Day 66 of 366 - The Swanswell Gate!

Today's photo was taken this afternoon in the City Centre of Coventry. The image is of Swanswell Gate. This gate also known previously as Priory Gate is One of the Two remaining Town Wall gates that survive from the original Twelve city gates. Swanswell (or Priory) gate was completed in 1440. It was built to give access to the Prior's lands outside the city walls. Most of the town wall and gates were demolished in 1662 after the English Civil War of the 1640's by the orders of King Charles II. This was in revenge for the support Coventry gave to the Parliamentarians during the Civil War against the Royalists. Also in the image is a small part of the Town Wall. This is leading uphill towards Cook Street Gate, the only other remaining gate in Coventry. The Swanswell Gate is both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.

The photo was taken using the App ExposerGL on my iPhone 6.

First I used the app Lightroom to edit the image. I applied the Dynamic filter and also applied some Clarity and noise reduction. I then boosted the sky in the image with some of the Dehaze function. The next app I used was DistressedFX. I used this to apply the Stirred overlay and the Lazarus texture. I then used the app Brushstroke with the Gloss G2 preset to give the image a painterly look. Finally I used the app PhotoToaster to add the Contrast filter, the Drama FX, a medium dark vignette. Then the Canvas texture and the Charcoal frame.