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Travel! Don't let the business class ticket fool you, all the companies I worked for had "Economy Only". But, after about 3 years going round and round and round the planet (I was on average away 7 months a year, and doing Asia, Africa, Europe, USU) a wonderful thing happens, you hit Platinum. Then if you are also really nice to the staff from check in to end of travel something happens and you end up upgraded all the time! The lesson, be nice.
The ornate front gates of Kensington Palace. London.
Kensington Palace, in West London dates from the early 17th century, and was built as the London residence of the Earl of Nottingham. In 1689 it was acquired for £18,000 by King William III and Queen Mary.
Barnet Gate Mill is located at Arkley, TQ217943 in the garden of a private house, London Borough of Barnet. She was built in 1826, 4 storeys high, with an ogee cap and gallery. She has two patent and two common sails, and worked by wind until 1918. She was restored in 1930, and two missing sails were replaced in 1985.
This is my entrance to London's second biggest park, the back garden of Hampton Court and otherwise known as Bushy Park
Gate in front of the central altar of the Mezquita cathedral in Cordoba. The altar is placed in a majestic hall with organs on either side.
50th Anniversary
The dream of spanning the Golden Gate Strait had been around for well over a century before the Golden Gate Bridge opened to traffic on May 28, 1937. On Sunday, May 24, 1987, this “dream come true” was celebrated as the Bridge turned fifty. With great fanfare, people from all over the world came to pay homage to the Bridge, become part of a historical celebration and create lifelong memories.
The day began as “Bridgewalk ‘87” reenacted “Pedestrian Day ‘37” and an estimated 300,000 people surged onto the roadway. The Bridge roadway was closed to traffic at 5 am and from 6 am to 10 am pedestrians were allowed onto the roadway.
While up to 200,000 people participated in the 12-hour Pedestrian Day ‘37, fewer people were expected to participate in the Bridgewalk ‘87 as it was held over a four-hour period. However, it is estimated that 300,000 people surged onto the span that morning, with another 400,000 to 500,000 gathered anywhere they could on all areas surrounding the span. Among the pedestrians making it onto the roadway were bicyclists, roller skaters, and even a small group in a centipede costume.
With the very large crowd gathered on the roadway that morning, the Bridge’s profile shifted and its normal convex shape was flattened. Confirming calculations were subsequently performed by now retired District Engineer Daniel E. Mohn that reaffirmed the Bridge was not overstressed as a result of Bridgewalk ‘87.
At 8:00 am, a celebration that included San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein and other noted public officials took place at mid-span on a large flatbed trailer. The celebration included the sawing of a Redwood log in two, signifying the bond between the Bridge and the REA. A wreath was to be cast onto the water to memorialize the 11 men who lost their lives during Bridge construction. But because of the crush of the crowd, the wreath was not at hand when Mayor Feinstein was ready to cast it into the sea. She quickly looked for a substitute and grabbed Speaker of the California State Assembly Willie Brown’s $800 Fedora and tossed it out to sea like a Frisbee.
By 10:00 am, the roadway was cleared for a commemorative vintage car parade and subsequently reopened to traffic. As a token of appreciation to the thousands of motorists using the Bridge each day, the Board suspended toll collection for the day.
One of the suspension towers of the Golden Gate Bridge looms over traffic on a beautiful August afternoon.
Driving across the bridge was wonderful because the bridge is such an iconic part of the San Francisco and it's simply enormous! Maybe next time I'll walk across it's 1.7 mile length. If you're interested in finding out more, the Wikipedia page is a mine of information!
First foray with a black and white film in a very long time, and first film through this camera in 20 years.
Walks near home. So much shadow....
Minolta X300 camera
Fomapan profi line action 400 film
Unedited
June 2021
I see you from the distance
From beyond the fence you made
Hiding all your feelings
Behind your barricade
Oh have you been invaded
Is this the reason why you hide
I know just how you're feeling
I know - let me inside
Open the gate up
Open the gate up - hurry
-- No Doubt
Bishops Gate in Norwich, looking towards the city centre.
Done in Photomatix instead of Photoshop CS3, ive been exclusively using CS3 for HDR stuff before i tested photomatix on these photos. I tested PM before on another setof photos and applied tone mapping but didnt really notice anything significant and just wrote it off. Im glad i tried it again! Tonemapping can make such a difference!
Photomatix sucks at aligning images though, as you can see with the elements which are further away. CS3 aligns far, far better, probably because it does more than just move the images about, CS3 distorts images correctly as well i think.
I suggest: use CS3 to merge and align the exposures to HDR, save as a Radiance image (.hdr) and use photomatix for tone mapping.
This isnt very high res, as im using the PM demo, which adds "photomatix" into the image, so i just screenshot'ed the tone map window preview. ; )