Stone walls and foundations
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Borga are the remains of an old German radar station built in 1944 near Eggum on the Lofoten Islands.
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This perspective of the monument there on Little Round Top (in Gettysburg) was in close to the rocks below ...
Taken after sunset as blue hour was taking over and the stars were coming out. A great time to be on the battlefield ... a quiet time.
“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” - Francis of Assisi
If you have built castles in the air; your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
tones: AllEdges and Bärbel's PS/PSE actions
texture: kim klassen
seen at Glücksburg
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Backlighting a pillar in an expansive abandoned development. Klarus XT2CR flashlight resting on my camera bag. f/5, 5secs, ISO800. Post processed from RAW exposure in Adobe Lightroom 6.
Matthew 7:24-25
New International Version
The Wise and Foolish Builders
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
The essential starting point of a well built wall is a solid foundation and without it, there can be cracks, slippage and big problems!
No matter though, how good the foundations are, there can be geological problems underground resulting in subsidence and ultimately cracking results, similar to this.
This is what we experienced in the first house we bought in Worksop, Nottinghamshire,in the U.K. as well as in my parents house previously where cracks developed, large enough to fit your hand into! Expensive and extensive pinning and other processes were needed in order to rectify the situations. The whole area was riddled with underground mine workings that caused minor geological rifts to shift, resulting in damage to buildings on the surface.
Past founders laid the groundwork for today's goals and tomorrow's success. We build upon previous experience, learn from the masters and rise above our ancestors. To achieve greatness is to stand on the backs of those giants and further our momentum skyward.
Part of the ruined North tower of Duffus Castle, which was simply too heavy for the mound it was built on.
Back in the day our area was heavily mined for coal in vast underground tunnel systems. The miners lived in tiny homes they built, side by side. They named the place "Coal Town" Many of their foundations still exist today and are scattered all over this area. They had a nice view of Greenhorn Mountain in the distance. In a previous post, I took a pic of a huge coal pile they excavated by hand from the tunnels, which is just out of view to the right.
Robert Henri was a painter, but this quote surely applies to photography:
"In the efforts to accomplish composition there are many rules and schemes established, some of them good and some of them bad. But one thing I am certain of, and that is that intense comprehension and intense desire to express one whole thing is necessary. Without a positive purpose, means effect only an exercise in means. You can’t know too much about composition. You must have the will to say a very definite thing."
Taken in the last light of sunset, there was a lot of sky color going on when I switched to telephoto (300mm) and reached down into the Grand Canyon for this feature that grabbed my attention.
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I have another shot from this which I will use some time to edit, so this will be my weeks photo. It is simpel, but I like it. I really want to challenge myself for my last 2 weeks, and I have so many ideas.
Hope you guys like this simpel picture, love you all! <3
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playing around this avo with the ND10 stop and getting into some different city spots, it was quite interesting getting under the harbour bridge
Shot 31sec f8 ISO50, Lee ND10, GND 0.9 Soft
Auckland City, New Zealand, Aotearoa
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In the 19th century so the story goes, a rich householder who lived within sight of where the bridge is now built the original bridge of stone which stood here. He built the bridge for his two daughters so they could get to the beach on the other side. Alas this stone bridge was eventually washed away in a storm however the stone foundations remained and were reused as the foundations for the new bridge.
A viewing platform overlooks the foundations of the ruins of the village of Skálholt in southern Iceland, This archaeological site contains ruins from the 17th and 18th century. The unearthed structures include a dormitory, school, whey store, refectory, food store, meat store, children's room, kitchen, court, library and the Bishop's room. Other archeological excavation at Skálholt have discovered artifacts from the Middle Ages in Iceland.
For over 700 years Skálholt was a center of religion, culture and education in Iceland which makes it one of country´s most important historic sites. Norse settlers came to the area in the late 800a and early 900s (AD). In 1000 AD, New law mandated Christianity as the official religion of Iceland. The country’s first bishop, Ísleifur Gissurarson, ordained in 1056, made Skálholt the episcopal see of all Iceland (until another Episcopal see was created in Hólar in 1106 AD). Over the next 700 years several significant religious and cultural events would occur at Skálholt.
1- One of the most revered of the bishops residing at Skálholt duuring the middle ages was c (bishop 1178-1198), who became Iceland’s only saint.
2-For centuries after Bishop Þórhallsson’s death, people came on pilgrimage from all corners of Iceland to visit his relics in Skálholt.
3-During those medieval times, huge wooden cathedrals were built at Skálholt. These cathedrals drew many from across Iceland. Before the Reformation 32 Catholic Bishops sat at Skálholt.
4-During the mid 16th century, Icelanders, now under Danish rule, converted to Lutheranism.The Reformation came during turbulent times in Iceland. On November 7, 1550, Bishop Jón Arason along with his two sons, Björn and Ar, were beheaded at Skálholt. Arason who was the Bishop of Hólar had been the last remaining Catholic bishop in Iceland.
5-The translation of the Bible into Icelandic started in secrecy in a cow stall of Skálholt.
6-After the Reformation, one of the best known and most influential bishops of Skálholt was Brynjólfur Sveinsson (bishop 1639-1674), Highly respected for his learning, he collected old Icelandic manuscripts that help preserve history and the language. Under his direction, church members built a new wooden church at Skálholt, approximately the same size as the present Cathedral.
7-In all ten churches have stood at in Skálholt. Some measured larger and some smaller but all were built on the same basic foundations.
For centuries Skálholt was the actual capital of a rural society and the cultural and spiritual center of the country (together with Hólar in the North), figuring eminently in the cultural and church history. But after waning status of the bishop’s office, volcanic eruptions, a major earthquake and other disasters in the late 18th century the episcopal see and school were transferred to Reykjavík. Skálholt fell into disrepute.
In the mid-20th century Skálholt rose from ashes, due to its historical significance. The modern cathedral, consecrated in 1963, displays works of modern art, as well as for artifacts from previous churches on the site.
References:
guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/skalholt-in-...
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May 31, 2008
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When King Gustav III was assassinated in 1792 his plans for this castle was also put to an end. The foundations are still there.
Hasselblad 500C/M
Carl Zeiss Distagon CF FLE 50/4
Ilford Delta 100
1/2 sec f/22
First in a short series of mono images from an afternoon's exploration around Botallck and Wheal Oates in March
Normally we think of a home's foundations as lying on the ground. If you're building cliff dwellings, though, your supports stick out from a wall.
And, some centuries later, the post holes will remain.
Wisner Technical 5x4 + Nikon Nikkor W 180mm f5.6
Ilford FP4 Film + Kodak Xtol Developer (1:1 12 Min)
"Foundations" We finally found the ruins of this old house after having missed it on our last trip. Nestled between Interstate 40 and Route 66 in Dagget, California, this required a park and walk.
Not sure what this old cement home originally looked like but it had characteristics of spanish architecture making it an attractive subject to shoot. Throw in the moon and a constant stream of slow moving freight trains emerging from nearby Barstow and you've got a really great moment.
House Foundations! We've had a lot of requests over the years for our old house foundation to be sold but we used it just for decor. Now we made a pack especially for you guys! 3 different house layouts in the pack, and each one is resizable using the normal SL edit function.. easy peasey :) All 3 are scattered around the Roost sim for you to see!
Inca Foundations at the Archbishop Palace, Cusco, Peru
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