January Photo Competition: CASTLE : VOTE OFF

[BanannaMan]

Thanks to everyone who liked my photo last month.

This month's theme is Castle and please list it's name along with your pic.

Looking forward to this month's entries!
One of the things that makes the UK such a unique and beautiful place. ( at least to us tourists) ;)





Here's my example :

Inside 'the keep' at Skenfrith Castle.


http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s507/thebanannaman/158_zps23eb6e14.jpg

[mister c]

Well done Bill & I quite like this month's theme.
I have loads of pictures of castles & I don't normally put any "messed about with" pics in for the comp, but this month I've made an exception. Turned to black & white & a wee bit of HDR to make the picture a little eerie.
This is Moreton Corbet Castle in Shropshire
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/600661_10201279043997582_923881856_n.jpg

[punyXpress]

20-odd miles in the persisting rain, taking 90 minutes ( towing an old AJS )

http://i582.photobucket.com/albums/ss267/punyXpress/001.jpg (http://s582.photobucket.com/user/punyXpress/media/001.jpg.html)

Pickering Castle, 1/2 mile from home!

[Sir Trev]

Changed my pic for one taken for the comp. We're a bit short on castles in South Bucks and this is the nearest one, across the county border at Berkhamstead, that actually has anything visible. Not great light but it was a good excuse to get out of the house so what the hey.

A few bits of the curtain wall are still standing but the notable features are the moats (an inner and outer one) that still have water in places as well as the motte, which is, unusually, outside the inner bailey. All the stone of the keep was robbed out and reused which is a shame. Pic shows the inner moat, the rather forlorn motte on the left, and the bailey on the right.


http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc413/Sir_Trev/Org%20pic%20a%20day/IMG_0332a_zps8616e1e3.jpg (http://s1210.photobucket.com/user/Sir_Trev/media/Org%20pic%20a%20day/IMG_0332a_zps8616e1e3.jpg.html)

[allantheboss]

Taken atop Cetatea Poenari (Fortress Penari) in Romania.
It's very interesting and I recommend you all read about it!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poenari_Castle

I climbed 1480 steps to get to this castle, and then onto the highest wall of the castle which I could find, to take this photo. It was VERY high up, and I was teetering on the edge of a VERY long fall backwards. To the right, where the barriers are, the part of the castle collapsed during a landslide in 1888, which reveals the valley in which the Transfaragasan lies (Google it. Biker porn. Was on Top Gear). The two people are Belinda and Nicolas, the friends I was adventuring with.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2816/11696541105_bd1599dbcd_k.jpg

Taken on a compact. Did a bit of HDR, desaturated a bit, and edited out 7 people. I'll show you the original if I win :)

[Ch00]

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex.

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/Ch00ie/DSCN0506.jpg (http://s227.photobucket.com/user/Ch00ie/media/DSCN0506.jpg.html)

[dirtyred619]

This is mine for now. Kaunas Castle, Lithuania.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x463/dirtyred1978/134118_472078783332_5157174_o_zps6d4fe860.jpg (http://s1183.photobucket.com/user/dirtyred1978/media/134118_472078783332_5157174_o_zps6d4fe860.jpg.html )

[keith_d]

The cellar below Tattershall Castle.

http://dowsell.crets.org.uk/temp/700_8355_resized.jpg

[Berlin]

http://www.corporateflyfishing.com/images/curvyandpointy.jpg

[Matt-EUC]

(New)castle

http://i.imgur.com/TD0b8NW.jpg

[Bluepete]

Beeston Castle gates at night. This is one exposure, the walls painted in with a torch.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5475/11776943663_548ff8d888_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56319875@N06/11776943663/)
Castle Gates (http://www.flickr.com/photos/56319875@N06/11776943663/) by valandpetephillips (http://www.flickr.com/people/56319875@N06/), on Flickr





Pete ;)

[G]

Another from my most favourite place in the world, I hope to retire here.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5474/11783556063_35f9dc75b6_b.jpg

[Richie]

Mine is in a Sunderland Council Housing Estate. Hylton Castle (https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Craigavon+Road,+Sunderland,&ie=UTF-8&ei=0D3NUsnCEIqBhAe9toCADA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg)

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1165/iriz.jpg

[Mrs_giggles]

Clitheroe castle in the snow last winter

http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13476&d=1389743334

[missyburd]

Eilean Donan Castle early morning, taken July of 2013. I had one chance at a nice shot as I had 100 odd miles to do as quickly as possible in time for a lift and not time to spare, this was my one stop :rolleyes:

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1/q77/s720x720/1013210_10153062403945553_1474278497_n.jpg

[dizzyblonde]

I haven't got any photos of English castles, only ruined European ones. So I thought...


''An Englishmans home is his castle"


Well, not quite, but my home, 'Chez Dizz' with a castle in it :smt061


https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/77133_10202431144076235_1028563867_n.jpg

[minimorecambe]

Lancaster Castle

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/littlehelen_2006/IMG_113720521712411_zpsba1076a9.jpg

[Brettus]

OK before I run out of time, here is a Castle:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5539/12075880373_65e1d678a6_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/12075880373/)
The Gravensteen, Ghent, Belgium (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettnet/12075880373/) by Brettus - Brettnet.co.uk (http://www.flickr.com/people/brettnet/), on Flickr

Pretty heavily tweaked, desaturated the houses, contrast, highlights, shadows, clarity the usual.

[peterco]

Bamburgh Castle Northumberland

http://i362.photobucket.com/albums/oo62/petercorsar/P7290131_zpsca90134e.jpg (http://s362.photobucket.com/user/petercorsar/media/P7290131_zpsca90134e.jpg.html)

[haggis]

Here is my January entry. Dunrobin Castle, a great day out, mainly for the falconry which was awesome.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u220/madmud75/dunrobincastle_zps4e03b3ce.jpg (http://s169.photobucket.com/user/madmud75/media/dunrobincastle_zps4e03b3ce.jpg.html)


Some really nice images in this months theme.

[Richie]

Listen Up
Last entrys tonight midnight then the VOTE off starts untill the last day of the month.

[Richie]

I vote Mr C

[Matt-EUC]

I vote Brettus

[garynortheast]

Mr C.

[mister c]

Yes, he's done it again...... Brettus :smt013 Dont yer just hate a man with an eye for a photo lol.
Just joking.............. Really jealous ;)

[Ch00]

Bluepete

[Brettus]

My vote goes to Bluepete as it is the picture I'd most like to have taken.

Podium places to Berlin and Choo but everyone should feel very proud, every entry is a cracker this month, bravo! (Excellent choice Banannaman!)

[Sir Trev]

Choo for me - love the blue sky, especially at this time of the year!


Runner up has to be Dizz!

[wyrdness]

Yes, he's done it again...... Brettus :smt013 Dont yer just hate a man with an eye for a photo lol.

Yup. Brettus for me too.

[Matt-EUC]

What about mine for sheer cheek?

[Kenzie]

Tough one this month. Bluepete for me with that awesome sky. Brettus a very close second.

[dizzyblonde]

Runner up has to be Dizz!

Thankyou :) Trust me to be the only one different ;)

Bluepete for me. Very Astral. One for the wall in a frame.

[dirtyred619]

Loads of crackers again this month but my vote goes to Bluepete.

[Geodude]

dizzyblonde, love her twist on the theme.

[missyburd]

Haggis for me, makes me feel like I'm peeking out the trees at a fairytale castle :-P

[Mrs_giggles]

Bluepete for me sky looks amazing

[punyXpress]

Haggis, and the silver to Richie

[haggis]

I vote Brettus this month.

The floodlighting helps to emphasise the textures and depth, but it's a fantastic shot.

[Littlepeahead]

Brettus for me this month. Fantastic shot.

I didn't enter as I couldn't think of any castles I had been to in the last few years... then just remembered that I took Chris8886 to Windsor Castle at New Year last year - we even stayed overnight in the Hotel where Thin One is a manager - doh!

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=1151&pictureid=7445

[fenjer]

Berlin for me, loved the shadows.
G a close second.

[BanannaMan]

Haggis
Mrs_giggles in second.

[Richie]

Last vote midnight tonight!

[chris8886]

my vote goes to brettus, I just love reflection type photography (d.nno if there's a proper ter/name for it).

[Richie]

Bloody Draw

Between Bluepete & Brettus


can we now all just vote for 48 hours (midnight 2nd of Feb) between Brettus and Bluepete

[Richie]

I vote Bluepete with Brettus in a very close second.

[mister c]

Still Brett :)

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Bluepete :smt026

[Brettus]

Wow, thanks for the votes! But In the interests of speeding this up, could I concede to BP (if BP is OK with that) so that we can get next months topic underway.

I've had more than my share of topic choices so if it's agreeable let's get February going :-)

Hope this doesn't make me sound like an ass.

[Matt-EUC]

Yes it does :)

[Ch00]

Bluepete still

[dirtyred619]

Bluepete still.

[Matt-EUC]

Brettus

[Brettus]

obviously my vote still goes for BluePete ;)

[Richie]

No Brettus, you may not concede!
that would not be fair.

Why not put your heads together and come up with a joint theme :)

[Matt-EUC]

How about "joints" or "sharing"???

[Richie]

:)

[Bluepete]

No Brettus, you may not concede!
that would not be fair.

Why not put your heads together and come up with a joint theme :)

Joint decision is the february theme is...

Self Portrait!

Fun, silly, serious, arty, farty, mobile phone, pro DSLR, whatever you've got, anyone can do a selfie!

Pete and Brettus.

[Bluepete]

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/f1ebaa59767c849101da69e959726063_zpsc195e266.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk24/conker51/3355e0107f221376c7715d928fda1ec2_zps2dc19778.jpg

Pete ;)

[Richie]

Cool





:)

[Richie]

:) nice