-
Looking Up – Bodiam Castle
Just by looking up you can find a totally different perspective of architecture. Take for instance our little trip to Bodiam Castle in Kent. As much as I enjoyed the ride… I was finding the trip exhausting… two trips in 3 days, perhaps was a bit much, I thought! But alas, no it was the…
-
Fountains Abbey – National Trusts Holiday Cottage
Every Monday, Ludwig holds a Monday Photography Challenge. Now the I am nearly back to normal; it seems as if I’ve missed a load of challenges including the window challenge called Ludwigs Monday Window Photography Challenge. So, for my first entry of 2023, I give you this holiday let cottage at Fountain’s Abbey in North…
-
Park Mill at Bateman House
When you visit Bateman House, remember to get a visitor Map, there are signs pointing to places but with the map in your hand you can find all those nooks and crannies, which are off of the pathway. The house is beauitful and the gardens are exquisite. However, there is one feature you must not…
-
Bateman House
We’ve all seen and read Jungle Book and loved it. We’ve had our imaginations taken to new heights, with Mowgli, Baloo the bear and Shere Khan the tiger. It was during the making of Jungle Book, that Walt Disney passed away. It was the last film he produced and the first film to be released…
-
Formal Entrance – Down House
The home of Charles Darwin, now owned and maintained by the English Heritage, is the home where Darwin wrote ‘On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection‘ in 1859 about his groundbreaking works on the Theory of Evolution. Darwin and his wife, Emma, moved into their home in 1842, where they remodelled the…
-
The making of Wordless Wednesday Image and one step further.
The objective of Wordless Wednesday is to post a photo and let the photo speak for itself. Well, the manipulation of this image started out as a trial to see how far you can push the Photo Merge in Lightroom. And I have to say in this case it was great. I started out with…
-
My Magic Number – Fountains Hall
One thing I always do to an image when processing, is add a vignette. But sometimes I have a tendency to go a little overboard… especially on flowers. Landscapes, however, need a subtle vignette and not a heavy one, unless you are deep into woodland and want to draw the viewers eye to the centre…
-
Fountains Abbey and the River Skell
Sometimes, you just can’t get the right sky for the picture. Unfortunately, having to work in real-life our photography jaunts are when we can fit it in at weekends. Except for our holidays. We were doing a Warner’s holiday, back in 2018. And we got a terrific deal. However, those holidays are either 3 nights…
-
Prashley Manor House
Six years ago, we visited Prashley Manor House. And what a spectacular house and gardens! Unfortunately for me, I was at that time in a wheelchair, awaiting a hip operation. And little did we know, it was on a hill. Whilst I loved the look of the gardens, I was rather limited to where I…
-
Nymans Ruins
Since the house was purchased by Ludwig Messel and his wife Annie, back in the 1890’s there have been generations of the Messel family living at Nymans, with the eldest son of Ludwig’s and Annie, Leonard, inheriting the house in 1915. Leonard and Maud Messel, renovated the house to what it is today. However, inn…
-
A stroll around Smallhythe Place
Camera: Huawei P20 ProLens: n/aF/Number: f/1.8ISO: 50 Focal Distance: 3.95 mmShutter Speed: 1/730 secSoftware: Adobe Lightroom Classic Photographer: Bren Ryan One Saturday back in September 2018 we decided to take a trip out to Smallhythe Place… the home of the late Ellen Terry, which she purchased in 1899. Smallhythe Place was built in the 16th…
-
Tewksbury Abbey
Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: Canon EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS F/Number: f/7.1ISO: 100 Focal Distance: 18 mmShutter Speed: 1/250 secSoftware: Adobe Lightroom Classic Photographer: Ash Ryan Posted as part of: Ludwig’s Monday Windows Photography Challenge – 8th August 2022