Good day ,
Today i will be posting the final part of my visit to Kasteel Groeneveld.
I already posted a black and white impression , and today i will post a coloured version of the castle , these are differend photographs then i used in the black and white version !!
3 weeks ago we went to this lovely castle here in Holland called "Kasteel Groeneveld " if you want to visit the place this is their websit it's in Dutch so you might need google translate :) https://www.staatsbosbeheer.nl/kasteel-groeneveld
I will be showing you photographs from both inside the castle and outside .
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Right back to the photos ...
i used two cameras with 2 differend lenses
Sony A7II + Laowa 15mm F4.5 1:2 Macro for wide angle and close up macro
and the Sony A7IV + Sony 24-105mm F4 G OSS with polarisation filter still testing that filter need to get used to it , it does cost light to use it +/- 1-2 stops . i will post underneath each photo what combi has been used.
1 ) The tour starts in the basement of the building where the staff would be in the old days. There was this library of old wild life and fauna from the castle .
2 ) These "books" were made from wood and contained text and tree materials the one on theleft says "tulpenboom"also known as Magnolia .
3 ) the book on the right says "Zomereik"
Sony A7IV + Sony 24-105mm F4 G OSS
4 ) They have many books like this , each contains things of another tree.
5 ) the items in the European oak book .
6 ) How the castle has evolved since 1710
7 ) The owners of the castle through out the centuries .
8 ) a scale model of the castle as it is today.
9 ) kitchen , it seems that this kitch has been used in an old tv show from my youth called Swiebertje dating back to +/- 1975
10 ) There was a souvenir shop with all kinds of items, like these bags
11 ) and Glass Teacups with different decorations.
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14 ) Time to explore more of the building , the stairs to the main floor
15 ) stair case going up , the 15mm does really help to capture things like this.
16 ) They had these big chandeliers hanging in each room , not sure if it's made of crystal or glass .
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18 ) looking ot of the window in to the front garden
19 ) large rooms with high ceilings and those big chandeliers , although these days they use LED light instead of candles.
20 ) and these hughe wall paintings in the rooms
21 ) the painting on the left shows differend layers of paintings that they discoverd during the last restoration of the building.
22 ) another big room with wall paintings and a big chandelier
23 ) same room differend angle
24 ) one of the remaining old furniture
25 ) swan with flower decorations
26 ) underneath the chandelier
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28 ) top of the stairway letting daylight in
29 ) looking down on the stairway , the second floor was filled with painting's i already posted those before here : @stresskiller/the-exhibition-extraordinary-landscape
30 ) once we were outside i spotted this butterfly on a flower decorations
Time to explore the backyard of the castle for a bit , it was a cloudy day with a bit of rain and hardly any sunshine but we managed to get some nice photos .
31 ) The back yard with sundail and pond
32 ) the back entrance of the castle
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36 ) there was a gnome searching track for the kids , there were gnomes hidden along the path big and small and the kids would have to find them.
37 ) and when i say small try 4 cm ...
38 ) the bigger ones were more like garden gnome size +/- 20 - 30 cm
39 ) due to the long draught we have had here in holland the water in the ponds were very low.
40 ) more gnomes spotted
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42 ) water level should be 30-40cm higher we really need some rain soon and not just one day this needs at least some weeks of rain.
43 ) some local wild life ducks and a blue haron
44 ) old couple walking with their barking cat / small dog
45 ) wider view of the pond at 24mm with reflections on the water , old couple in the distance and the blue haron is also in the picture .
46 ) same view at 15 mm
47 ) more ducks in the pond
48 ) backside of the castle with a reflection in the water.
49 ) backside of the castle
50 ) typical when you decide to go home the sky opens up ..
that is all for today i hop eyou enjoyed the tour .
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