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I'm really glad I got the opportunity to photograph the comet on several occasions. I probably shouldn't be walking as I have a fracture on the side of my knee and waiting for my hospital appointment this Friday but I just had to go as I'm not sure when next I'll be able to see a comet. I chose this location as it's just a short and easy walk from the car. I took loads of photos throughout the night, some Milky Way too. This was taken early in the night when there was still some glow from the sun below the horizon.
Horton Tower under a brooding sky.
Said to have once been the tallest non-religious building in Britain, Horton's Tower near Chalbury Common is a classic example of a folly - monuments built by rich eccentrics with no obvious purpose.
Horton Tower Horton Dorset. Stands imposingly in the Dorset countryside Horton near Chalbury. Horton's Tower
Said to have once been the tallest non-religious building in Britain, Horton's Tower near Chalbury Common is a classic example of a folly - monuments built by rich eccentrics with no obvious purpose.
At 140 feet high (43 metres), as a folly it doesn't come much taller.
A folly is a building built mainly for decoration - an eye-catcher for the rich to admire from their property. They were hugely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
This one was built in 1750 by architect and Lord of Horton Manor, Humphrey Sturt, who was also an MP for Dorset (1745 - 1786).
Also known as Sturt's folly, the reasons for its original construction remain unclear, but one theory suggests its owner planned to use the tower as an observatory, stargazing in the night sky. #HortonTower
This is Horton Tower, a rather imposing looking folly out in the Dorset countryside. I've been wanting to photograph it for a while and I knew I wanted to take it from a distance as part of the landscape rather then close up with it dominating the photo, much the same as my approach to the Dutch barn earlier in the year.
Such a peaceful evening just listening to the sound of the sheep although trying to capture them was trickier then it looked as I wanted them in neat and tidy groups!
Oh.. and .. never put your tripod close to an electric fence!
All my shots are looking a bit green at the moment. No one has seen any poppies yet, I missed the yellow fields this year, I have seen shots posted of a huge blue field (linseed/flax) that would be a bit different!
This place is lovely on a summers evening and this time I didn't get my tripod too close to the electric fence, which felt really strange last time I was there!
Hope everyone has a lovely summer evening, beer garden weather :)
Horton Tower Dorset. At 140 feet high (43 metres), as a folly it doesn't come much taller.
A folly is a building built mainly for decoration - an eye-catcher for the rich to admire from their property. They were hugely popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
This one was built in 1750 by architect and Lord of Horton Manor, Humphrey Sturt, who was also an MP for Dorset (1745 - 1786).
Also known as Sturt's folly, the reasons for its original construction remain unclear, but one theory suggests its owner planned to use the tower as an observatory, stargazing in the night sky. #HortonTower
This is a partially manipulated image. Normally I am a purist and 99% of my pictures are straight and 'as seen' but sometimes I like to have a play in Photoshop and hopefully create something out of nothing. I didn't think this one came out too badly.
On another note, where has Explore gone? It must be nearly 6 months since I had anything in there and whilst it really doesn't mean a thing, it is a good way to increase your exposure on Flickr. I know they put a block on people, but it usually lifts occasionally. I actually think what annoys me most is the secrecy with the whole thing.
Thanks for looking and have a great weekend all.
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Horton Tower in North East Dorset, seen this time in Rollei Infrared 35mm black and white film.
Taken with a Minolta MD x500 camera and 50mm F1.7 MD lens.
F11
1/8sec
The ISO 400 speed film rated at ISO 12 with a Hoya R72 infrared filter on.
The negative then photographed with my Sony A7 and 50mm lens on a light box.
A fantastic afternoon in Dorset, where I met up with top professional photographer Jack Lodge at Chalbury Common. The woman in red just happened to be there.
An interesting brick built folly near Chalbury Common in Dorset. The reasons for its construction are unclear (isn’t that the case for all follies?) but more recently the tower has found renewed life as a mobile phone mast. Some interesting history here www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/content/articles/2009/01/28/folly_ho...
A fantastic afternoon in Dorset, where I met up with top professional photographer Jack Lodge at Chalbury Common.
I went out yesterday evening to take pictures (which I haven't processed yet) of some bluebells in the evening light and as it was such a beautiful evening I decided to end up at Horton Tower. The tower always looks great in the evening as the setting sun emphasises the warm coloured brickwork and I used a polarising filter to deepen the blue of the sky to set it off against. The sheep all clustered round the tower were a bonus.
The tower was built in 1750 and was said at one time to be the tallest non religious building in Britain. Its original purpose is unclear but it may have been an observatory or simply a folly. It now has a much more mundane purpose as a mobile phone mast, but at least it keeps it preserved for future generations.
Definitely needs viewing on black I think.
Canon 17-40 f/4L lens with a B&W polariser
HFF folks - hope you all have a great weekend.
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Horton Tower Star Trails.
Samyang 12mm f2 lens on Fuji X-T1. 100x25 second exposures combined in Starstax software
80x20 second exposures stacked in Starstax. This was set for the Perseid meteor shower but it was a bit hit and miss. Wispy clouds were drifting over and with the various lighting from the moon and pollution, they came out interesting colours in the final image!
Quite impressed with the Fuji 16mm f1.4 for astro. It has huge light gathering power and is sharp in the central area....far corners a bit weaker and some coma which is to be expected.
Today has been a good day, very lucky to see the sunrise at Bournemouth Beach and set at Horton Tower
Quiet as untroubled waters
another austere day gives way
allowing a sun-tanned twilight
to gently coax the night awake
(Prometheus)
I thought I would do a bit of astrophotography when presented with a dark night close to new moon and a clear sky....quite rare here!
Shot with Fuji X-E1 and samyang 8mm Fisheye 2
It was a fabulous night with quite a few shooting stars and not too cold at 6 Celsius