caernarfon

Edward I castle at Caernarfon. The king promised the Welsh a ruler who spoke not a word of English and appeared on the balcony of this castle with his baby son, who spoke not a word of anything. Thus did Edward of Caernarfon become the first English Prince of Wales. BTW, no one spells it Carnarvon any more, not even us English ;-)

I don't understand why somebody has tagged this photo with "Scotland".

The same person who can't spell crenellation, I suppose;-)

Sorry for delay in responding. We'll add "Caernarfon, Wales" to the title and a note to clarify the location. We've been leaving most tags "as is" in case the word(s) are there because of a resemblance or reminder to a similar scene. Haven't quite figured out how to flag such tags to avoid confusion when a search for "Scotland" includes a photo of Wales. Hopefully the new title will help. ("Crenelation" turned out to be an alternate spelling for "crenellation.")

Gosh! Did it? That's interesting:-)

article on the process of photochrom: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochrom "A litho stone is coated with a thin layer of purified bitumen dissolved in benzene. A reversed half-tone negative is then pressed against this light-sensitive coating and an exposure in daylight made (taking from 10–30 minutes in summer, to several hours in winter). The bitumen hardens and becomes resistant to normal solvents in proportion to the light. The coating is then washed in turpentine solutions, removing the unhardened bitumen. It is then retouched in the tonal scale of the chosen color to strengthen or soften the tones as required. Each tint needs a separate stone bearing the appropriate retouched image, and prints are usually produced by at least six, and more commonly from 10 to 15 tint stones.[4]"

Larger, restored version;

Cool picture!!

great shot

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