Blackpool Zoo

These are some images I have selected from a trip to Blackpool Zoo. I have applied some photoshop techniques to these.

The idea behind these, was to break off from Morton but still have a more artistic look to my photographs.

I was fortunate to be really inspired by this project. I really enjoyed researching Morton and was amazed at the colours I was able to capture on my trip.

Photoshop: step by step,oil painting

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1. open the image in photoshop.
2. Make a background layer copy.
3. Use curves to adjust and make another layer.
4. Open filter gallery, select oil painting, adjust and apply.
5. Merge down the layers.
6. save it, asa a copy and .jpg format.

Photoshop: step by step, Angled strokes

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1. Open the image in Photoshop and make a background layer copy.
2. Use curves to make adjustments and create another layer.
3. Open filter gallery, select angled strokes, adjust and apply to the image.
4. Merge down the layers and save, as a copy and .jpg format.

Photoshop: step by step Gaussian blur

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1. Open the image in Photoshop.
2. Make a background layer copy.
3. Use curves to make adjustments.
4. Make a copy of that layer.
5. Go into filter, blur, gaussian blur.
6. Applu and adjust.
7. Merge down the layers.
8. Save it, as a copy and .jpg format.

Photoshop: step by step, Crosshatch

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1. Open the image in Photoshop.
2. Make a background copy.
3. Use curves to adjust the brightness and contrast.
4. Make a copy of this layer.
5. Open filter gallery.
6. Select crosshatch and adjust.
7. Apply filter to image.
8. Merge down the layers.
9. Save as a copy and .jpg format.

Clitheore Castle History

• It has been suggested that Clitheroe Castle may have been first built before 1086 as there is reference to the "castellatu Rogerii pictaviensis" in the Domesday Book. However, it is likely the passage refers to another castle. One alternative is that it was built around 1186 by Robert de Lacy as an administrative centre for his estates in the area but later passed by inheritance to the Crown. It consists of one of the smallest keeps in the country and at one time it was surrounded by a curtain wall. It was anciently the seat of the Lords of Bowland.

• A document from 1304 mentions ditches and moats surrounding the castle, however these have since been filled in.
• There is a legend that the Devil threw a boulder from Pendle Hill and hit the castle creating the hole visible in its side today, but this hole was made in 1649 as ordered by the government. It was to be put in "such condition that in might neither be a charge to the Commonwealth to keep it, nor a danger to have it kept against them".

• One of the smallest castle keeps in the country stands atop a rocky outcrop at Clithroe. The origins of the castle seem uncertain, but one possibility is that it was erected by Roger de Lacy around 1186, possibly on the site of an early Norman fortification built shortly after the Conquest and mentioned in the Domesday Book.

• The keep is only 20 feet square, with walls 10 feet thick. The stone keep is enclosed within a curtain wall, but only part of this wall now remains. To the south of the keep is a bailey, where domestic buildings serving the keep would have stood.

• The castle stands almost three storeys high, but is now roofless to the sky. The main entrance was originally by stairs to a doorway on the second floor, but now is through a ground level doorway.

• At the foot of the castle grounds is a modern museum which helps explain the site and its long history, and exhibits finds discovered on the site during excavations. The castle was for many years the seat of the Lords of Bowland, an ancient title dating back to 1092. It was for many years owned by the Lascy (Lacy) family of Pontefract, Yorkshire, but in 1311 the title passed to the House of Lancaster, and eventually, in 1399, to the crown.

• The castle is open to the public without charge, but there is a small admission fee for the museum, which was awarded 'Best Small Visitor Attraction of the Year' Award 20010/11 by the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourist Board. Clitheroe Castle Museum is run by the Lancashire County Council for the Ribble Valley Borough Council. The castle is set within 18 acres of formal gardens featuring gardens, recreational areas (playground, skatepark, bowling green), and a bandstand.