Using the free GRFX Studio Serge, I replaced the sky in the above image. The day we took this photograph, it was grey and dank and the image had a dismal grey sky. Using the free software in Photoshop, after…
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Tag: Architecture
A Photo a Week Challenge: Beauty
The challenge set by Nancy Merrill's Photo A Week Challenge is called Beauty. Beauty is all around us. It doesn't have to be new... it can be old. Like this image of the ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire.…
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Worship
The devastation of the fire that ravaged Notre Dame in Paris last week, should be a wake-up call, for all our old Cathedrals, Churches and Historic Places. Money needs to be invested in restoration to make all these places more…
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #38 – Weathered or Worn
Ann-Christine's topic for this week's Lens-Artist Photography Challenge is Weathered - Worn. There is nothing more worn than something that has been destroyed by a Fire. The above image is of the ruins of Nymans House which was destroyed by a…
Salomons Estate
Not far from Tunbridge Wells, lies Salomons Estate. Salomons is actually a hotel and a museum. And one thing I like about Salomons Estate is that members of the public can stroll around their gardens and woodland. On their website…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #37: History
Patti chose the topic history for this week's Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. Here is the South East of England we are steeped in history. The above house at Nymans in West Sussex was built around 1839 by a man called George…
A Photo a Week Challenge: Cityscape/Townscape
Nancy set this week's A Photo a Week Challenge as Cityscape/Townscape. So my entry for this challenge had to be an image of Canary Wharf. Learning something new... I knew that you could click and then shift-click to draw a…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #35: Architecture
Amy's topic for the Lens-Artist Photography challenge is Architecture. So I thought I would show you a gallery of architecture images photographed at the various locations we have travelled, including the South East of England, Yorkshire, California, Las Vegas and…
Combining Presets in Topaz Studio – Penshurst Plance
One of the things I love about Topaz Studio is the ability to combine presets. By combining various presets together it gives you a vast variety of options when editing images. My original image of Penshurst Place was first of…
Fountains Abbey – North Yorkshire
A photograph of Fountains Abbey, in North Yorkshire which is owned and maintained by the National Trust.
Hall Place
When I woke up, eventually, this morning, the sun was shining, so I said to the better half, 'How about a run up to Hall Place?'. Naturally, he agreed and so we headed up the A2 to Hall Place. Even…
Water Colour of Tower Bridge
Way back in 2012 when we were 6 months into our photographic journey, we went to London and visited Tower Bridge. Whilst processing the image in Lightroom and Photoshop I wanted to take it to another level. So, first of…
FOWC with Fandango – Shelter
We hadn't been out taking images for months, what with real-life events, some good and some sad, however, rain or shine we were going out. We went to Smallyhythe Place near Tenterden, and true to form, the rain came with…
Photo Challenge – Top of the Hill
Looking down on Urquhart Castle in Scotland, from the top of the hill.
Whitstable Castle
Whitstable Castle in Kent photographed in August 2018 and processed in Lightroom and Luminar 2018.
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge – Look Up
Local to us is Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of Anglian Communion and the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The ceilings within Canterbury Cathedral are exquisite. The first photo is of a photograph of the Crossing Dome and the…
Mid-Week Monochrome – MWM 4
It is time for Mid-Week Monochrome again, and this time for my submission I thought I would post a monochrome photo of Smallhythe Place in Tenterden, Kent. The processing of this photograph was done in ON1 Raw 2018.5 and consisted…
Knaresborough Viaduct
During our visit to North Yorkshire, one of the places we visited was Nidd Gorge. As we strolled around the wooded area, at the end of the walk was a bridge that crosses the River Nidd. From this bridge, you…
Back to Scotney
At the moment I am really liking this soft style of processing and creating images which are a little more saturated. The above image was photographed at the rear of the visitor centre. Firstly why I chose the rear…
Mirrored in the Lake
My entry to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Mirror images or reflections.
Penshurst Place
Carrying on from Matt's Luminosity Colouring in Photoshop... I thought I would try this technique on a set of images which I turned into a panoramic shot of Penshurst Place. Oh boy, can you play around with the colours, using…
Bodiam Castle
What I love about Luminar is the various tools you get with the software... especially the Orton Effect and Sunrays. The photograph above is one completed in Luminar before importing back into Lightroom. Once in Lightroom, I decided to create…
Quaint Cottage at Battle
Many times we have driven through Battle on our way to East Sussex and time after time we have said that we must stop off and visit Battle. Well we did one day and we went into Battle Abbey and…
Rounded WordPress Photo Challenge
Finally I am getting there... I have am catching up with the WordPress Photo Challenges I have missed.. and boy was there a few. The final topic, which was last week's topic was called Rounded. Objects which are rounded and…
Corner WordPress Photo Challenge
The topic for this week's photo challenge is called Corner and you are asked to type of corner evoke emotion within yourself. Well for me it has to be corners in Architecture. Especially when you have such great architecture like…
A collection of old photographs
Arthritis is such a pain... and lately my hands have really been hurting and I have noticed that some of my photographs have a lot of camera shake when I am using my heavy DSLR. I love my Canon EOS70D…
Bridge WordPress Photo Challenge
This week's WordPress Photo Challenge theme is called Bridge. WordPress ask you to post a photograph of a bridge. To me, a bridge is something that takes you from one place to another. Whether it be a void, a river,…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge – Heritage
It is time again for the weekly WordPress Photo Challenge and this week's theme is Heritage. Here in the UK we are steeped with Heritage especially along our shores and waterways. A lot of our castles are now owned…
When time is of the essence – Rochester Castle
What with Easter just being around the corner and a lot of things to do... today's photograph is one I took on a windy cold spring evening at Rochester Castle in March 2017. After a bit of manipulation in Photoshop…
Security of the moat at Leeds Castle near Maidstone
I really can't get my head around the date change of the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge... anyway here is my entry for this weeks challenge Security. The above photograph was taken at Leeds Castle back in September 2016 and shows…
