B&W Castle View

© M.Christine Duncan

B&W Castle View

Uploaded: September 14, 2008

Description

~Castle Loma's Regal Front Entrance~

1/400s @ F/5.6, ISO 200, 55mm fl.
W>balance @ Direct Sunlight setting, Multi-pattern Metering Mode, handheld, Exposure Comp.-0.7EV, 55-200mm Telephoto Zoom VR.

Converted in PSPx2 and glamour film filter.

Castle Loma is located in downtown Toronto, and is the regal home of Canadain industrialist, financier, and military man Sir Henry Pellat. This home was built in 1911 and is a wonderful piece of Canadain history!

Exif: F Number: 10, Exposure Bias Value: -0.67, ExposureTime: 25/10000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 55.00 mm, Model: NIKON D40

Comments

Laura E. Swan level-classic August 04, 2009

What a wonderful job on this image Christine! Somehow castles really do become timeless when they are in B&W...

Love the interesting tones and shadows and textures. You caught a cool looking sky, too! Almost eerie!

-Laura #1163891

M.Christine Duncan August 05, 2009

Thank you so much Laura... this was a very cool place to explore! So much rich history I didn't know about!
Thanks for the comment, there used to be tons here but something happened a while back and many went missing... it's all good now though :-) #7818614

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