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Well i missed out on the first week, just didn't get chance to get out with the camera.

But here is my photograph to represent - History

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and here is the history of it:
The King's Lynn Custom House is one of the town's most iconic landmarks. It was designed by architect Henry Bell and built by Sir John Turner in 1685. It was not the first Custom House built for the town - originally one was constructed in 1620 on the site where the Hogge Mansion is currently located (currently occupied by Barclay's Bank), however this was too small and as a result a larger one was needed; St George's Guildhall was used in the intervening years.

Initially, Customs only occupied the top floor and the ground floor was used by merchants for trading - however merchants were unhappy that they were so far from the Tuesday Market Place and by 1717 Customs occupied the entire building.

300 years later and whilst the building is no longer used by Customs it is still a gateway to the town as it houses the town's Tourist Information Office. It is also a Grade I listed building[3].

The building was described by architect Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of the most perfect buildings ever built".[4] He was an admirer of King's Lynn in general, also commenting that the walk from the Tuesday Market Place to the River (by the Customs House) was of the finest in the world.[5]
 
Well done your off and running...

I think a tighter crop to miss out the lifebuoy and change to B&W and I think you would have even better shot.

Still good start.
 
Glad you've joined us both on the forum and on this mega learning curve that is the 52. The subject of your image certainly has a great deal of potential and you've done a good job of capturing the building without getting the sky blown and retain definition in the white roofline :thumbs:. However in doing that I think the rest of the image appears to be a bit under exposed and could do with being a bit brighter. I don't know what image editing software you use but if it's possible in the one you use to apply a levels or curves adjustment to only part of the image (it is in Photoshop CS3, but I realise not everyone uses that). Good start and looking forward to how you interpret the next theme.
 
Good kick off gillybean :)

I agree with Marcus's crop suggestion as that life ring does draw the attention a little and to perhaps lose some of the darker foreground to concentrate on the building itself :)

But it meets the them spot on especially with the great narrative :), thanks for that :)
 
I also agree about losing the lifebouy but I'm not sure about losing the foreground. I am assuming (maybe incorrectly) that the water is a canal and a lot of the buildings custom came from the boats / barges passing by.

I don't know what the buildings are like to the right of the Customs house but maybe a landscape photo with more of the waterway showing could work as well?
 
It's a very handsome building with an interesting history. I like the fact that it's still in use, too.

I agree with the suggestions to lose the lifebuoy, but I like the colour and, while I'm generally in favour of close crops, in this case I think the foreground adds to the ambience. Lovely start - I hope you enjoy the rest of the 52 challenge. :)

Jean
 
Thanks for your comments everyone.

The buildings to the right are unfortunatly all run down which is a real shame, i wish someone would do them up, they would make a lovely musuem or something like that.

In front of the customs house is the river, i'll go another day and take some photos from different angles to show you if you wanted to see.

I'm using photoshop 7 and really haven't a clue what i'm doing, so not sure how to turn the photo into sepia just yet but i'm planning on using my 52 to learn more about what i'm doing.
 
Spartacus said:
Well done your off and running...

I think a tighter crop to miss out the lifebuoy and change to B&W and I think you would have even better shot.

Still good start.
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:agree:
 
That is a fine building - and thanks for adding the history. WHenyou look at the place you can really imagine it bing the centre of bustle!
 
I agree with all the comments made so far and thanks for the history behind it. Welcome the the 52ers :wave: and good luck with Photoshop ;)
 
gillybean103 said:
Thanks for all your comments

I've missed out on this week too, i was going out with the camera this weekend but it all went a bit wrong, when i found out my friends son had been killed, so forgive me for not doing this week
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Thats sad, sad news indeed :(

Commiserations and condolences to all concerned!
 
Dark Star said:
Thats sad, sad news indeed :(

Commiserations and condolences to all concerned!
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Yes I'm sorry to hear such bad news...if and when your ready to come back with some photo's your be most welcome...
 
Sorry to hear your news gillybean. Come back to it when you feel ready
 
Take care, it'll be good to see your next shot when you're ready.
 
What an awful thing to happen. No the wonder you couldn't think of anything else. Looking forward to seeing your next pictures when you feel up to it.
 
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