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vulkan75
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Firstly,let me say that this is a well picked theme this month and a particularly hard one to enter.
Personally it has been a nightmare, as there is realy nothing ,architecturally inspiring near where I live.
Seeing the standard of a certain picture in this months comp,has made me throw caution to the wind and have a go at my first edited picture.(as I cant see the afore mentioned being beaten)
The following picture is about the nearest I could find to something worthy of a shot near me.
This will be my first effort using photoshop elements 5,and I would like to give thanks to Senu and Tontoshorse for all the help they gave me trying to get the result I wanted.
I have spent absolutley ages doing this(dosnt time fly editing stuff ),which is probably laughable to you guys who could have done it in minutes........hopefully my hard work has paid off and Ive done it some justice.
I saw the end result in my mind before I even took the shot,it was just a case of being able to edit it effectivley.
Ive tried to use the naturaly occuring rainbow(it wasnt added) to lead the eye to the subject.
I kept the rainbow in colour and slightly saturated it, then layered it with a greyscaled version of the same shot,and cropped it
Hope you like it.
Exif:-
Nikon D80
Aperture priorty mode
Aperture F11
ISO 100
Shutter 1/50s
Focal length 34mm
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Some info about the tower for those intrested.
Paxtons Tower.
William Paxton, who was a native of Edinburgh, came to Wales in 1785, after thirty years of travelling the world.
He had made a fortune in India where he was the Master of the Calcutta Mint. On retiring, like many others who had made riches, to invest in a country estate and enter politics. It was necessary, of course, to have a house and estate which reflected his wealth and this he acquired in 1787, Middleton Hall - the site of the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
The estate was in poor repair at the time of purchase but it suited to Paxton's needs, being, according to the sale catalogue of 1824, "seven miles from Carmarthen and the high Mail Coach Road to Haverfordwest".
Paxton invested large sums of money in the run down estate and the restoration work undertaken included the building of a new Middleton Hall. The architect chosen to design and build the new hall was Samuel Pepys Cockerel of London, who completed the job between 1793 and 1795.
William Paxton was knighted in 1802. Paxton was Mayor of Carmarthen when Nelson and Lady Hamilton stayed in the town in 1802. He would certainly have met and entertained them during their visit. It would appear that the naval hero greatly impressed Sir William. A few years later, Paxton commissioned Cockerel to design a tower to be erected in honour of the of Lord Nelson. It is not possible to give a precise date for the project, but the tower was probably under construction when Lord Nelson was killed.
The project was completed before the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The tower was sited 500 feet above the Towy valley on a wooded hill known locally as Bryn y Bigwrn. The tower is constructed of Bala stone, limestone and stones from the quarry close to the tower. The first two storeys are triangular in shape tower at each corner. The walls are topped with a parapet. The rounded towers are raised several feet above the parapets. The third storey is hexagonal in shape, rising from the triangular part to give the tower an impressive appearance. On the top is a flat roof from which it is claimed seven counties can be seen on a clear day.
Personally it has been a nightmare, as there is realy nothing ,architecturally inspiring near where I live.
Seeing the standard of a certain picture in this months comp,has made me throw caution to the wind and have a go at my first edited picture.(as I cant see the afore mentioned being beaten)
The following picture is about the nearest I could find to something worthy of a shot near me.
This will be my first effort using photoshop elements 5,and I would like to give thanks to Senu and Tontoshorse for all the help they gave me trying to get the result I wanted.
I have spent absolutley ages doing this(dosnt time fly editing stuff ),which is probably laughable to you guys who could have done it in minutes........hopefully my hard work has paid off and Ive done it some justice.
I saw the end result in my mind before I even took the shot,it was just a case of being able to edit it effectivley.
Ive tried to use the naturaly occuring rainbow(it wasnt added) to lead the eye to the subject.
I kept the rainbow in colour and slightly saturated it, then layered it with a greyscaled version of the same shot,and cropped it
Hope you like it.
Exif:-
Nikon D80
Aperture priorty mode
Aperture F11
ISO 100
Shutter 1/50s
Focal length 34mm
Some info about the tower for those intrested.
Paxtons Tower.
William Paxton, who was a native of Edinburgh, came to Wales in 1785, after thirty years of travelling the world.
He had made a fortune in India where he was the Master of the Calcutta Mint. On retiring, like many others who had made riches, to invest in a country estate and enter politics. It was necessary, of course, to have a house and estate which reflected his wealth and this he acquired in 1787, Middleton Hall - the site of the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
The estate was in poor repair at the time of purchase but it suited to Paxton's needs, being, according to the sale catalogue of 1824, "seven miles from Carmarthen and the high Mail Coach Road to Haverfordwest".
Paxton invested large sums of money in the run down estate and the restoration work undertaken included the building of a new Middleton Hall. The architect chosen to design and build the new hall was Samuel Pepys Cockerel of London, who completed the job between 1793 and 1795.
William Paxton was knighted in 1802. Paxton was Mayor of Carmarthen when Nelson and Lady Hamilton stayed in the town in 1802. He would certainly have met and entertained them during their visit. It would appear that the naval hero greatly impressed Sir William. A few years later, Paxton commissioned Cockerel to design a tower to be erected in honour of the of Lord Nelson. It is not possible to give a precise date for the project, but the tower was probably under construction when Lord Nelson was killed.
The project was completed before the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815. The tower was sited 500 feet above the Towy valley on a wooded hill known locally as Bryn y Bigwrn. The tower is constructed of Bala stone, limestone and stones from the quarry close to the tower. The first two storeys are triangular in shape tower at each corner. The walls are topped with a parapet. The rounded towers are raised several feet above the parapets. The third storey is hexagonal in shape, rising from the triangular part to give the tower an impressive appearance. On the top is a flat roof from which it is claimed seven counties can be seen on a clear day.