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One of the most challenging factor in pursuing a large scale ship model is aligning decks. Even if the framing seem straight and balanced, warping can occur. So it's important to let deck frames remain untouched for at least a week so that wood fibers can tighten.
Doing this early in the build will avoid surprises later. Here, i use a dowel at the center of the rail tops to check for narrow horizon.
Explored HP# 420 on 25/10/12 - Thanks very much!!
Looking back down the Tyne, still from the Newcastle side, here the bridges all line up to create a mass of light..
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Sitting and watching as the sun climbs out of the Gulf of Mexico makes for a most excellent morning.
Nearly full moon rising over Ahuriri, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
It is always nice when a full moon coincides with a high tide, especially when you are planning to shot the (nearly ) full moon rising over the Ahuriri Estuary.
This shot was taken the evening before the night of the 'supermoon', as the semi-supermoon popped over the horizon just before the sun set in the other direction.
Fujifilm X-E3, ISO200, f5, 1/250, 67mm
Processed in Lightroom
St Chad's Cathedral a Grade II* listed building, built by Augustus Welby Pugin in 1841. Located in the Gun Quarter, Northside, Birmingham, West Midlands.
St Chad's was the first Catholic cathedral erected in England after the English Reformation initiated in 1534 by King Henry VIII. St Chad's Cathedral was built at the behest of Bishop Thomas Walsh, the local apostolic vicar (styled Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District). St Chad's Cathedral was designed by Augustus Welby Pugin, the foundation stone was laid in October 1839 and the building consecrated as a church on 21 June 1841. The project received generous donations from John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, who was the last catholic Earl of Shrewsbury. The church was raised to the status of cathedral in 1852 following the restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in England by Pope Pius IX in 1850. The first Bishop of Birmingham was William Bernard Ullathorne OSB, whose monument is the Crypt of the Cathedral. He was buried at St Dominic's Priory, Stone, a convent of Dominican sisters. In 1911 the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese.
The patron of the cathedral is St Chad, a 7th-century Bishop of Mercia and pupil of St Aidan of Lindisfarne. The cathedral enshrines, in the canopy above the altar, the relics of some long bones of St Chad. These were originally enshrined at, and rescued from, Lichfield Cathedral by Prebendary Arthur Dudley, before its despoliation during the Reformation, in about 1538. Fr Dudley passed the bones to his nieces, Bridget and Katherine Dudley of Russell's Hall, whence they were divided in parcels and passed down among their family. In 1651, Henry Hodgetts, a farmer, of Sedgley was dying and his wife summoned an itinerant priest, Fr Peter Turner, SJ to gave him the last sacraments. When they recited the litany of the saints, Henry kept calling upon Saint Chad, pray for me. On being asked why he called upon St Chad, he replied, "because his bones are in the head of my bed". He then instructed his wife to pass the box of relics to Fr Turner for safekeeping and he took them back to the Seminary of St Omer, in Northern France, where he was based. In the nineteenth Century, the relics found their way into the hands of Sir Thomas Fizherbert-Brockholes of Aston Hall, near Stafford. After Sir Thomas's death, his widow moved to a smaller residence and their chaplain, Fr Benjamin Hulme found the dusty velvet-covered box of relics under the altar, when he cleared out the chapel. Fr Hulme presented the relics to Bishop Walsh, who was in the process of deciding upon a suitable patronal dedication for his new Cathedral. So it was that the relics of the saint who was the apostle of the Midlands in the seventh century were enshrined above the altar. It is the only cathedral in England which has the relics of its patron saint above the altar. These relics were subjected to carbon dating analysis by the archaeological laboratory of Oxford University in 1985, on the order of Archbishop Couve de Murville, which showed all but one of the bones to date from the seventh century, which concurs with the death of St Chad on 2 March 672 AD.
The cathedral was situated in the Gunmakers Quarter of Birmingham, which endangered it during the Second World War. It was bombed on 22 November 1940. An incendiary bomb fell through the roof of the south aisle and bounced from the floor into some central heating pipes, which then burst. The water from the damaged central heating pipes thus extinguished the fire.
The architect chosen to design St Chad's, Augustus Welby Pugin (1812–52), later became one of England's most renowned Gothic Revival architects. Pugin had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1835, and spent most of the remainder of his working life designing Catholic churches, their fittings and vestments. St Chad's was the first large church that he designed which was planned, from the outset in 1837, to become a cathedral. Pugin lavished much care on the building, and described, in his letters, not only the architecture, but its decoration, fittings and furnishings. The Clerk of Works and builder of St Chad's was George Myers.
St Chad's replaced a smaller church dedicated to St Austin, built on the same site in 1808, in the Gunmakers' Quarter of the town on steeply sloping land that fell away to the canal and wharf. Because of the narrow site, and the necessity to build in brick rather than stone, Pugin was restricted in the style and proportions of the church that he could design. Because he wished to make the church as open and spacious as possible, he looked as a model to the style of churches that were built in Northern Germany in the late Middle Ages. St Chad's is built in the style of a brick hall church or "hallenkirke", similar to Munich Cathedral and has a westwerk with narrow broached spires similar to those of Lübeck Cathedral. Because of the steep slope of the site, Pugin built a large crypt beneath the building, to be used primarily as a burial place for family tombs, and former cathedral clergy, and is now rehearsal room for the choir. The geographical alignment is unusual in that the "east end" (the location of the altar) actually faces approximately north west.
For Moctagon Jones. A variation of nnenn's cockpit box with studs on all sides and even-stud alignment in the back.
VWS2863 Copyright © VW Selburn 2015: Excellent work on the alignment of this garden pond seen in Wales UK.
When I took this photo, I noticed the young woman on the right and the alignment of the 3 subjects perpendicular to the river. On closer inspection, I thought that this alignment was all the more interesting in that it could perhaps correspond, from youngest to oldest, to this woman's family circle: potentially, her youngest son, then the teenager, and finally her husband. This hypothetical link could explain the benevolent gaze that the 'mother' perhaps seems to be casting on them. The magic of street photography is that it will always retain its mystery, and at the same time open the door to all sorts of possible interpretations.
In this shot, the lances are held at such a perfectly level angle that they almost blend into the background. Consider the historical context of these combatants. Consider that men in the medieval era not only jousted in fun, but as a preparation for war. What madness is it that man and beast engage in such an act against their fellow creatures.
The beauty and savagery of our species can be quite conflicting at times.
On Palatia islet lies the impressive “Portára”, a marble gate of a 6th century BC temple of Apollo. According to mythology, the god Dionysus met Ariadni there, who had been abandoned by Thesseus.
Just got back from a family holiday in Croatia. This abstract shot was taken at our accommodation, the glass table top was perfect for reflections.
Teck Ghee, Singapore.
I have not been shooting much lately, particularly HDB scenes. This is from the epic sunset yesterday evening and it was so hot!
CN L517 rolls toward Kirk Yard on the new alignment built to allow the Gary airport to extend a runway. The new trackage was recently cut over and in the background is the B&O and a connection is being installed to allow direct CSX to CN interchange here in Gary.
...That shows off my curves!
For the Saturday Night Gala at this year's Keystone Conference, I put together this ensemble and I must admit I received quite a few lovely compliments on how I looked!
My Gala ensemble is based on this blue lycra spandex mermaid scale tank style "wiggle" dress with flared & ruffled hemline from coquetryclothing.com, my lovely retro style black stretch lace shrug from a new vendor I've found for retro styled clothing- pinupgirlclothing.com, my copper & black Premier French Heel fully fashioned stockings from secretsinlace.com and my black velvet open weave peep toe platform pumps with the 5" heels from venus.com.
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Portland, Oregon - November 2019.
Nikon F3/T
AF Nikkor 35-70 mm f/2.8
Kodak Ultramax 400...developed and scanned at The Shutterbug.