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Emo Court
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Well I woke up kinda early today and decided to travel down the road to Emo Court this is the first shot I’ve processed from Emo.
A bit of the history of Emo Court for those interested:
Emo Court was designed by the architect James Gandon in 1790 for the Earls of Portarlington and is a magnificent example of this neo-classical style. During the middle of this century it was owned by the Jesuits, it was then acquired and extensively restored by Mr. Cholmeley-Harrison in the 1960s. The house is surrounded by beautiful gardens and parkland which were first laid out in the 18th century and contain formal lawns, a lake and woodland walks with many very fine trees and shrubs. The house and gardens were taken into State ownership in 1994.
Please let me know what you think of this. Thanks.
Rod
Rod
I can’t help feeling that you’d have been able to get much more central and square on if you’d tried. If the film plane (sensor plane) is parallel to the house frontage then you won’t get the perspective causing narrowing near the roof. You could use the lens correction filter in PS. The house would look much stronger and more imposing if its sides were squared.
I’ve done a very quick and dirty version.
Pete
Thanks for the imput, I can see your point and I also have noticed that, maybe I did it on purpose to go back tomorrow and reshoot as I had a very good time there and the walks are fantastic!
Thanks again Pete,
Regards,
Rod
Rod
Just came back for another look. I don’t think my version is better than yours, but I think the one you take tomorrow will be better than both… if you see what I mean. Definitely go for the squared walls, though.
I’ve also noticed that the window on the left has yellowy shutters, the one on the right blue shutters and others have blue or white. I wonder if the old owners used to use this as some sort of semaphore to let their friends/neighbours/lovers know when it was OK to pop in for tea and scones.
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