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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Hatley Castle

This magnificent edifice, Hatley Castle, lies on the rising ground overlooking Esquimalt Lagoon. As well as being an intriguing building in itself it is set amongst some splendid gardens - an Italian Garden, a Bog Garden, a Japanese Garden and a Rose Garden. Since I'm looking at Landscape photography lately I thought it would be fitting to examine some formal landscaping such as is found in classical gardens. We'll have a look at some of the gardens later in the week. Hatley Castle has an interesting history - it was built by James Dunsmuir, a son of the man who built Craigdarroch Castle, Victoria's other castle, and because it is so photogenic it has been used in numerous films and television shows such as X-Men and Smallville. In its day job it now is a part of Royal Roads University. Wikipedia has a good short article on the Hatley Park National Historic Site.

4 comments:

JoJo said...

I cannot believe that I didn't know about this place and see it. I had no idea it was there.

William Kendall said...

Quite an impressive pile of rocks, as they say!

Stefan Jansson said...

Try shooting this with a normal lens as a panorama using around six photos in two rows, then stitch them together. Because it looks like a fine old castle.

Stephanie said...

Wow! I did not know this place existed, beautiful architecture!