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Day 220 ~ 365.2015

 

ODC ~ Feather for 08.08.15

   

things to never unsee

The Tsar Cannon is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. However, the cannon bears traces of at least one firing. Per the Guinness Book of Records it is the largest bombard by caliber in the world, and it is a major tourist attraction in the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin.

 

The Tsar Cannon is made of bronze; it weighs 39,312 kilograms (86,668 lb)[3] and has a length of 5.34 m. Its bronze-cast barrel has an internal diameter of 890 mm and an external diameter of 1,200 mm. The barrel has eight cast rectangular brackets for use in transporting the gun, which is mounted on a stylized cast-iron gun carriage with three wheels. The barrel is decorated with relief images, including an equestrian image of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, with a crown and a scepter in his hand on horseback. Above the front right bracket the message "The grace of God, Tsar and Great Duke Fyodor Ivanovich, Autocrat of All Russia" was cast. There were two more labels cast at the top of the barrel, to the right is "The decree of the faithful and Christ-king and the Grand Duke Fyodor Ivanovich, Sovereign Autocrat of all Great Russia with his pious and god-blessed queen, Grand Princess Irina"; While to the one to the left is "Cast in the city of Moscow in the summer of year 7904 (c. 1585 in Gregorian calendar), in his third summer state, by Andrey Chokov." The cannon-style gun carriage, added in 1835, is purely decorative. This weapon was never intended to be transported on or fired from this gun carriage.

 

According to one version, the name of this cannon, "Tsar", is associated with the image of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich. However, it is more likely that this name owes to the massive size of this cannon. In old times the cannon is also sometimes called the "Russian Shotgun" (Дробовик Российский), because the gun was meant to shoot 800 kg stone grapeshot rather than true, solid cannonballs.

 

The spherical cast-iron projectiles located in front of the Tsar Cannon—each of which weighs approximately one ton—were produced in 1834 as a decoration, and are too large to have been used in the cannon. According to legend, the cannonballs were manufactured in St. Petersburg, and were intended to be a humorous addition and a symbol of the friendly rivalry between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

  

The carriages and the cannon itself were richly decorated in 1835 at the St. Petersburg plant of Berd, with designs by architect A. P. Bryullov and drawings engineer P. Ya. de Witte.

 

The Tsar Cannon was placed at several points around Moscow in its history. It is known to have been mounted on a special frame with a fixed inclination angle in the Red Square near the Place of Skulls in order to protect the eastern approaches to the Kremlin, indicating that it originally did have a practical application. However, by 1706, it was moved to the Kremlin Arsenal and mounted on a wooden gun carriage. It was not used during the French invasion of Russia, although Napoleon Bonaparte considered removing it to France as a war trophy. The wooden gun carriage burnt in the fire that consumed Moscow in 1812, and was replaced in 1835 by the present metal carriage, which disabled the firing function of the cannon.

 

In 1860, the Tsar Cannon was moved to its current location on Ivanovskaya Square near the Tsar Bell, which is similarly massive and is the largest bell in the world (but which has never been rung).

 

Voltaire joked that the Kremlin's two greatest items were a bell which was never rung and a cannon that was never fired. For a long time, there was a common theory that the Tsar Cannon was created only to impress foreigners of Russia's military powers. Thus, according to writer Albert Valentinov:

 

"...Andrey Chokov knew from the very first moment that this would not be a whopper cannon at all. Even if we assume that the barrel would fire grapeshot, a massive amount of propellant would be needed to push the two-ton shot, making it impossible for the cannon to be transported from one position to another. Therefore Chokhov did not mean to cast it as a functional cannon at all. His cannon is always only a symbol of Russian power and of the capabilities of the Russian industry. If we render a Russian master able to create such a whopper cannon, the smaller ones would have much less use. Therefore, the Tsar Cannon was put on display in the Kremlin for foreign diplomats."

 

The cannon was last restored in 1980 in the town of Serpukhov. It was thoroughly studied by specialists in the Artillery Academy at that time and gunpowder residue was found, indicating that the cannon had been fired at least once, hinged and dug into the ground.

Sloane Street - Cadogan Hotel

Impressionist image of Tràigh Scarasta on the Isle of Harris. Taken not long after sunrise in February 2017, the lilac tones in the sky are gorgeous against the aqua and white sea and the light sand. Scarista Beach is possibly my favourite spot on Harris. It speaks to me and this image recreates the feeling of an almost dreamlike calm, balance and contentment that I get when I spend time there.

I liked how the sunlight was highlighting the tops

 

This really is "our" tree. It's where I first met my wife. Her dad had made a tire swing from one of these large limbs and it was well known in our town.

 

"up here in my tree, yeah

newspapers matter not to me, yeah

no more crowbars to my head, yeah

i'm trading stories with the leaves instead, yeah

wave to all my friends, yeah

they don't seem to notice me, no

all their eyes trained on the street, yo, oh"

 

Pearl Jam -- In My Tree

 

View on Black

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Candid Street Photography

 

Pitt Street Mall, Sydney

 

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swirling fire of light; the Bryce Canyon trees go nowhere

Candid taken in Lincoln Cathedral

How Tai Bus

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Life in and around public transport

 

Nikon D7100 + 35mm 1.8

 

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Explore, # 62 July 13, 2009! 22/365 Taken Monday, 7/13/09 - It may almost look like I didn't change from the day before because I am wearing the same top; however, I sleep in the buff, so no, I did not sleep in my clothes, but yes, I did wear the same top on Sunday. I live in these things because they are so comfortable. I promise I will throw it in the wash before I go to bed!

 

EIFF 2024: In person with Thelma Schoonmaker; Central Hall; Edinburgh International Film Festival, Aug 2024; Photographer: Ingrid Mur © EIFF, Edinburgh International Film Festival All Rights Reserved

Done so many pictures past months but no time to post-process. This is an older one - just showing a small frame of all the poppies growing in my garden.

 

Greetings

Kerstin

 

PS: Taken once again with the russian Helios 40-2 lense 85mm @ f1,5.

Young lady checking that her hair is in place. Bacolod City, Philippines.

short walk in downtown

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop

- Mother Teresa

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFHdRkeEnpM

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

 

The Boy and the Starfish

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Looking northeast, the lights of Jakarta city scape in the last lights of the golden hour..

..in un'aula dell'Accademia di Belle Arti...

 

Rolling in the deep...non perdete questo !

After a long walk in the woods I needed a break on the floor. It's wonderful to lie here, my pantyhosed legs in the grass, in the soft moss.

Leica M2

35mm Summicron 8-element replica (yellow filter)

Fomapan 100 in Clayton F76 (1:9 @ 68 deg for 7 min)

 

-- At the closed nursery.

The picture is taken with my Beltica I, the clouds were thick and it was snow in the air.

Ilford HP5

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Felt like getting out today. My husband called me and told me there was a beautiful bed of tulips in full bloom in downtown Roanoke. Gorgeous colors!!!

 

Thanks so much for taking a look! I hope that you all are having a wonderful Spring!!!

Took it a split second too late--this boy and his mom were launching a kite at Changi Park

Test foto(s) with my newest "toy": Leica IIIa with Summar 2/50 mm. The Leica is in very good condition, but the lens really shows its age (73 years!!) The front element has massiv cleaning marks and inside the lens separation has started ... Nonetheless the results are really good! Especially the bokeh of the lens is fantastic! Photography with this camera and lens gives me a totally different feeling than with with modern gear - I loved it from the first moment....!

Today would have been my dad's 86th birthday. He passed away two weeks ago. He loved the vast open spaces and the magnificent black-maned lions of Kgalagadi and it was on his recommendation that Willie and I first visited in 1992. My sister often likens my dad to a lion as he was a man with integrity and inner strength. Just like the lion in this image his quiet presence commanded attention. He was always there for us and is sorely missed.

 

Photograph taken during our last trip, early morning near Samevloeiing with the first rays of the sun touching the mane of this beautiful male. My dad was not well enough to see our photographs from this trip...

 

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Chibi-haru playing in the garden today :)

to where our higher nature rules ...

The Hague CS

April 2012

The Netherlands

 

Candid shots in and around the Public Transport in The Netherlands

 

Ricoh GRD IV

 

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"What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from great lonliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beast also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. " ~ Chief Seathl — Duwanish Tribe

 

Explored August 27, 2011 - Highest #88

 

Not nearly as sharp as I would have liked but then that happens sometimes when you least expect to run into a grizzly in the wild and are without the tripod. This guy attracted quite a large crowd of spectators one afternoon in Little America, and I was quite content to stand on a hill across the road from him and watch him grazing in the meadow. Such gorgeous creatures who command a sense of awe & respect :-)

 

Hope everyone has a great weekend; don't forget to rest, relax, and take some time for yourself.....26 days & counting till vacation in the southwest....thanks for stopping by to visit & leaving a comment or two :-)

"He's been photographing butterflies all morning," says Shelley

 

"Even when we were rubbing suntan lotion into each other's bodies," adds Poppy

 

"No wonder he doesn't dare show his face over on the Men With Dolls board anymore," notes Shelley.

 

Sad but true ;) It's my own version of 'Pokemon Go' that I've been playing for years (with it's own catchphrases such as "c'mon, settle!" and "open your wings you son of a b*tch!"). Only a few days ago I was chasing a Cinnibar moth around the garden :)

  

Domo's fashion by 'Gumby and Sons' ;)

Melissa Troutt, Hasselblad 500c

 

I got sunshine in my stomach

Like I just rocked my baby to sleep.

I got sunshine in my stomach

But I can't keep me from creeping sleep,

Sleep, deep in the deep.

The debate/arguments continue as to the decision to place this attraction/eyesore at the edge of the Recreation Grounds in Stratford-upon-Avon. The latest objections are to the light show emitted by the wheel.

"I figli sono alberi, e quando pianti un albero lo prepari perché viva a lungo, perché viva dopo di te. Devi dargli terreno buono e radici profonde, perché si deve cercare da solo la linfa; ha la maestosità dell’albero che vedi crescere, ma che non puoi portarti in casa se c’è tempesta, neve o vento. Se la deve cavare da solo".

Don Marzi.....

 

I had a short layover in Munich of a night on my way to indulge in a Danube Cruise, long on my bucket list.

On my way to Marien Platz on a chilly morning in April. The architecture in the heart of Munich is stunning.

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Published in "Danube Cruise 2025", Beacon Publishing, 2025.

The Macon Drive-In Theatre in Macon Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera with a Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/160 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.

 

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