beautifully, Trev, and I like the fact that you have chosen to focus on part of the boathouse, which enables the viewer to see those details better than a complete shot of the boathouse would.
You are right, there is little information available about the place, except that it was used by the Pilkington family as a lakeside retreat, and that photographs from the early 1900's show the Pilkington family entertaining their guests; the gentlemen would shoot the wildfowl on the lake, with the ladies joining them at the Boathouse for a picnic lunch sent down from the Hall.
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