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The Saturday challenge for 21 August was anything created to be sat upon, such as chairs, sofas, benches, etc. There were plenty of possibilities for me, from simple ‘uprights and a plank’ benches in the park to upholstered armchairs in the house, but I wanted to find something of wider appeal, and decided on ‘Mr Hubert’s Bench’. Neither Mrs D or I knew Mr Hubert but we’ve often sat on his bench; it’s beside a path overlooking the appropriately named Happy Valley, a ‘Site of Special Scientific Interest’ and part of the ‘South London Downs National Nature Reserve’, a recently created protected green space which forms an irregular arc within easy walking distance of our home. The bench is a fine place to take a break part way through a dog walk, and the sentiment on the plaque is shared by all the ramblers, joggers and dog walkers who know this spot. Here, against a backdrop of a general view of the valley, is a montage of images taken today of the bench itself, a close-up of the plaque, and to give you an idea of why Mr Hubert loved the place, the view from the bench with (of course) Lily drinking it in.
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142 062 arrives at Plumley to collect a solitary pasenger. A charming station that still has a fine range of buildings, sadly not in railway use, and some interesting art work along with a rather old bench.
Third order benchmark at NY 4527 3861. 177.1654 metres above sea level. Verified 1969.
1962 Yashica D, Yashikor f3.5 80mm lens, yellow filter; Kodak TMax 400 in ID-11 1+3.
1. Chabot Benchmark, 2. Benchmark, 3. Mauna Kea Benchmark Squared Circle, 4. rockland county line benchmark, 5. Benchmark, 6. Survey benchmark, 7. bear mtn benchmark 1, 8. Benchmark 11101, 9. benchmark #3154, 10. Triangulation Station, 11. The Top of Stone Mountain, 12. Mt. Washington Marker, 13. High Point Marker, 14. Skytop No 2, 15. Skytop No 1, 16. Plaza No. 1, 17. Orange County Marker, 18. proof, 19. mark, 20. Gilroy Old City Hall, 21. Coyote Ridge Marker, 22. Benchmark, 23. Mt Wittenberg Marker, 24. Borel Hill Marker, 25. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 26. Willson Peak Triangulation Station, 27. Black Mountain Circle, 28. Haleakala Summit Square, 29. Eagle Rock Lookout Marker, 30. Mount Tamalpais Marker, 31. Diablo Parks Marker, 32. benchmark, 33. USDA Forest Service benchmark, 34. U.S. Geological Survey Benchmark, 1904, 35. P1160475, 36. bear mtn benchmark 2
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My first attempt at putting two images together in Elements.
Sarah was taken inside with a horrendously cluttered background, which I could do nothing about, so I thought that I would experiment with changing backgrounds for the first time.
There are still many things to learn/apply - eg feathering, blending, lighting, shadows etc, etc, etc, but for a first attempt, I am quite pleased with it.
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Looks better pressing L
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OK, so I've got a thing for benches, and I happen to think this shot, taken early in the Morning, on Hamstead Heath, is quite cool. Shallow DoF light, perspective, comp, all those things.
But I still in Flickr terms it will be a bust.
There's a method in my madness though - I have a stunner to put up next, and I've noted before that if Flickr whimsically condescends to let a shot run high in Explore, it zaps the next one. So here's one I like but I expect very few other people will, just to break the pattern...
This is a USGS benchmark. There are many thousands like it. I'm drawn to them because most have their typography damaged in some unique way.
Unigine Valley Benchmark - Ultra - 1080p Downscaled from 3635 x 2044 (Cropped From 3840 x 2160 to remove HUD) - Free Cam - Custom TOD - Custom Focus/Aperture
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October 22, 2016
A United States Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service benchmark at Marconi Station site. It looks like its center is filed out. I wonder why??
This is located just outside of the overlook at Marconi Beach. The beach is named for Guglielmo Marconi. His station on this site, in 1903 transmitted the first transatlantic wireless message.It was sent from here to Cornwall, UK.
The station itself is long gone, succumbing to the forces of nature. In 2014, a monument commemorating the event was dismantled, and important pieces moved inland before what remained of it was sucked under by the ever encroaching Atlantic.
Marconi Wireless Site
Cape Cod National Seashore
Wellfleet, Massachusetts - USA
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© Bruce Christopher 2016
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