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I'd like to wish all my Flickr friends and followers a very happy Saint Valentine's Day. May you spend at least some of the day with those you love. It's not about chocolates, flowers or cards, but about the connection of hearts, minds and spirits.
Valentine's Day cards are often sent anonymously, giving the recipient the excitement of wondering who the sender may be. The tradition of sending cards or postcards to loved ones on Valentine's Day goes back hundreds of years and the very first cards were handmade and designed with a special valentine in mind.
This Valentine's Day postcard by an anonymous artist features Jack and the Beanstalk. With a cherubic face, blue eyes and a halo of golden hair, Jack is the epitome of Victorian and pre-war Edwardian childhood innocence.
Dressed smartly in a Tudor inspired outfit, he scales the beanstalk.
The card reads:
"Jack climbed the stalk,
But not for gold,
As stated in the rhyme of old,
'Twas for your heart,
More precious far,
Than gold or even jewels are."
Printed in Bavaria, for Ernest Nister of London and E.P. Dutton and Co. of New York, this card pre-dates the Great War. Prior to the First World War, it was common for British firms to have cards printed in Germany, Austria and Bavaria because their printing presses produced far better quality illustrations. This Valentine's Day card is number 3130 and features a small amount of gilding.
Although as stated earlier, Valentine's Day cards are usually anonymous, this card was given to Theodore from his Aunt Claire.
La Grande Mosquée Sheikh Zayed - Abu Dhabi
Témoin de la vision de son fondateur, la Grande Mosquée Sheikh Zayed se dresse majestueusement à l'entrée de l'île d'Abu Dhabi. Elle est reconnue pour sa couleur pure car revêtue de marbre de Macédoine. Chaque élément de conception artistique a été soigneusement examiné et s'inscrit dans la vision globale de la mosquée.
Donner la priorité à l'art de l'utilisation des couleurs pour créer des formes artistiques originales. Les couleurs des murs, des colonnes et du tapis s'harmonisent pour transformer l'ensemble de la mosquée en un chef-d'œuvre artistique et une symphonie de couleurs et de nuances en utilisant des techniques modernes de travail du verre, de la mosaïque, du verre sculpté et sablé affichant des motifs islamiques traditionnels de symétrie et de répétition.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Abu Dhabi
As a testament to the vision of its founder, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque sits majestically at the entrance to Abu Dhabi City Island. The Grand Mosque is well recognized by its pure color, as it is clad with marble from Macedonia. Every artistic design element was carefully considered and fits into the overall vision of the Mosque.
Giving priority to the art of using colours to create original artistic forms. The colours of the walls, columns and the carpet are harmonized together transforming the entire Mosque into an artistic masterpiece and a symphony of colors and shades, using modern techniques of artistic glass work, mosaic, carved and sand blasted glass displaying traditional islamic designs of symmetry and repetition.
Kaimauer, La Caletta, Provinz Nuoro, Sardinien, 2018
La Caletta liegt südlich von Posada an der Ostküste Sardiniens. Der beschauliche Ort hat nur 1.500 Einwohner aber dennoch ein bemerkenswertes Nachtleben. Außerdem gehören eine kleine Shoppingmeile mit vielen Bars, Eisdielen und Restaurants sowie der Hafen zu den Sehenswürdigkeiten.
Den Hafen umgibt eine hohe Kaimauer, die im vorderen Teil künstlerisch gestaltet ist. Die Windrose im rechten Teil des Gemäldes ordnet die beständigen Winde den Himmelsrichtungen zu.
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La Caletta is located south of Posada on the east coast of Sardinia. The tranquil village has only 1,500 inhabitants but still a remarkable nightlife. In addition, a small shopping area with many bars, ice cream parlors and restaurants and the harbor are among the sights.
The harbor is surrounded by a high quay wall, which is artistically designed in the front part. The wind rose in the right part of the painting assigns the constant winds to the cardinal directions.
Die Straße der Menschenrechte (engl. The Way of Human Rights) ist eine weiträumige Außenskulptur und Gedenkstätte im Innenstadtbereich von Nürnberg. Sie wurde vom israelischen Künstler Dani Karavan geschaffen, dessen Konzept sich 1988 in einem Wettbewerb im Zusammenhang mit dem Erweiterungsbau des Germanischen Nationalmuseums durchsetzte.
Die Anlage erstreckt sich über die gesamte Länge der Kartäusergasse, zwischen Kornmarkt und Frauentormauer. Von einem Eingangstor durch eine freistehende Wand (16 m breit, 8 m hoch) aus weißem Sichtbeton führt über eine Länge von 170 m in gerader Linie eine Reihe aus 27 Rundpfeilern aus Beton (8 m hoch, 80 cm im Durchmesser), zwei Bodenplatten (80 cm im Durchmesser) und einer Säuleneiche. Die in gleichen Abständen von jeweils 5,7 m angeordneten Elemente tragen als Inschriften jeweils einen Auszug aus den 30 Artikeln der Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte in deutscher und einer weiteren Sprache.
The Way of Human Rights (German: Straße der Menschenrechte) is a monumental outdoor sculpture in Nuremberg, Germany. It was opened on 24 October 1993. It is sited on the street between the new and old buildings of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, connecting Kornmarkt street and the medieval city wall.
In 1988, a twelve-person jury from the Germanisches Nationalmuseum held a design competition to decide on the artistic design of the Kartäusergasse street in Nuremberg. The winner was a proposal by Israeli artist Dani Karavan consisting of a gate, 27 round pillars made of white concrete, two pillars buried in the ground showing only a round plate, and one columnar oak, for a total of 30 pillars. Engraved in each pillar is one article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in German and another language. The pillars are 8 metres in height, 80 cm in diameter, and spaced regularly at 5 metres along an axis. The north gate mirrors the medieval city gate located at the south end of the street.
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We stayed at the Wawel Hotel in Krakow, it was so central for the City. This little room was the coffee room and it was great to sit here and help yourself to coffee.
I was taken by the artistic design on the wall.
This operator provided a great artistic design for those of us in a hot air balloon. The photo was taken on Lake Tahoe. (Lake Tahoe Balloons)
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Princess Wrenching Live Show, Lhasa, Tibet, China.
Alongside the south bank of the Lhasa River, the building is set up for the performance of Princess Wen Cheng, a show focusing on the Tang (618-907) princess who married King Songtsan Gampo and promoted economic, social and cultural exchanges between the Han people and the Tibetan ethnic group.
Princess Wen Cheng, as the envoy of the Han culture, is respected and supported by the Tibetans.
The five-story Tibetan-style building broke ground in July 2012, and covers an area of more than 20,000 square meters, which is equipped as a comprehensive open-air theater with a high-tech stage artistic design.
The stands can hold about 3,000 people, and the lights can change background images to show mountains, palaces and temples.
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The San Francisco Bay Bridge lights up as the masses head journey home from
their long day of work. Unlike the Golden Gate Bridge the Bay Bridge is an
incredible workhorse with more than a quarter million automobiles making the
crossing each day. While not as artistically designed as the Golden Gate,
the Bay Bridge offers photographers some very unique views. The cables are
nicely decorated with hundreds of bright white lights making for a
spectacular view with the lights of San Francisco filling in the background
view. Five lanes of traffic tail lights illuminate the upper deck of this
10 lane behemoth in a beautiful orange red glow. Light from the city
added a bit of purple to the clouds of the storm hanging over the city.
There are no visitors center or viewing decks for the Bay Bridge. To
photograph this image you must walk up a hill with no sidewalks and traffic
whizzing by just a few feet away.
I had headed out earlier in the day in hopes of photographing the beaches as
a Pacific storm was set to roll in right about sunset time. The clouds
arrived earlier than I had hoped and filled the sky long before the rain
which I can hear now tapping lightly outside as I prepare this image. With
no clouds at the beach, and with not much in the way of any photographs I
reluctantly turned the car towards home. As I crossed the Bay Bridge on
the lower deck I decided to pull off on to Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands
and have a look. From Treasure Island there was still some hope of a
sunset so I parked the car and began the hike up to the road just above the
tunnel that passes though Yerba Buena island. I had filmed here once
before and then very early in the morning but due to the somewhat dangerous
conditions of this location I hadn't returned until today. I setup my
camera and tripod on the edge of the road with perhaps as much as two feet
between me and traffic coming around the bend. As I was clicking off my
first shots a CHiP (California Highway Patrol) officer pulled over next to
me and keyed down on her bullhorn. "If you get run over on my beat I am
going to be real pissed!!!" I chuckled, smiled and gave her a wave
indicating I would play it safe. A flashing red light hung from my tripod
and a couple of Cyalume light sticks were hung from my neck in hopes that
motorist would see me there on the side of the road. When a car came
around the bend I would pull one leg of the tripod off the road and squeeze
up against the 2ft high rail knowing it was a good 20 to 30 foot drop below
should a car force me to jump. Fortunately traffic was light and there
were never any real close calls. I continued to click away till rain
forced me to save the camera and pack it in. All in all, it was worth it
all when I got home and went though the images.
Darv
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This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Freestyle On The Fifth”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, “make me smile” was chosen by David (DaveSPN).
There are lots of things that make me smile, so I have decided to combine different things that make me smile into my photos.
I grew up listening to my maternal grandmother reading faerie tales to me from a big (at least from a child\'s perspective) green leather bound volume of Grimm\'s Faerie Tales with fine gilding and marbled edges. It had numerous colour plates. The book had been hers as a child, and her mother\'s before her. My Grandmother\'s story telling instilled the love of faerie tales in me, both the written word and the illustrations created during the “Golden Age of Children\'s Illustration”. It is thanks to her indulgence and that of my Mother that today I am both an antiquarian bibliophile (book lover and collector) and a deltiologist (postcard lover and collector). I sometimes unpack my collections and just admire the illustrations and tell myself the tales, which I now know by rote. This makes me smile!
This photograph represents what makes me smile through my love and delight of the faerie tale of Cinderella, and my love of antiquarian books and postcards. I have listed where possible details as to the books and postcards for your reference.
Books
"The History of Cinderella" circa 1810, with hand painted illustrations unknown illustrator) published by J. S. Publishing and Stationery Company, Otley, Yorkshire.
"Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper" 1839, embellished with engraved illustrations (illustrator unknown), published by H. and E. Phinney, Cooperstown, New York State.
“The Royal Illuminated Book of Legends” 1880, narrated in ancient ballad form with appropriate music for voice and pianofore and illustrated by Marcus Ward the illuminator to the Queen, published by William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh.
“Three Fairy Princesses” 1890, illustrated by Caroline Paterson, published by Marcus Ward and Company, London, Belfast and New York.
“Cinderella” circa 1895, (illustrator unknown), published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York.
“Cinderella’s Picture Book”, 1897, illustrated by Walter Crane, published by John Lane of the Bodley Head, London.
“The Ideal Fairy Tales”, 1899 (illustrator unknown), published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York.
“Cinderella or the Glass Slipper”, circa 1902 (illustrator unknown), published by E. P. Dutton and Company, New York.
“Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper”, circa 1905 (illustrator unknown), published by McLoughlin Brothers, New York.
"Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper" 1916 illustrated by Millicent Sowerby and retold by Githa Sowerby, published by Hodder and Stroughton, New York.
"Cinderella" 1916 (illustrator unknown), published by John H. Eggers, New York.
“Cinderella” circa 1919 (illustrator unknown), published by American Colortype Company, Chicago.
Postcards
“Cinderella being berated by her stepsisters” 1904, illustrated by Louis Wain (1 or 6), published by Raphael Tuck and Sons.
“Cinderella and her Faerie Godmother” circa 1908, illustrated by M. L. Kirk, unknown American publisher.
“Cinderella dresses her stepsisters for the ball” 1912, illustrated by Charles Folkard (1 of 6), published by A.C. Black and Company.
“Cinderella and her Faerie Godmother” 1916, illustrated by Nina Brisley (1 of 6), published by Vivian Mansell.
“Cinderella flees the ball at midnight” circa 1919, illustrated by Hilda Hiller, published by the London County Council.
“Cinderella and the Prince at the ball” 1920, illustrated by Linda Edgerton (1 of 6), published by Vivian Mansell.
“Cinderella, Father Tuck Panorama” 1921, illustrated by Ada Leonora Bowley, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons.
“Cinderella flees the ball at midnight” 1927, illustrated by Joyce Mercer, published by C. W. Faulkner.
After a day at sea, the Regent Sevens Seas Explorer's first stop was George Town, Grand Cayman island.
Alighting from the ships tender boat one is greeted by this Stingray fountain. at the entrance to a port-side shopping mall.
The Stingray Sculpture is the central piece of a fountain in front of the Bayshore Mall on South Church Street in George Town. It was installed in 2005.
The 1.5 ton, twelve foot tall sculpture depicts three artistically designed stingrays flying out of the water.
The fountain was commissioned by Kirk Freeport Plaza Ltd. of George Town.
The statue was designed and constructed by Dale Evers of Dale Evers Studios in Morro Bay, California.
Construction took over one and a half years and Mr Evers inspiration for the sculpture came in part from diving at Stingray City among the fascinating marine creatures, off the shores of Grand Cayman.
Kolam aka Rangoli is an artistic creation with rice flour that is made outside the front entrance of the house. It is usually done by the women folk of the house early in the morning, every day.
These designs are believed to produce positive cosmic forces which will improve the lot of people who dwell in the house. We can also interpret it in the modern context as a sign of welcome to all people who come to the house. They denote a prayer “ let there be happiness & cheerfulness when anybody steps into the house.” If there is an artistic design, nobody will dirty the place also ! It is supposed to prevent undesirable elements from entering the house.
Besides giving aesthetic beauty at the entrance, the kolam also provides a physical exercise for the women, early in the morning. The bending and drawing the kolam gives a good exercise to the waist and hips, thereby strengthening them and giving them flexibility.
The kolam is also supposed to honour, Lakshmi Devi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth & prosperity & to invite her blessings into the home. It is the best artistic outlet for a woman to start the day auspiciously.
A quiet moment alone—just a towel wrapped around her head standing next to an artistic design gracing the wall. Fresh from the shower, Rebecca pauses, fully present in her solitude. The song that played when I was editing this image was Rise by Herb Alpert.
Monumento dedicado a Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, localizado no Burggarten, Viena. A escultura celebra o génio da música clássica austríaca, com um símbolo floral em forma de clave de sol a embelezar o relvado em frente. Um local icónico para homenagear um dos maiores compositores da história.
Friedhofskirche auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof
St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery Church in the Vienna Central Cemetery (high altar)
The church was built between 1908 and 1910 according to plans by the architect Max Hegele. The architectural and artistic design of the church can be attributed to Art Nouveau, but it also features historicist elements.
A beautiful Stella scooter with a sidecar. From the Scoot Jockey's - Milwaukee Memorial Weekend Cemetery Ride.
November 3, 2019 - The Broad Museum in Downtown Los Angeles, CA. For the Tuttle Cameras 12 Week Photo Challenge, Week 4, our Challenge is to photograph Abstract Shapes. I chose to photograph The Broad Museum for this week's Photo Challenge. I love the modern artistic design of the exterior of The Broad Musuem in Downtown Los Angeles!
Saint Mary´s Church in the Lohberg mining quarter
Die römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche St. Marien ist ein expressionistischer Sakralbau im Stadtteil Lohberg der niederrheinischen Stadt Dinslaken in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Sie gehört zum Dekanat Dinslaken im Bistum Münster. Seit 2012 ist die Gemeinde St. Marien Teil der Großgemeinde St. Vincentius Dinslaken.
Nach der Abpfarrung von der Mutterpfarrei Herz-Jesu in Oberlohberg am 28. Juli 1919 wurde die Kirchengemeinde St. Marien eine selbstständige Pfarrei. Wegen Baufälligkeit der im Oktober 1918 eingeweihten Holz-Notkirche beschloss der Kirchenvorstand zehn Jahre später den Bau der neuen Kirche St. Marien im expressionistischen Stil nach Plänen des Weseler Architekten Hermann Merl. Die Vereinigten Stahlwerke (vorher Gewerkschaft Lohberg) stellten ein Baugrundstück zur Verfügung. Der erste Spatenstich erfolgte am 9. März 1930. Der Grundstein wurde am 31. August 1930 gelegt. Insgesamt beliefen sich die Baukosten auf 288.000 Mark.
Mit der Farbgestaltung des Innenraums wurde der Freskomaler Bernd Terhorst beauftragt. Ein drei Meter hohes Marienbild aus Sandstein wurde in die Chorwand eingebaut. Unter dem Mantel der Heiligen Maria waren der zweite Kirchenpatron Albertus Magnus und die Heilige Barbara zu sehen.
Die von der Firma Gebrüder Ulrich in Apolda (Thüringen) gegossenen Kirchenglocken mit einem Gesamtgewicht von 4,79 Tonnen läuteten zum ersten Mal um die Mittagszeit des 15. November 1932, dem Festtag des Heiligen Albertus Magnus. Am 11. Dezember 1932 wurde das Gotteshaus von Weihbischof Johannes Scheifes geweiht. Die neue Orgel wurde Weihnachten 1932 in Betrieb genommen.
Wegen der durch den Zweiten Weltkrieg bedingten Metallknappheit wurden die drei großen Glocken am 15. Januar 1942 demontiert und wenige Tage später eingeschmolzen. In den 1950er Jahren wurden sie durch neue Glocken ersetzt. Infolge eines zweimaligen Luftangriffs auf Dinslaken am 23. März 1945 wurden das Kirchendach und sämtliche Kirchenfenster zerstört. Nach der Trümmerbeseitigung fand am Ostersonntag des Jahres 1945 ein Gottesdienst unter freiem Himmel statt. Regelmäßige Gottesdienste konnten ab 15. April 1945 wieder abgehalten werden, jedoch war der vollständige Wiederaufbau der Kirche erst in den späteren 1950er Jahren abgeschlossen.
Am 5. Februar 1967 konsekrierte Bischof Joseph Höffner den neuen Altar, dessen künstlerische Gestaltung ein Werk des Bildhauers Herbert Daubenspeck aus Emsdetten ist. Im Rahmen einer Innenraumrenovierung der Kirche wurde 2004 der Altarraum mit dem Marienbildnis farbig gestaltet.
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The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Marien is an expressionist sacred building in the Lohberg district of the Lower Rhine town of Dinslaken in North Rhine-Westphalia. It belongs to the deanery of Dinslaken in the diocese of Münster. Since 2012, the community of St. Marien has been part of the greater community of St. Vincentius Dinslaken.
After the parish was separated from the mother parish of Herz-Jesu in Oberlohberg on July 28, 1919, the parish of St. Marien became an independent parish. Due to the dilapidation of the temporary wooden church dedicated in October 1918, the church council decided ten years later to build the new church of St. Marien in the Expressionist style according to plans by the Wesel architect Hermann Merl. The United Steel Works (previously the Lohberg Union) made a building plot available. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on March 9, 1930. The foundation stone was laid on August 31, 1930. Overall, the construction costs amounted to 288,000 marks.
The fresco painter Bernd Terhorst was commissioned to color the interior. A three meter high image of Mary made of sandstone was built into the choir wall. Under the cloak of Saint Mary, the second church patron, Albertus Magnus, and Saint Barbara could be seen.
The church bells, cast by the Ulrich brothers in Apolda (Thuringia), with a total weight of 4.79 tons, rang for the first time around midday on November 15, 1932, the feast day of Saint Albertus Magnus. On December 11, 1932, the church was consecrated by auxiliary bishop Johannes Scheifes. The new organ was put into operation at Christmas 1932.
Due to the metal shortage caused by the Second World War, the three large bells were dismantled on January 15, 1942 and melted down a few days later. In the 1950s they were replaced with new bells. As a result of two air raids on Dinslaken on March 23, 1945, the church roof and all the church windows were destroyed. After the rubble had been cleared, an open-air service was held on Easter Sunday in 1945. Regular services could be held again from April 15, 1945, but the complete reconstruction of the church was only completed in the later 1950s.
On February 5, 1967, Bishop Joseph Höffner consecrated the new altar, whose artistic design is the work of the sculptor Herbert Daubenspeck from Emsdetten. As part of an interior renovation of the church in 2004, the chancel was designed in color with the image of Mary.
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Dinslaken-Lohberg 2018
Jinji Lake, Suzhou, China. This is just one of the small bridges (Kong Qiao - hollow bridge) artistically designed to connect shopping centers and nearby restaurants around Jinji Lake
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An urban landscape, in Emeryville, California near the Public Market. It's been a few years since I visited the Public Market, which is a food court with a variety of international foods. In the place of what used to be a large parking lot there is now a small park and new buildings. One thing you can count on is change. I like the play structure in the shape of a whale. It has two slides plus areas for climbing. You can even go inside the whale. I am guessing the vertical lines simulate kelp or other sea life. Emeryville is just north of Oakland in the East Bay.
Click at Mylapore Kolam Festival,2016.
Kolam aka Rangoli is an artistic creation with rice flour that is made outside the front entrance of the house. It is usually done by the women folk of the house early in the morning, every day.
These designs are believed to produce positive cosmic forces which will improve the lot of people who dwell in the house. We can also interpret it in the modern context as a sign of welcome to all people who come to the house. They denote a prayer “ let there be happiness & cheerfulness when anybody steps into the house.” If there is an artistic design, nobody will dirty the place also ! It is supposed to prevent undesirable elements from entering the house.
Besides giving aesthetic beauty at the entrance, the kolam also provides a physical exercise for the women, early in the morning. The bending and drawing the kolam gives a good exercise to the waist and hips, thereby strengthening them and giving them flexibility.
The kolam is also supposed to honour, Lakshmi Devi, the Hindu Goddess of wealth & prosperity & to invite her blessings into the home. It is the best artistic outlet for a woman to start the day auspiciously.
The history of the "Way of Human Rights" goes back to the year 1988, when a jury of twelve had to decide on the artistic design for the Kartäusergasse in the context of the extension to the Germanische Nationalmuseum. One of the four design concepts submitted immediately convinced the jury: Dani Karavan's "Way of Human Rights" comprising 27 white pillars of 8 m height, two slabs in the ground, a cypress oak tree and an arch, was intended to create an inviting connecting structure between Kornmarkt and the city walls. After several years of planning and construction, Karavan was able to present his work of art to the public in a moving ceremony on October 24, 1993.
It was fun to see this model train set up - these men have many skills; from engineering and computer programing to artistic design!
The fencing on Av. Paseo de la Reforma as it passes by Museo Nacional de Antropología in Chapultepec Park has some artistic design.
This is the sight you'll see when you approach or exit Ogilvie train station in Chicago....if you don't watch where you're going and look up instead.
People go for designer clothing..how about trying the old quality and time tested artistic design of Mr. Bulova...a real watch maker!
I love this glass structure so much. It symbolises what you can do when you put together 2D slices of glass with artistic design to create a stunning 3D structure. Each slice is nothing much on its own, but together they make something much more than the sum of the parts.
This Sliders Sunday set is based around a wobbly camera image of a formal flower bed, taken last month in the Great Court of Magdalene College in Cambridge.
It started with a plain edit version for my 100x Wobbly Camera project. I then processed in Topaz Studio using one of my presets that employs a variant of the Remix filter to give a stained glass window effect. I was quite surprised at quite how well the edge-detect of the filter put back in the blurred tulip forms.
From there I created a selection of windows using Affinity Photo’s mirror distort filter, another favourite.
Anyway, it all made for a quick bit of fun. I hope you like some of them. I’ll post a link to the in-camera version in the first comment. The commentary is the same for each.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x and Sliders Sunday :)
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This combined locomotive and carriage was built in 1862 for the Viceroy of Egypt, Said Pasha, for his private use.
The inside of the carriage was luxuriously upholstered in silk. The decorations were in black, white and gold, designed by Digby Wyatt, specialist in Arabic design. The dome, safety valve covers, handrail fittings, lamps etc. were all gilded. There was a communicating door between the carriage and the locomotive's footplate, so that His Highness could step out and drive himself when he felt disposed, the handles being made of silver.
From Wikipedia:
"The Egyptian connections to Robert Stephenson were very considerable and a wealth of consequential artefacts are in Cairo Railway Museum. This includes what could well be the single most extravagant piece built by the Robert Stephenson Works. This is works number 1295 of 1862 whose artistic design was by Matthew Digby Wyatt. This 2-2-4T for the Egyptian Railways survives with all its fantastical marquetry in the Egyptian Railway Museum at Cairo. It is called the Khedive's Train."