Lytes Cary

Here's a set of a dozen or so images taken at Lytes Cary manor in South Somerset. They include some general views, close-ups, interior and exterior shots. Some are in monochrome, some in colour. All were taken with my K100 and 28mm Clubman lens.

I've organised them into a slideshow which should cut down on the amount of clicking needed and the annoying flashing adverts. I hope the link works and you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed taking and processing them.

http://s927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/Lytes%20Cary/?albumview=slideshow

What a splendid set of shots, and a great way to show them... I very much like the whole set although the second shot (spiky looking plants) really stood out for me. Excellent stuff as usual.

Regards

Very pleasing, really liked the mono shots and did note that you seem to have a liking for knobs and handles, was it something in your childhood

Lovely set ,i particularly like the colourful one of the artist at work. do you do much post production ? your pictures are always wonderfully sharp and colourful.
regards, tim.

Really nice set of pictures. Liked all the close shots - the focus points where excellent and gave depth to the images.

My overall favorite was the spiral staircase, the light patch in the middle gave a real symetry to the picture

Andrew - a stunning collection, which has certainly inspired me to pay more attention to items I would otherwise ignore.

Thanks very much everyone. Glad you liked them (and were able to view them, I hope, without your computers slowing down too much). I know the images were mixed and to some extent disparate and, as such, not to everyone's taste but they seemed to work together as a way of telling the story of the place.

Not sure how to take that! I'll have to get an analyst and let you know if he discovers any deep, dark secrets involving ancient door furniture.

A great set of pictures and a great way of showing them.

Andrew there are some real corkers in there. The first two shots, croquet on the lawn, the artist shots, the dandelion shot, all excellent. I like the faded look you have achieved on some of them. The first shot works so much better in mono and with your levels treatment. In the colour version, the dense greens unbalance the composition IMO.

Not quite floating my boat are the shot with ceanothus in front of the window - a little unsatisfying compositionally, for me... the mono lily - the tones are a little flat.... Mahogany and light - the very bright areas are a bit distracting... The shot with the two urns, which is cropped uncomfortably for me through the window behind the urns.

The overall impact of the images is very very good though. I think it would be great to present the cream of the crop directly on the forum.

Who could he mean?

Generally speaking, not at all bad. The portrait of the artist didn't work for me, but I thought all the full-colour pictures of the house and grounds worked well, with lovely colour and very good composition. These pictures made the set for me.

I'd have omitted the close-ups because they don't tell us anything about the subject. I also have reservations about the b&w. As Andrew modestly pointed out, he thought I-Berg's work in this area was better than his, and I think he is right. I can't offer any suggestions, because my own b&w skills are below adequate.

G

You got there before I thought twice and removed that comment G... I realised I was just adding to the madness which has descended on the forum these days.

A very different approach to showing them. A good collection. Numbers two and nineteen being my favourites.

Regards

Thanks everyone for your kind and considered comments. I'm glad that you liked at least some of the images. I may use this method of showing them in future: it's so easy to avoid them if you have to click on a link.

I very much enjoy black and white conversions, it's how many of us started in photography, of course, but despite ensuring that I have as complete a range of tones as possible and adequate sharpness they're often a bit disappointing. I suspect, if they were ever printed, they'd fall well short of a good old fashioned darkroom print. i-Berg's set from the vintage train place shimmered and had a silvery depth to them which I do envy!

Some real eye catchers among them enjoyed the slide show well done and nice work.
Ian

Thanks Ian. The slide show idea seems to have found favour. It avoids too much clicking once in the site but of course stops one dwelling over a particular image or hustling another along!