Fonthill Castle Christmas Decorations – Study

This image was taken in the Fonthill Study, one of my favorite rooms.  Henry Mercer spent much of his time here.  There are four desks in different locations in the room.  Each one was placed to make the best use of light at a specific time of the day.

This image was taken using natural light.  Multiple exposures were blended together to balance the overall exposure and maintain shadows and the light patterns on the floor.  I used Color Efex Pro’s tonal contrast to pop the tree out from the background.

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Fonthill Castle Christmas Decorations – Morning Room

This image is from the Fonthill Morning Room adjacent to the Saloon.  Most of the standard day tours do not cover this room.  I could not get an acceptable HDR or blended image so I used flash for this image.  I set my camera exposure for exterior through the window.  The flash provide the light for the tree.

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Fonthill Castle Christmas Display – Saloon

This image is taken in the Fonthill Saloon.  Getting a good image is always a difficult task in this room with the huge windows and deep shadows.  This image is a combination of a 4 image HDR blended with several single images to balance out the exterior light and maintain some of the interior shadows.  Lights on the tree created the golden color cast.

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