January Photo Competition: CASTLE : VOTE OFF - SV650.org

BanannaMan · 01-01-14, 05:25 AM

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.

mister c · 01-01-14, 08:15 AM

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

punyXpress · 01-01-14, 03:37 PM

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

Pickering Castle, 1/2 mile from home!

Sir Trev · 01-01-14, 04:19 PM

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.

02-01-14, 12:01 AM

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.

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 · 02-01-14, 08:54 AM

Bodiam Castle, East Sussex.

02-01-14, 02:25 PM

This is mine for now. Kaunas Castle, Lithuania.

keith_d · 02-01-14, 10:27 PM

The cellar below Tattershall Castle.

04-01-14, 11:32 PM

05-01-14, 12:39 AM

(New)castle

01-01-14, 05:25 AM	#1
BanannaMan Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Appalachia Posts: 419	January Photo Competition: CASTLE : VOTE OFF 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. __________________ ...Bill *"The Mountains are calling and I must go"*

01-01-14, 08:15 AM	#2
mister c Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Crewe, Cheshire Posts: 2,326	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE 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 __________________ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/croozenooze/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/colin.hughes.1213?ref=tn_tnmn Yoo Toob https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjG...eMWUx4Ud2dK-yA

01-01-14, 03:37 PM	#3
punyXpress Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Riding, North Posts: 2,664	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE 20-odd miles in the persisting rain, taking 90 minutes ( towing an old AJS ) Pickering Castle, 1/2 mile from home! __________________ Was: K2 naked in rapid yellow - gone to a better? place Now: Street Triple R

01-01-14, 04:19 PM	#4
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,479	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE 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. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP! Last edited by Sir Trev; 05-01-14 at 04:31 PM.

02-01-14, 12:01 AM	#5
allantheboss Guest Posts: n/a	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE 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. 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 Last edited by allantheboss; 02-01-14 at 12:04 AM.

02-01-14, 08:54 AM	#6
Ch00 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 477	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE Bodiam Castle, East Sussex. __________________

02-01-14, 02:25 PM	#7
dirtyred619 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE This is mine for now. Kaunas Castle, Lithuania.

02-01-14, 10:27 PM	#8
keith_d Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ruislip Posts: 1,131	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE The cellar below Tattershall Castle.

04-01-14, 11:32 PM	#9
Berlin Guest Posts: n/a	Re: January Photo Competition: CASTLE

05-01-14, 12:39 AM	#10
Matt-EUC Guest Posts: n/a	January Photo Competition: CASTLE (New)castle

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