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Post Your Castle, Fort & Tower Photos
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Skygod44
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Bergmen
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Excellent photo of the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-Ji Rokuon-Ji Temple). Here is a photo I took in the 6th grade in 1961 (B&W):
Bergmen
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Revisited again during our vacation in 2017 (56 years later):
Capn Jack
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Very nice. It would be cool if you made a composite of one image fading into the other. I've seen those done for other images taken decades apart and I thought they were interesting.
Bergmen
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Interesting. I have seen these from time to time as well but I have no clue how to go about creating such a composite. On my second photo in 2017, I carried a copy of my first with me to try to take it in as close to the same position and persepective as I could. Looking closely, I see that I missed just a little bit but I think it is close enough. It was a lot of fun.
Dan
Capn Jack
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I'd try leveling the new one, and resize the older one (or whichever is larger) so they are the same size. Overlay them in photoshop (or equivalent) with a diagonal blend going from 0 to 100 % opacity. Flatten the layers when saving to a JPEG. I'm probably using the wrong terminology but there are people here who understand what I'm trying to say and can provide the correct instructions. The reason I'd try a diagonal is because of the differences in the vegetation, but other directions could certainly work.
Richard
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Alcázar, Segovia, Spain
mcoren
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Adding to the recent Castle Stalker pics, this one is from December, 1992. Bad lighting and bad exposure, somewhat salvaged 30 years later with help from Lightroom.
Canon EOS 100 + Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM on cheap store brand 200 or 400 speed film (probably made by Konica). Scanned with Nikon CoolScan IV ED (LS-40) scanner.
Canon EOS 100 + Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM on cheap store brand 200 or 400 speed film (probably made by Konica). Scanned with Nikon CoolScan IV ED (LS-40) scanner.
It just occurred to me that this same castle was used in Monty Python's Holy Grail movie.
Is this correct?EDIT: I just looked it up and yes, it was.
mcoren
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YES!! This is the one used as Castle AAARRRGH!
The one used in their first battle with the French was Doune castle. I have some pics of that but I didn’t scan them. It was a dreary, foggy, rainy day IIRC.
mcoren
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@DavidWatts (and others): Here's a video about Doune Castle in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I didn't realize it was also Swamp Castle and Castle Anthrax.
mcoren
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Found my pics of Doune Castle from 1992. No idea why I only got it from these sides, totally ignoring the main entrance. 
Doune 21-13 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Doune 21-14 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Doune 21-16 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Doune 21-13 by mdc_com1, on FlickrDoune 21-14 by mdc_com1, on FlickrDoune 21-16 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
mcoren
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I also found these shots of Crichton Castle. I used to go there a lot as it wasn't too far outside of Edinburgh, but it was off the main tourist path and I loved the ruin and the terrain around it.
Crichton 21-7a by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Crichton 21-10 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Crichton 21-7a by mdc_com1, on FlickrCrichton 21-10 by mdc_com1, on Flickr
Skygod44
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It really is from an unusual angle.
Well done for trying to see it differently...
...oh, and as an aside, what do you think about posting Kinkakuji images in this thread?
It's not really a "Castle, Fort or Tower" is it?
Cheery-bye for now,
Simon
Thanks, Simon. The unusual angle because I was trying to hide the people on the observation levelIt really is from an unusual angle.
Well done for trying to see it differently...
...oh, and as an aside, what do you think about posting Kinkakuji images in this thread?
It's not really a "Castle, Fort or Tower" is it?
Cheery-bye for now,
Simon
The Golden Pavilion is post #283 above
Skygod44
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@Terrycanon
Here's another one mate...
I drive past here en route to the city from my home.
Although with a great, dark, rain-front approaching from behind, it gave me the chance from this angle with the crane in the foreground, to illustrate the idea of Ancient & Modern.
Catch you soon,
Simon
Here's another one mate...
I drive past here en route to the city from my home.
Although with a great, dark, rain-front approaching from behind, it gave me the chance from this angle with the crane in the foreground, to illustrate the idea of Ancient & Modern.
Catch you soon,
Simon
