{"id":1395,"date":"2014-02-26T19:59:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2014-02-26T19:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T20:59:06","slug":"back-to-the-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"Back to the castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Back to the castle\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1395\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>I keep being drawn\u00a0 back to Slains Castle as a photographic subject.\u00a0\u00a0 The way it sit on the cliff top with the rocks and breakers below has given me lots of different photographs these past couple of years.\u00a0 Last month I was up at the castle to watch the sunrise and I managed a few dramatic silhouettes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1397\" alt=\"January sunrise, Slains Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7650x-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January sunrise, Slains Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1398\" style=\"width: 668px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7655x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1398\" alt=\"January sunrise, Slains Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7655x.jpg\" width=\"668\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7655x.jpg 668w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7655x-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7655x-624x934.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January sunrise, Slains Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1399\" style=\"width: 667px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7697x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399\" alt=\"January sunrise, Slains Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7697x.jpg\" width=\"667\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7697x.jpg 667w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7697x-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7697x-624x935.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January sunrise, Slains Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7719x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1400\" alt=\"January sunrise near Slains Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7719x.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7719x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7719x-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_7719x-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January sunrise near Slains Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today I was trying out straight on shot with the road leading to the castle.\u00a0 One of my favourite pictures of the castle had been taken from that position with a pack of dogs running towards me.\u00a0\u00a0 On this occasion I was trying to meet a challenge set by my camera magazine \u00a0to take a picture with the main subject central.\u00a0 Good old &#8220;Dracula&#8217;s Castle&#8221; has come up trumps again!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1404\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8268x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1404\" alt=\"The dogs leave the castle.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8268x.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8268x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8268x-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8268x-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dogs leave the castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8088x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1401\" alt=\"Slains Castle\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8088x.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8088x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8088x-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8088x-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slains Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8092x.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1402\" alt=\"IMG_8092x\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8092x.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8092x.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8092x-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_8092x-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep being drawn\u00a0 back to Slains Castle as a photographic subject.\u00a0\u00a0 The way it sit on the cliff top with the rocks and breakers below has given me lots of different photographs these past couple of years.\u00a0 Last month I was up at the castle to watch the sunrise and I managed a 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