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Went back to the Cliff swallow nests again today to attempt to try to photograph some. Didn't get many good shots, but I am getting closer to the desired shot...
Conglomerate cliffs in the foothills of the Wasatch Mnts. This is very young rock, relatively speaking, only 20 million years old. The eroded remnants of the Ancestral Wastach mountains.There were hundreds of wintering deer near here, and cliffs like this make an excellent home for the Cougars that eat them. I have tracked Cougars here in winters past.
The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair, lit. cliffs of the ruin, also known as the Cliffs of Mohair) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of the Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Ireland.
The cliffs rise 120 meters (394 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head (Irish: Ceann na Cailleach), and reach their maximum height of 214 meters (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres away. The views from the cliffs attract close to one million visitors per year. On a clear day, the Aran Islands are visible in Galway Bay, as are the valleys and hills of Connemara.
This was shot during a fundraising event for Headway Somerset.
Headway Somerset is an independent charity, affiliated to Headway UK. They provide social and cognitive rehabilitation for adults with brain injury and support and respite for their families through their three Brain Injury Outreach Units based in Bridgwater, Henton and Yeovil.
A great cause and one close to my heart, having a child that's suffered a brain injury myself as the result of an accident he was involved in...
Here is a composite from the burst of this shot. It's not all of the frames, but the ones that made it turned out quite nice.
Baodingshan Cliff Carvings, Mount Baoding (Precious Summit), Chongqing, China, 26 April 2009. Created in 1174-1252 under the supervision of Zhao Zhi-feng, an extensive series of Dazu rock carvings (over 6,000) and cave temples reflect a variety of Buddhist doctrines, Confucian ethical and Taoist theories in the Song Dynasty. The remoteness and inaccessibility of this site meant it was unknown to the outside world until the 1980’s and luckily it escaped the destruction of the Cultural Revolution when so many religious and cultural sites were destroyed.
I photographed the Scarborough Peregrine Falcons this morning. The male and female hunt along the cliffs, hugging tight to the rocks. The Kittiwakes often all peel away like a wave in front of the falcon. But this time a few of them stayed put, and just kept an eye on the flacon. I love the shadow in this shot. It shows you how close the falcon flies to the cliff. I'm pretty sure this is the male bird. He's smaller and more agile than the female. I'm assuming that the falcons grab chicks off their nests, rather than taking an adult bird. But I'm also guessing that the adult Kittiwakes should also be wary of the falcons themselves, and especially the female falcon.
I love photographing Peregrine Falcons. It's one of the most prodigious experiences in my life. Just so primal to watch them hunt. I feel a 'wow' when they tuck in their wings and dive.
28 Sixth Street, New Westminster, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Cliff Building is a four-storey plus lower level Edwardian-era masonry commerical structure located on a steeply sloped site at the corner of Sixth and Clarkson Streets, in New Westminster's historic downtown core.
Heritage Value:
The Cliff Building is significant for its contribution to the consistent and distinctive built form of downtown New Westminster, which dates from 1898 to 1913, when the city was the major centre of commerce and industry for the booming Fraser Valley area.
Built in 1910, the Cliff Building is valued for its construction history. This prominent structure was built at the extraordinary pace of one floor per week. The building was composed of B.C. Douglas fir girders, covered with plasterboard in the interests of fireproofing. The pressed tan bricks used for the exterior cladding came from the Clayburn brick factory in Matsqui. Other construction brick was manufactured at the Westminster Brick Works. Typical of commercial buildings of the Edwardian era, the facade has elements of the Classical Revival style. The double-hung windows cover a great deal of the wall surface, illustrating the desire for ever greater amounts of glazing and light, and the gradual shift toward a lighter appearance of buildings. It was built during the Edwardian era building boom for an investment group headed by Ronald Lorraine Cliff (1881-1953), a lumber manufacturer.
The Cliff Building is valued for its association with its architect Henry Sandham Griffith (1865-1943), a prominent architect with successful offices in both Victoria and Vancouver, known for designing all types and styles of buildings, from skyscrapers to palatial residences. He executed several commissions in New Westminster including the Coulthard-Sutherland Building.
Source: Heritage Planning Files, City of New Westminster
Character-Defining Elements:
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Cliff Building include its:
- location on a steeply sloping site at the corner of Sixth and Clarkson Streets, part of a grouping of late Victorian and Edwardian era commercial buildings in historic downtown New Westminster
- siting on the property lines, with no setbacks
- form and scale as expressed by its four-storey plus lower level height, recessed central entry on Sixth Street, flat roof and cubic massing
- smooth dressed sandstone foundation with exterior cladding of pressed tan bricks
- Classical Revival influence, as demonstrated in: the tripartite facade articulation; vertical brick pilasters with a solid base, shaft and detailed capital; and intermediate cornices with dentils above the storefronts
- side entry on Clarkson Street with horizontal metal sign above "Cliff Building - 1910"
- regular fenestration, with double-hung wooden-sash windows
- rectangular storefront windows of varied size due to the slope of the hill, with wooden profiles and transoms
- mosaic floor tiles at main entry
- interior elements such as wooden window trim
- interior heavy timber frame structure of Douglas fir beams