Category: Castle

  • Allium Ursinum: Capturing the Beauty of Wild Garlic at Culzean Castle — FOTD Aug 03

    Allium Ursinum: Capturing the Beauty of Wild Garlic at Culzean Castle — FOTD Aug 03

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings


    Allium ursinum, also known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows’s leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear’s garlic. It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland. It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium.

    As with Thursday’s fuchsia, I added a picture of Culzean castle into the AI prompt to ensure it featured in the background. My setting for the wild garlic is its natural habitat of woodland, with the castle in the background. I then did a series of style edits (carousel): golden hour lighting, night, storm, dystopian, futurism… enjoy

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Knautia Macedonica at Culzean Castle– FOTD Aug 02

    Knautia Macedonica at Culzean Castle– FOTD Aug 02

    Hi All 👋 My latest post for Cee’s FOTD.

    We’re now moving on to Culzean Castle & its grounds in Ayrshire for the next series of flowers & settings

    The Knautia macedonica is also known as the Macedonian scabious.

    As with yesterday’s fuchsia, I added a picture of Culzean castle into the AI prompt to ensure it featured in the background. I then did a series of style edits (carousel): oil painting, surrealism, steampunk & digital art… enjoy

    If you follow my blog, you know I’m currently working on a project fusing my photography with AI creativity. For more on my journey with AI, check out my Fan Of… series, the latest of which is a reimagining of some lensball shots.

  • Ferris Wheel — Cees Black and White Photo Challenge #2

    Ferris Wheel — Cees Black and White Photo Challenge #2

    Hi againI forgot to put the song on my previous post, & this pic seems a bit more apt for it anyway

    Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
    Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
  • Broughty Ferry Beach

    Following on from my last post about beach art, here are a few more photos from down on the beach. Although the weather was not the best, this is still a great place to be. It was quiet and peaceful but this is probably more to do with the timing of our mid-week visit and the showery weather.

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