Kenilworth Castle (2): mostly windows and doorways

This was outing with my U3A photography group. After living here for 50 years, and having visited Kenilworth Castle more times than I care to count, it was always going to be an interesting challenge to find new ways of looking at the place. However, the weather forecast was for a clear sky and bright sun, so I was hoping for interesting sharp shadows, perpectives on rugged stones picked out at interesting angles . . .  As the day dawned, we discovered that the forecasters had changed their minds overnight! The day was murky and misty, with a dull grey sky, posing additional challenges. So I made a decision to work entirely in monochrome.

The first two images are of the same window, viewed in opposite directions.

And then, just as we were leaving, a serendipitous vista with figures positioned in the right place

Kenilworth Castle (1): mostly outcrops of stone

This was outing with my U3A photography group. After living here for 50 years, and having visited Kenilworth Castle more times than I care to count, it was always going to be an interesting challenge to find new ways of looking at the place. However, the weather forecast was for a clear sky and bright sun, so I was hoping for interesting sharp shadows, perpectives on rugged stones picked out at interesting angles . . .  As the day dawned, we discovered that the forecasters had changed their minds overnight! The day was murky and misty, with a dull grey sky, posing additional challenges. So I made a decision to work entirely in monochrome.

And then three views of the Elizabethan Garden

Flowers in monochrome

A different way of looking at flowers.

And some in sepia.

Early spring in the garden

After weeks of cold, grey, wet, dispiritng weather it seems the corner has been turned - the plants certainly think so.

St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry

This was an outing with my U3A photography group. The original plan was to go to a nearby National Trust property, where there is a fine display of snowdrops at this time of year. But it was raining hard all day, so we made a last-minute change to one of our indoor alternatives. St Mary's Guildhall is a Mediaeval building with historic fabric to be preserved - so, low light levels, photography allowed but no flash (and no tripods); a bit of a nightmare for getting half-way decent photos. What follows are barely half-way decent!