Kind Kaub-1
Leaving Bacharach and on my way to Oberwessel I stopped on the opposite side of the Rhine from Kaub for a short photo break of the castles that this little town has to offer.
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein shown here began life as all castles on the Mittle Rhine as way for the rich to bilk the hard working river merchants of their hard earned coins as toll payment for their safe passage.
The Castle is strategically located on an island on the right side of the Rhine where once upon a time this was the only clear channel for boats to pass.
Merchants sandwiched between the river castle and the fortified town and the left channel impassable for large ships, had no choice but to submit and pay the toll or face a hard fight from two opposing strongholds.
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS and DXO Nik
Kind Kaub-1
Leaving Bacharach and on my way to Oberwessel I stopped on the opposite side of the Rhine from Kaub for a short photo break of the castles that this little town has to offer.
Burg Pfalzgrafenstein shown here began life as all castles on the Mittle Rhine as way for the rich to bilk the hard working river merchants of their hard earned coins as toll payment for their safe passage.
The Castle is strategically located on an island on the right side of the Rhine where once upon a time this was the only clear channel for boats to pass.
Merchants sandwiched between the river castle and the fortified town and the left channel impassable for large ships, had no choice but to submit and pay the toll or face a hard fight from two opposing strongholds.
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70 2.8 G2 Lens processed in LR, PS and DXO Nik