Belton House

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 2:03 pm

We're fortunate enough to live about 15 mins' drive away from Belton so are regular visitors. The kids love the place (it's got a superb adventure playground in the woods) and for us it's just a beautiful place to wander around at any time of the year. It's looking particularly stunning at the moment with the Autumnal colours. The kids stopped at home today so I took the opportunity to pop over to BH at opening time - before the crowds arrived - to take some photos.

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All taken on Fuji with various lumps of glass stuck to the front.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 2:38 pm

Was the first pic the light or one of the various bits of glass on the front? Whatever it was, looks very moody - class

Mitch1100 · Post by **Mitch1100** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 8:18 pm

Fabulous images, nice compositions.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Tue Oct 28, 2014 10:02 pm

dave the german wrote:Was the first pic the light or one of the various bits of glass on the front? Whatever it was, looks very moody - class

Cheers Dave/Mitch.

First pic was one of those very brief periods of strong sunlight you get on an Autumn morning - the sun was quite low in the sky and every so often there was a concentrated shaft of it coming through small gaps in the cloud. All I've done in the photo is under-expose by approx 1/3 stop (in Lightroom) to prevent the house burning out and that's pretty much it.

Was a lovely day to be out and about with a camera.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:08 pm

All this is inspiring me to go out and take more pics - which means my old Canon EOS400 (I think) and get the Durst out. Something else that I haven't got time to do!!!

dysondiver · Post by **dysondiver** » Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:31 pm

the first pic with the light as it is , is stunning , you should go and sell the rights to them , it deserves to be on the cover of a book or pamphlet or the likes.