Larnach Castle, Dunedin

[Jim A]

A beautiful castle, the only one in the South Island of New Zealand.

[IzzieK]

Looks like a modern version one... were you able to go in and take pictures inside? Just curious...

[Jim A]

Good question Izzie, I took this in 2010 and think that I may have been able to take photos inside, but now cannot remember? It was built from 1871 for a number of years and the 3000 square foot ballroom added in 1887. So, not that modern!

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, would it be more of a mansion as it doesn't seem to have protective barriers? Must be some additional history, story to explain why it is labeled a castle.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Jim I like the image. IMO some anticlockwise rotation might work fine as the image seems a bit tilted to me. I would also reduce the saturation and/or vibrance of the greens just a bit, but it is personal preference indeed.

[rpcrowe]

Hi Jim. Regarding rotation and perspective; I like to use the Camera RAW Filter of Photoshop CC to adjust perspective and tilt. The grid-lines and the WYSIWYG display makes it very easy for me to do corrections. In this case I used a just a tiny bit of rotation and vertical adjustment...


BTW: I wonder if this Castle in NZ has any connection to the Lonarch in Scotland...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LE2xdvsdtY

[Jim A]

Thanks Binnur - I have desaturated the greens --- and hopefully corrected the camera distortion?

Thanks Richard - I don't have the full Photoshop, but have used Photoshop Elements. Am busy getting used to Affinity, which I think would do a great job too, when I know more.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Jim Your edit looks better, but If you have ACR , please try those settings with your edited version (not with the original) : verticals +3, horizontal +11 and rotate (- 0,5). The image might look even better

The greens look better, if you want to get rid of the blue color in greens in your edited version , try increasing the hue of yellows (towards green), reduce the hue of greens (towards yellow) in ACR. Then increase the saturation of yellows and greens a bit. You can do this with the HSL sliders in ACR. If you don't have ACR , you might as well try similar adjustments with your software if it allows you. Actually colors are usually personal preference and your edited version doesn't look overcooked anymore. So, you can leave the greens as is if you are happy with them , mine is just an alternative suggestion .

Thanks Binnur - I have desaturated the greens --- and hopefully corrected the camera distortion?



Thanks Richard - I don't have the full Photoshop, but have used Photoshop Elements. Am busy getting used to Affinity, which I think would do a great job too, when I know more.

[Rob Ekins]

You can correct perspective distortion in Elements quite easily Jim.

Ctrl+T will bring up the Free Transform tool. Have a play with your selection while you are holding down the shift or Ctrl keys..

Or using menus:
Edit >Transform: Will bring up a bunch of very helpful tools to manipulate vertical and horizontal image issues.

HTH.

[Wavelength]

A very lovely place and building; well captured