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We're still at Richmond Palace. I hope you enjoyed discovering the comment about the 16th C flushing toilets in the wiki notes.
I chose this rather harsh looking treatment for the B&W photo because I wanted to enhance the texture of the ancient brickwork - which is also why I took the photo. You can clearly see remnants of the very old structure (filled in arches). I guess that what we are seeing here are windows put in during a late 17th or early 18th C development. I also notice that a car roof has sneaked in.......arrrrgghh!!! The grey overcast weather (cloudy but surprisingly warm) was ideal for B&W photography.
At long last I'm feeling like getting out a about again, fit enough to walk about more and carry the dreaded "heavy camera". I can take very nice photos with the "little camera", but the "big one" gives me more exercise.
So it's time to get back to trying to show some more of Richmond and try it in B&W. Here's Richmond Palace - it's very old...............but not much of it is left: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Palace .
I chose this shot because it's got a figure in it. Nobody came along when I was taking some slightly better angles, and although I don't "do" people I felt that the archway needed a figure. These days the acursed car cannot be avoided and is too hard to clone out.
Be warned - more B&Ws (as opposed to BMWs) are on the way.
