Carn Brea Castle

Anthony Hedger

Carn Brea Castle

This shot was taken with a Canon AE1 35mm camera about 15 years ago and scanned into the computer. Then I tweaked it a little in Photoshop Elements 5

High on top of Carn Brea (700 feet above sea level) you will find Carn Brea Castle which looks out at some stunning views of the surrounding countryside of Cornwall. Redruth, Brea, Carnkie and Camborne are a few of the towns near by.

The Castle itself can be traced back to 1379. It is a stone twin towered fortress, built by the Bassett family and is inside the ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort. It was probably built has a hunting lodge, or as a chapel to St Michael. It has been restored and extended over the years, and today has the look of a modern folly, rather than a medieval fort. The views from this spot are splendid, and you can see for miles on a bright evening.

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Carn Brea Castle by Anthony Hedger
Carn Brea Castle by Anthony Hedger
  • TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    Beautiful!!!!!!!!! :-)

  • anthonytsteel

    anthonytsteel

    Good shot tony, lovely place….

  • Antoine Dagobert

    Antoine Dagobert

    WOW shot!!!love it Tony!!!

  • davidmilne

    davidmilne

    Fab pic Tony!

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    great view nice comp

  • gordontant

    gordontant

    Tony , its a gorgeous view… the clouds look a little posterised, and it looks like the cameras main focal point is the rocks in the foreground…. what resolution did you scan at?

  • aphoto4you

    aphoto4you

    ohmy lord STUNNING my fav…u have my support to these….oh wow…

  • Steve Bulford

    Steve Bulford

    Great shot! This place is not far from me but I have never taken any pics of it!

  • Mundy Hackett

    Mundy Hackett

    Very dramatic image, the clouds really make it sing for me!

  • Nikki Mulkern

    Nikki Mulkern

    This is stunning!! Wonderful capture!

  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    Outstanding photograph.

  • StacyLee

    StacyLee

    I love the colors here :)!!

  • Bruce Halliburton

    Bruce Halliburton

    Lovely shot!

  • lilifrog

    lilifrog

    it’s my favorite in picture like that,bravo!!

  • coffeetea

    coffeetea

    this photo looks grand for combining nature and civilization trace…. a lot of to see, love it!

  • brummieboy

    brummieboy

    Gorgeous contryside … I love Cornwall …

  • DLKeur

    DLKeur

    Oh my. this is sooo surreal. Wonderful.

  • mlgkats

    mlgkats

    i like looking at castle ,this is great and great view

  • Roseann

    Roseann

    Wow! So that’s what Cornwall looks like! I’ve read about it a few times. Ths is just beautiful. Awesome perspective on this.

  • Gary L. Suddath

    Gary L. Suddath

    beautiful shot

  • cdwork

    cdwork

    Beautiful

  • Andy73

    Andy73

    Wow, what a magical scene Anthony. Love the comp in this, and the colours are stunning. Beautifully captured!

  • Julie Langford

    Julie Langfordcommunity host

    Beautiful Tony – love the sky in this shot and those rugged rocks in the foreground – great shot.

  • Hagen

    Hagen

    Nice photo

  • Aurora

    Aurora

    Wow, great shot, you caught this at a good angle. I love how you framed it with the rocks on the side. Great idea!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    Great composition

  • Valli  aka Frankiesgirl

    Valli aka Fra...

    Beautiful.. Love the clouds contrasting with the forefront. Looks surreal!

  • Per E. Gunnarsen

    Per E. Gunnarsen

    Gorgeous contryside and great shot!

  • Benjamin Scheurer

    Benjamin Scheurer

    brilliant shot, Anthony!....love the atmosphere you captured here.

  • maggiebarra

    maggiebarra

    this is outstanding!!

  • Daniela Weil

    Daniela Weil

    Breathtaking capture!

  • jerry  alcantara

    jerry alcantara

    wow! i really like this one.it deserve to be in feature page.congrats my friend

  • Nikki Farrow
  • cynthiab

    cynthiab

    outstanding shot

  • Martin  Mullen

    Martin Mullen

    Yes! A really nice one.

  • ktowers

    ktowers

    gorgeous .. great composition and nice colours

  • BengLim

    BengLim

    Very ice composition!

  • BengLim

    BengLim

    Nice composition I mean :P

  • Joanna Clark

    Joanna Clark

    Amazing picture! Love it!

  • katphoto

    katphoto

    excellent shot – such a pretty place

  • NatMason

    NatMason

    Beautiful shot! The close up rocks, as well as the castle in the middle distance, really give this piece a fantastic sense of depth.

  • Martin Campbell

    Martin Campbell

    stunning shot. love the blacks.

  • joolz

    joolz

    Great shot Anthony! Love the compostion and the colour in the clouds.

  • Judith Winde

    Judith Winde

    This is strikingly beautiful, and somewhat haunting. I love it!

  • susan davies

    susan davies

    beautiful, looks like something straight out of a fantasy film

  • Cliff Vestergaard

    Cliff Vestergaard

    This is Great ! may I use your image ?

  • Halcyon007

    Halcyon007

    Very strong dramatic clouds. Love the tones and those rocks on the right make for an interesting foreground

  • RichardV

    RichardV

    Nice shot and colours. I love Cornwall, and it’s not to far from me.

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer

    Wow, stunning

  • TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    TrEaSuReDiMaGeS

    This is sooooo beautiful, the scenery is spectacular!! Big smile for sure…. Welcome Tony, This is a wonderful addition to the group.

  • Marion  Cullen

    Marion Cullen

    An absolutely spectacular vista, love the many layers in this, it adds so much depth…
    On a clear day, you can see forever….

  • Pat Abbott

    Pat Abbott

    Such a lovely view.

  • Miss Misery

    Miss Misery

    wow where you been hiding this one tony?

  • Steven  Agius

    Steven Agius

    Stunning scenery captured perfectly !

  • Michael Rowley KeepsakesPhotography

    Michael Rowley...

    good on you for your sale of his one,great image

  • marts1

    marts1

    Stunning image

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you for your comment my friend

  • brion

    brion

    Awsome!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you for your comment Brion

  • Lisa  Kenny

    Lisa Kenny

    wow ~ this looks like its straight out of a fairytale…

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Lisa for your comment on this shot. We used to live beyond the castle about a mile away.

  • davidmilne

    davidmilne

    This is stunning Tony,wonderful composition and exposure!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thanks for your comments David

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  • storm22

    storm22

    Awesome view beautiful shot!

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger

    thank you for your kind comments

  • georgieboy98

    georgieboy98

    What a great scene and you have showed it off to maximum advantage. I love it. Peter

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thank you Peter again for your comment – after the climb up the hill it was worth the scene set before us.

  • Forest Friends  Photography

    Forest Friends...

    This is fantastic tony! I love this! Great clouds & colours, you picked a good day for this one!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thank you this is one of my favorites

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  • Matt Halls

    Matt Halls

    Magnificent….loving your portfolio Anthony!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you my friend, there is plenty to see so feel free to look when you have the time. Tony

  • Lori Peters

    Lori Peters

    I love castles. This is a beuatiful scene. We actually have a castle here in Colorado that Louis Palmer, our founder, built for his British wife. She left him anyway. Good job, Anthony.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you so much for your kind comment Lori

  • Dennis Rubin IPA

    Dennis Rubin IPA

    Very nice capture and point of view!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Dennis

  • digitalmidge

    digitalmidge

    Fabulous shot, just stunning and absolutely outstanding… ;-)

    Zoe

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you very much Zoe I value and appreciate your comments

  • Kathleen Hill

    Kathleen Hill

    Stunning image the sky is gorgeous

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you very much Kathleen I value and appreciate your comments

  • Lucan  Netley (LDN Photoart)

    Lucan Netley ...

    gonna fav this so i remeber to visit when i get the chance :-)

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thanks Lucan for your comment – you are in for a treat when you go up there the view is fantastic

  • Jason  Laderoute

    Jason Laderoute

    Great Shot, invokes a real desire to travel.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thanks for the kind comment my friend so have you packed your bags yet?

  • RedHillDigital

    RedHillDigital

    Another Cornish gem – somewhere I’ve never been certainly.
    Almost has a Scottish feel to it!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thanks for the kind comment Howard

  • RichardV

    RichardV

    Yes. This one please mate.

    Excellent shot, and well scanned and edited.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thanks Richard, it’s now done with a little more info added.

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  • Tessa Bishop

    Tessa Bishop

    Congratulations on the avatar for Best of the West, Anthony. Well deserved, this is beautiful.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Yow are so sweet Tessa, thank you very much for your kind comment to me, I am glad you like it.

  • Tom Gomez

    Tom Gomez

    Stunning shot …

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thanks for the comment Tom

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    This is absolutely beautiful….looks like a scene from a fairytale…Sally xxoo

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Sally for your kind comment – and it is funny you should mention that because I may use this in a story.

  • Stuart Chapman

    Stuart Chapman

    The light is the real clincher in this shot. Low late light has hit the castle and foreground rocks perfectly and is also adding to the background fields in the far off distance.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Stuart for dropping by my work and leaving me a kind comment

  • vanorange

    vanorange

    A really great shot of the castle, the light is wonderful. ( And no fog. If you live near to the castle you will know what i mean.)

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Hey there Mr. Vanorange. Thanks for dropping by and commenting on my work, I am glad you like this one. I know what you mean about the fog, Helston is known for it isn’t it?

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Oh I forgot, welcome to Red Bubble my friend. While you are here and just for the record what is it about firefighters that women love so much? LOL

  • Colleen Battistoni

    Colleen Battis...

    STUNNING!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Colleen

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  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    Very nicely done

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thank you Mary for the kind comment

  • julie08

    julie08

    Fantastic:)

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Julie for your lovely commentxx

  • betha

    betha

    Wonderful image, you have capture the castle and the surround inthe fore and back well. Nice work!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Betha for your wonderful comment it was lovely of you to drop by.

  • amarica

    amarica

    Congratulations on being featured Tony, beautiful shot!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you my dear friend, Anne

  • Rinkydink

    Rinkydink

    fab shot, love the interest given by the stone “fingers” on the right , great colours too

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Cat for your visit and a wonderful comment

  • Christine Till  @    CT-Graphics

    Christine Till...

    Aweome capture with great depth.
    Congratulations :)

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Christine for your wonderful comment on my work

  • jacobea

    jacobea

    Now that’s a beautiful castle :D And one i’m not sure i’ve even heard of, either.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thank you for a wonderful comment

  • DonDavisUK

    DonDavisUK

    Congratulations on being selected for the group Avatar with this great image that I know so well. My wife comes from Redruth and we’d wake up every morning looking out over Carn Brea. She’ll be delighted with this great view when she comes back home. FANTASTIC! How could I possibly not favourite this one. Blessings Don. P.S. Love the Cornish humour regarding time, is that why they say, “I’ll do it drectly”? Don.

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Hey Don what a wonderful comment you have given me thank you so much it means a lot to me. The castle is a beautiful spot on the landscape and what a view to wake up to. Thanks for the visit and feel free to look at the rest of my work. Tony

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    I thought about sending this drectly but decided to do it now otherwise it woudn’t get sent at all. LOL

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  • Sekans

    Sekans

    This is excellent! The light is perfect!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you Jonathon for stopping by and leaving me a wonderful comment.

  • Martina Fagan

    Martina Fagan

    Lovely composition:)

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    thank you for your kind comment

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    Lets do this one !!!!!!!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Now this is spooky and you won’t believe me but I was asking myself I wonder which one you will go for and I chose this one as well.
    Ok I will try to find the copy and email it to you and thank you, you have great taste and thats just talking to me LOL

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    I do believe you…....... it aint spooky my love, it is destiny ! LOL WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! I do have great taste by the way and you are fanbloodytastic ! LOL I will wear that word out faster than you will ! LOL I would love to work on some of the black and whites if you still have the color ones of them ! You know me, I love to rock that color out ! LOL Love you baby! HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    ok let me know which B&W ones and I will dig out the colour copies for you

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    Opps lol, Im having puter problems ! LOL You can erase one of those if you like ! ROFLOL

  • Anthony Hedger

    Anthony Hedger

    do you send them twice in case I didn’t hear you the first time LOL

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    Im going to look now ! YOU ARE JUST FANBLOODYTASTIC BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)~ You have indeed created a monster ! LOL

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    ROFLOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Yeah actually that is what I am doing ! LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    How can anyone not love you ??????!!!!!!!!!! YOU Are sooooooooooo funny and you always make me laugh and smile ! Why dude, Im in internet heaven when I am talking with you ! ROCK ON YOU FANBLOODYTASTIC MAN YOU ! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! And oh yeah, dont make me say this twice ! ROFLOL

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    enough already LOL

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

    Did I scare you ?
    ROFLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    No, not at all xxxxxx

  • EarthGipsy

    EarthGipsy

    Stunning image ~ thought about adding it to the Heritage Listed and Other Trust Sites groups challenge

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Hey Sonia thank you for your kind comment and the heads up for the group. The trouble is I don’t know whether it is listed or anything so I better not add it to the group which is a shame. But thanks.

  • Karla  Delgado

    Karla Delgado

    beautiful photo! :D

  • Anthony Hedger replied

    Thank you again Karla for your wonderful kind comments x

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