The Wedding Cake by judithg

The Wedding Cake

New Court of St John's College is known as 'The Wedding Cake' because it's very fancy. Famously the clock tower doesn't have a clock and there is an apocryphal story that says that there was a race between St John's and Trinity next door to see who could build the first/tallest clock tower and win the right to install a clock. In fact Trinity's was installed two century's earlier by Richard Bentley (Master of Trinity and graduate of St John's) and it strikes twice - once for Trinity and once for St John's.
Great story and beautiful shot!!
March 22nd, 2012  
Super capture and great POV!!
March 22nd, 2012  
WOW! I could spend a whole day taking pics of that. Fabulous shot!!
March 22nd, 2012  
Just beautiful, Judith - and a fav! Great architecture, and I love the purple flowers in the foreground!
March 22nd, 2012  
Like your POV and crop here. Interesting story - very William Golding the spire.
March 22nd, 2012  
@fueast Very behind the branch unfortunately - I was in a bit of a rush!
March 22nd, 2012  
Beautiful building made more special by those perfectly focused flowers !! A fave !
March 22nd, 2012  
Such a beautiful scene!
March 22nd, 2012  
beautiful building with those anemones in the foreground - lovely shot
March 22nd, 2012  
Lovely lawns, flowers, splendid building, interesting tale! Jolly good!
March 22nd, 2012  
Great composition, really really lovely.
March 22nd, 2012  
Wonderful shot with those vivid anenomes in the foreground! Interesting info too.
March 22nd, 2012  
Nicely composed!!
March 22nd, 2012  
Love the comp, the flowers in the foreground especially =) great shot and a lovely building!
March 22nd, 2012  
Fun story. Love the bright blues in foreground and their soft focus and the wedding cake is an awesome structure. Were you lying on your belly to shoot it?
March 22nd, 2012  
Love the foreground purple blooms.
March 22nd, 2012  
wow. gorgeous. I love the purple flowers in the foreground... gives awesome perspective!
March 22nd, 2012  
Beautiful, love the focus.
March 22nd, 2012  
What a beautiful view with those flowers in front. They must be the ones you posted earlier. Gorgeous. It's a fav!
March 22nd, 2012  
A beautiful shot. Magnificent building and those pretty flowers focused at a great angle is well done.
March 22nd, 2012  
I can totally see how it got its name.
March 23rd, 2012  
LOVE that POV!!
March 23rd, 2012  
LOVE LOVE it!! A Fav :)
March 23rd, 2012  
Great photo and very interesting story!
March 23rd, 2012  
so gorgeous, wonderful POV
March 23rd, 2012  
i like the tones in the wedding cake Judith


The tree frames the shot quite nicely but u need to 'bob down' just a tad more because part of the branch is blocking a bit of the 'cake' (just my opinion !!)

March 23rd, 2012  
Well constructed landscape, with the branch helping to frame the picture.
March 23rd, 2012  
great building and fab shot
March 23rd, 2012  
@phil_howcroft You're absolutely right - I thought I'd managed to avoid the tree with another shot but I failed. No dogs allowed so no Monty but I'm a bit disabled by tendonitis in my shoulder so I'm blaming that for failing to contort myself adequately!!
March 23rd, 2012  
awesome
March 24th, 2012  
Classic English university view. Lovely.
March 24th, 2012  
Cool story
March 25th, 2012  
Nice gaff
March 25th, 2012  
Absolutely gorgeous composition!
March 26th, 2012  
beautiful!!
April 2nd, 2012  
this is a stunning shot with the flowers along the edges,,, gorgeous color!!
April 11th, 2012  
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