Following on with the theme of ‘Then and Now’ where I try to reproduce views taken in 1930s-40s (or earlier), I am using this photo which comes from an old travel guide. Because of its age I believe the photo is out of copyright but if I am wrong and you are the copyright holder then please contact me.
Earlier last month I visited the old town of Ludow to try and take a similar view of the castle from the heights across the river. As with the earlier Weobley photo, despite taking a copy of the original photo with me, the alignment wasn’t good. This is the original photo I was trying to replicate:

This is the best view I took that aligned reasonably with the castle:

This new view is from too high up – I should have been further down so that the castle crosses the horizon. But I didn’t want to go down the slope too far as the trees were already encroaching on the castle.
Putting the two images together with a comparison slider:


The comparison slider also indicates that I should be further to the right. I am puzzled by the relative heights of different parts of the building. My alignment points were the small gateway on the right and the position and height of the main tower just left of the middle.
You can see that the round tower towards the right is taller (and positioned differently) in the 1930s image. But the tower on the far left is shorter in the 1930’s view.
Hmmm, I need another visit…