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Broughton Castle - The Great Parlour


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The Great Parlour at the western end of the gallery is remarkable for the elaborate plaster ceiling. This ceiling bears at one end the initial R E F (Richard and Elizabeth Fiennes) and at the other end the date 1599.

 

The doors and wainscoting date from the early 1850s before the restoration of George Gilbert Scott.

 

The wallpaper which imitates stamped, gilded and silvered leather probably dates from the same period.

 

In the 1890's it was probably used as a ballroom.

 

15asph./Agfa Scala

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Ron, you certainly do have an original eye! You have turned this room into something out of Edgar Allan Poe! The characteristic light fall-off at the top of the picture that always seems to happen with this lens adds to the atmosphere.

 

In case anyone is wondering about the absence of people in Ron's pictures, after being shown around the house just by ourselves we were given as much time as we liked to wander about taking pictures of what we liked where we liked. Ron took full advantage. As you will have guessed, the house is definitely not owned by the National ('Don't you dare look at that table!') Trust. It helped that our guide had taught German and was delighted for the opportunity to chat auf Deutsch with Ron.

 

All the best,

 

Chris

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Right. On the window ledge, but I forgot you don't have a camera with a self-timer... :)

 

Was there a window ledge on that side of the room? I see a vitrine, did you use it for your M5? btw. the camera i used had a selftimer (HEXAR RF!)

 

These are all my b&w-shots, in my other camera (MP) i had a color-film (too bad only 100 ASA), so there are a couple of unscanned shots ;-)

 

Here the shot in the other direction:

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The funny thing with this 2nd shot is, that it´s not perspectively corrected (only 0,5° turned). Not too bad for a freehander with a 15mm?

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Guess you are right. Must have been the other room with the ledge. I was braced in the corner with my 28/2 at 1/15th on ISO 100, naturally hand-held since the airport security at Newark gave me a hard time years ago with the Leica table top tripod and head.

 

Stop bragging! I already told you that you are among the VERY few who can get anything decent out of this lens. :)

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I experienced another big problem with my scanning. Compared to the slides, i loose so many details in the fine greytones and darker areas, that´s so frustrating.

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I experienced another big problem with my scanning. Compared to the slides, i loose so many details in the fine greytones and darker areas, that´s so frustrating.

 

Considering how much detail is still left in the images, the originals must really be spectacular.

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