Struggling a bit with this fantastic theme so hefty dose of artistic licence used! Photograph taken looking up at the Minstrels Gallery in the Durbar Room at Osborne House. This was Queen Victoria's summer palace on the Isle of Wight. Looking up at the ornate white plasterwok by Bhai Ram Singh, there are three Indian-style arches over the minstrels gallery at one end of this enormous and fancy banqueting room. The gallery has an elaborate dark wood balustrade which contrasts with the plasterwork. The gallery is backlit with a warm terracotta light which risers to an amber colour, reminiscent of a sunset. This room was dramatically beautiful, though I was most drawn to the huge collection of paintings at Osborne House and could have spent a happy week just looking at those. Easy to spend a full day here - so much to see and do.

Indian Sunset
for #PalacesAndGardens theme of #SunriseOrSunset

(Huge dollop of artistic licence).

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(Android phone camera)