Donnington Castle, Newbury

gubbs

With the sun rising behind the castle, the foreground was in deep shadow. I used 2 exposures and blended them: Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 at 17mm: for the sky: iso 400 (yes, I forgot to change it back from the other night :doh) f14 1 sec: for the castle f14 3.2 secs

Andy

gubbs wrote:

With the sun rising behind the castle, the foreground was in deep shadow. I used 2 exposures and blended them: Tamron 17-35 f2.8-4 at 17mm: for the sky: iso 400 (yes, I forgot to change it back from the other night ) f14 1 sec: for the castle f14 3.2 secs

can you take me to some castles next time i'm across the pond? nicely done

Ann McRae

Ohhhhhh, it is gorgeous!


ann

pathfinder

Very nice Gubbs :slurp

wxwax

Lovely blues, cool castle.

gubbs

andy wrote:

can you take me to some castles next time i'm across the pond? nicely done

No problem, this one's is 20 mins from me but I'll do some investegating and come up with a short list, did you see those pics of Corfe Castle??

gubbs

Thanks for the comments, looking at it again, the bottom right of the castle doesn't look right ,

TristanP

Beautiful - nicely done.

Phil U.

gubbs wrote:

Really cool castle. Love the colors. The compo is good - I really like the stone wall remains leading you through the image.

If you don't mind, here's an idea from my small mind: Either drop the camera a few inches in order to get rid of the "Modern" lights and complete the "old" feeling or raise it a few inches to include more lights and give it more of a juxtaposition take.

lynnma

Gubbsy!!! how did you find where I live???? :encore Remember... I'm Welsh....

wxwax

Yeah, I agree. Not sure what you don't like about the castle, Gubbs. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the city lights, sorta ruins the atmosphere. I guess you'll have to get up at 4am again.

ehughes

Great shot, very impressive...

Nir

Beautiful shot Gubbs! Very dramatic lighting!

ian408

Must have missed this first time around.

I like the colors and the feel they bring to the image.

Ian

gubbs

Phil U. wrote:

Really cool castle. Love the colors. The compo is good - I really like the stone wall remains leading you through the image.

If you don't mind, here's an idea from my small mind: Either drop the camera a few inches in order to get rid of the "Modern" lights and complete the "old" feeling or raise it a few inches to include more lights and give it more of a juxtaposition take.

Phil, I agree! I have plans to go back as there's a few other angles I'd like to try too

wxwax wrote:

I guess you'll have to get up at 4am again.

Sunrise is about 7:30 at the moment...makes life a little easier

Lynn, I think you need a little renovation!

Thanks for the comments Tristan, Nir, Eh and Ian, much apreciated

Aaron Wilson

I know were I want to spend my next vactaion