Montacute House

It seems to be a very old building...

The house was built in 1598 Udo, so very old.

I love this style of architecture, Rosa. I love the way the light emphasizes the three-dimensionality of the building. I hope you are having a great weekend. Cheers, Joe

Thank you very much Joe. It was a great period for beautiful manor houses and very lucky if you could afford them. A good weekend for me Joe and I hope he same for you.
Cheers, Rosa.

Bonitas tomas de esa población y excelente arquitectura.

Thank you very much Marije.

I agree, the light in the main picture is perfectly suitable for that building. And what an impressive building it is. Yet, the vibes that come across are slightly gloomy (not quite spooky, just a little perhaps). I have a thing about vibes of buildings...I believe I can tell if it's a "happy" building or a "gloomy" or "spooky" one...or even almost "threatening", a building that you absolutely don't want to enter because something terrible might have happened there. So I gave you my classification for this building (gloomy/spooky), lol, and since you've seen it in real life, you can tell me if you feel the same way or not ;-)

That's interesting Edna. I am also susceptible to "feelings" of a building. I think if you visited this one, you would find a very warm atmosphere, as I do in this one. As far as I am aware, nothing terrible has happened at Montacute House. It has been featured in many period films. If it looks gloomy or spooky, that is my fault for photographing it that way :-)) I have entered a house before and stepped straight back out, before I moved here and we were still viewing houses.

Oh, Rosa, how exciting! We seem to have quite a bit in common :-) I completely feel the same way you do about houses. And it has nothing to do with their looks...they may look really lovely at the first glance, but getting closer and going inside can make me shudder and shiver depending on the house. Whereas, on the other hand, run down buildings may have friendly and positive vibes. That's not a general rule, just an explanation that it has very little to do with the house's looks.

So yes, if Montacute House has a warm atmosphere in reality, then I'd sure feel it if I'd visit there. So you did an excellent job conveying a slightly gloomy mood in connection with that house...an atmosphere that doesn't exisit in reality but only in your photos. Are you related to Alfred Hitchcock, by any chance? ;-))

That's very true Edna. As far as I know, I'm not related to Alfred Hitchcock ha ha!

Wow, what a fantastic light in the "golden hour". And it' s the right light for this beautiful building. Wish you a fine weekend, Rosa !

Thank you very much Percy. It was starting to feel cold soon after the sun went down.
Wishing you a good weekend.

Aye, capturing scenes and landscapes in the golden hours paints quite a different picture.

Well done. Herb

Thank you Herb. It can look so different depending on the time of day, and weather, of course.
Cheers, Rosa.

magnifique demeure bon week end rosa, **

Thank you Annick. Wishing you a good weekend.

This play of light between these two periods of the day highlights this magnificent architecture!
Friendly hello from the antipodes where the night will soon fall!!

Hello from the other side of the world Nouchet! I hope you are having a great time.
Thank you for your kind comments. Best wishes to you.

Gracias a las explicaciones entiendo la relación entre las dos fotos, porque incluso llegué a dudar de que se tratara del mismo edificio, tal es la diferencia con una u otra luz. Mi experiencia con la “hora azul”, es únicamente al atardecer. Con el sol poniéndose tras el horizonte marino, comprendí que esa hora se reparte en dos medias, antes y después de ocultarse el sol tras el horizonte; al menos en la costa. Prefiero la principal, Rosa.

It was only when I returned home that I could see the huge difference in colour and light Jose Manuel. The PiP was taken on arrival to Montacute House and the main shot, just before leaving. Thank you for your great comments. Good evening and good weekend.

The light in the main photo is glorious, the whole house just seems to glow! The warm coloured stone adds to it, you can see that even in the "cooler" PiP. The early sunsets in late autumn gave you the ideal opportunity.

The stone is of a beautiful natural light golden tone Gudrun, and that is what surprised me so much about the rather dull tones in the PiP. It really does show how the light and weather can react in a photograph. Thank you for your kind comments.

Superbe lumière sur la 1re image !
Bon weekend. Amitiés

Thank you very much for your kind comment.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend Madeleine.
Regards.

C'est vraiment fabuleux comme tu as capturé la lumière dorée qui réchauffe si bien les vieilles pierres c'est bien pourquoi on dit que la lumière montante ou descendante est magique !
Bonne soirée mon amie.

Thank you for your kind comments Jocelyne. It certainly does make a difference :-)
Good evening and good weekend my friend.

Beautiful architecture in beautiful light, Rosa !

Thank you very much Ulrich.

Yes you have caught the golden hour perfectly here, Rosa. It all looks so warm. No chance of the golden hour here today. It has been grey and drab all day. At least we got some heavy duty gardening done before the rain.

It has been much the same here Amelia. Yesterday was lovely!
Thank goodness you got the gardening done first! The local Ham stone
is such a warm colour.

I love that honey-coloured stonework you get in your part of the country Rosa...........and the "golden hour" light has brought it out to fantastic effect in your main image. The detail is beautiful as well and I like the tree with some die-hard leaves clinging on to the branches.

In the PiP the house certainly doesn't look quite to beautiful, but it's still very impressive looking in the morning sunlight.

An excellent pair of shots!

The whole village of Montacute has this lovely local Ham stone Keith. Ham Hill is only a few miles from it. Thank you very much for your kind comments on both shots.

An impressive and striking house. Well photographed. Surprising difference in the light here. I am aware of the "golden hour" but admit to not really paying too much attention to the possibilities. Very much like the warmth of the building during the "golden hour" and will be paying more attention in future :-) Thank you, Rosalyn.
Have a good Sunday.

Thank you Roger. I have to admit that it only occurred to me once I downloaded the pictures. I looked at the time they were taken and main picture fitted the theory well.
Sunday greetings and a good new week.

AMAZING PLACE

Another place that I visit often Pam. Thank you.

Wonderful light and great buiding.
Very well shown, Rosalyn.

Thank you very much Jose.
Sunday greetings.

C'est fou comme la lumière change sur cette maison très réussi bravo agréable dimanche

It is very noticeable Patrick. I was surprised how much.
Thank you and wish you a good day.

Da azeigst du sehr schöne Vergleiche liebe Rosa,ist schon faszinierend,wie verschieden manchmal etwas rüberkommt,sehr schöne Aufnahmen hast du gemacht,mir gefällt die vordere Front im Pip besonders gut,das kommt mit diesen Look sehr schön rüber :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Adventsonntag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you very much for your kind comments Günter.

Sunday greetings and wish you a good week ahead, Rosa.

Beautiful light in your main image indeed, Rosa. A very impressive old mansion. Sadly, the "golden hour" becomes more like minutes the lower the latitude.

Thank you very much Roger. One advantage of a higher latitude I guess.
Sunday greetings.

You certainly hit the sweet spot regarding the golden hour in the main shot Rosa, the building looks absolutely magnificent. I like the PiP very much also, in particular the reflections on the glass of the windows and the perspective.

All the best, Doug

Thank you very much for your kind comments Doug. I didn't think about it at the time, but seeing the colour differences I checked the time on each shot.

All the best, Rosa.

I love this honey gold House Rosa

Thank you Nick. Such lovely local stone.

Superbe ma Rosa *****************belle soirée et semaine mon amie ! gros bisous♥

Thank you dear Angelique.
I wish you a good new week my friend.
Bisous.

A familiar building and the light in the main image is simply beautiful,
nice pip and interesting notes
Thank you for posting your image in the group
www.ipernity.com/group/west.of.england

Thank you very much Roger.
Have a good new week.

Belle série sur ce manoir

Merci beaucoup Dan.

You have experienced too, dear Rosa, what it means to "describe light" which is the essence of our common passion, namely photography. In the second image the building has an almost creepy look, the first one is very pleasant for the golden tones.
But ..... the important thing is what we want to describe and represent, so sometimes a low or too strong light can be good for the purpose we want to achieve.
Warm greetings
Fabio

To describe it perfectly Fabio. Thank you so much for your kind comments.
Warm greetings,
Rosa.

The "golden hour" light gives a very special touch to this impressive and slightly gloomy building. The light does make the difference, that is the very essence of photography , i agree with Fabio.
And you managed to show how different a building may look according to light so well, my friend!

Yes two quite different pictures due to the light dear Adele. Thank you ver much for your kind comments.
Have a lovely day my friend.

super bouwwerken daar bij jou ROSA het gebied van de rijken mooj