Corfe Castle - read description
Early morning dash for Corfe Castle. Conditions looked good for mist and colour in the sky. No wind, broken cloud, cool temps. Haha not a chance. Most boring conditions known to man. Zero mist, zero cloud, zero colour, zero atmosphere.... . And to make things worse large parts of the castle are buried beneath scaffolding. π And to add to that there is the largest banner ever draped down the bank in front of the castle all enthusiasm for photography evaporated away in an instant. And then people in pajamas turned up and stood there chatting. A very bizarre morning.
Important note if you are thinking of going to Corfe Castle. We were told the restoration works are ongoing for two years. Just something to factor in when visiting for a photo session. Another photographer did say the sunset view from the opposite hill is unaffected.
We decided to leave the hill and the people, try to find a view point that hid the scaffolding and banner. And found ourselves in front of what used to be a siege castle built by King Stephen in his attempt to take Corfe Castle. He failed (a bit like me trying to photograph it). But hundreds of years later Cromwell's forces pitched up and used the same site as a base for their siege weapons. Only earthworks remain of the castle today.
Anyway, this shot was taken as I walked down the hill. This all gave me flash backs to my last Corfe visit where the only useable image was taken with my phone. The exact same image, from the exact same spot. Except they have fitted brand new stone steps now. Which do stand out a lot more than the previous wooden steps.
Corfe Castle - read description
Early morning dash for Corfe Castle. Conditions looked good for mist and colour in the sky. No wind, broken cloud, cool temps. Haha not a chance. Most boring conditions known to man. Zero mist, zero cloud, zero colour, zero atmosphere.... . And to make things worse large parts of the castle are buried beneath scaffolding. π And to add to that there is the largest banner ever draped down the bank in front of the castle all enthusiasm for photography evaporated away in an instant. And then people in pajamas turned up and stood there chatting. A very bizarre morning.
Important note if you are thinking of going to Corfe Castle. We were told the restoration works are ongoing for two years. Just something to factor in when visiting for a photo session. Another photographer did say the sunset view from the opposite hill is unaffected.
We decided to leave the hill and the people, try to find a view point that hid the scaffolding and banner. And found ourselves in front of what used to be a siege castle built by King Stephen in his attempt to take Corfe Castle. He failed (a bit like me trying to photograph it). But hundreds of years later Cromwell's forces pitched up and used the same site as a base for their siege weapons. Only earthworks remain of the castle today.
Anyway, this shot was taken as I walked down the hill. This all gave me flash backs to my last Corfe visit where the only useable image was taken with my phone. The exact same image, from the exact same spot. Except they have fitted brand new stone steps now. Which do stand out a lot more than the previous wooden steps.