Queen’s House London England
Grisly facts and info:
The Queen's House is located in London England. It can be found when
you visit the Tower of London, the famous fortress known for it's
grisly past. It is a brown structure with white windows built around
1530 in typical Tudor style and trimmed with wood. It survived the
Great Fire of London of 1666 and is well preserved. Today the head of
The Tower lives there and a guard is placed at the door.
It is said that Henry VIII built the Queen's House for his second
wife, Anne Boleyn. However she was soon afterwards beheaded by him at
the Tower Green. Later, in 1608, at Queen’s House Guy Fawkes was made
to confess his plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament with
gunpowder.
Tower Green
The Tower Green is located in front of Queen’s House and Beauchamp
Tower. Because beheading in the privacy of the Tower Green was
considered a privilege of rank, so in fact not many people were killed
there except two English Queens and other five British nobles. Most
prisoners in the Tower were executed in public on Tower Hill just
outside the fortress. Today at the Scaffold site there is a small
sculpture to commemorate those who died there.
A beautiful tranquil looking place. If you didn’t know the story you would not believe such scary beheadings happened there.
I dedicate this pic to my mother. Since I was a child she always took me with her to England where I have an aunt and uncle living there. It's a place so full of history and very fond unforgettable memories!
Equipment Lowdown:
I took this on my recent visit there. It's a very static picture...not
too much movement going on here...not much "life" so it's
not going into my "LIFE" series. But I like the lines here a
lot. If you look closely you can see lots of "easter eggs"!
Have fun searching!
Oh....It's a single mapped hdr, in Photoshop CS5, Nik Sharpener, Color
Efex Pro and Camera Raw. Noiseware to reduce the noise. Sorry for the
strong processing here...I usually like subtle hdrs but I wanted to
bring out all the "easter eggs" BIG GRIN!:D
I will be forever grateful to Jan for showing me how to put borders on
my pics! I'm so happy about that!
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p.s. - Thanks a lot to everyone who stopped by and for leaving comments and faves, really much appreciated:))
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TravellingTheBLU26 31 months ago | reply
Thank you Susan! You are so kind to me!!
dorosario-photos 31 months ago | reply
Great HDR effect, very painterly!
TravellingTheBLU26 31 months ago | reply
Thank you so very much for your great comment my friend! I really appreciate it!
greenac1 29 months ago | reply
Very cool . Makes me want to vist there
mashico 29 months ago | reply
Beautiful image, vibrant color, just excellent!!!
Beviea 27 months ago | reply
So awesome.
Karl Batchelor 27 months ago | reply
Looks like a fantastic old painting.
2184julie 23 months ago | reply
love this place
f.Seida 22 months ago | reply
hermosa toma y edición !
saludos
pablo de la A 22 months ago | reply
preciosa
AnNamir™ c[_] 20 months ago | reply
Great art work brother :)
KwasiB 20 months ago | reply
fantastic
Lisa593 20 months ago | reply
Awesome
f l a m i n g o 20 months ago | reply
Wonderful place!
....zzz.... [deleted] 20 months ago | reply
beautiful shot & compo .. HDR?
Josef Lex 16 months ago | reply
have seen this photo in
buildings are beautiful
Please don't forget to comment on the other photos.
Wow, very beautifully taken!
Mező, Kornél (mostly away) 12 months ago | reply
very nice :)
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