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Conwy Castle, North Wales
Conwy coordinates.....53.28°N 3.825556°W
Conwy Castle (Welsh: Castell Conwy, ) is a fortification in Conwy, located in North Wales. It was built by Edward I, during his conquest of Wales, between 1283 and 1289. Constructed as part of a wider project to create the walled town of Conwy, the combined defences cost around £15,000, a huge sum for the period. Over the next few centuries, the castle played an important part in several wars. It withstood the siege of Madog ap Llywelyn in the winter of 1294–95, acted as a temporary haven for Richard II in 1399 and was held for several months by forces loyal to Owain Glyndŵr in 1401.
Following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, the castle was held by forces loyal to Charles I, holding out until 1646 when it surrendered to the Parliamentary armies. In the aftermath the castle was partially slighted by Parliament to prevent it being used in any further revolt, and was finally completely ruined in 1665 when its remaining iron and lead was stripped and sold off. Conwy Castle became an attractive destination for painters in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Visitor numbers grew and initial restoration work was carried out in the second half of the 19th century. In the 21st century the ruined castle is managed by Cadw as a tourist attraction.
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Macro Mondays: "Games Pieces" (Tiny chess pieces)
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Magnetic chess knights, on toaster, under the moonlight.
Created for the Flick'r group
Looking close... on Friday!
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Sulphur Knight (Tricholoma sulphureum) known in the past as the "Gas Works Mushroom" because of its powerful smell of coal gas.
5 November 2019
Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
One of four knights (you can see part of a second knight) - a component of a much larger work at the Grounds for Sculpture.
Name: 'Space, Conquer or Die - Swiatowid'
Artist: Andrzej Pitynski
www.groundsforsculpture.org/artwork/space-conquer-or-die-...
'Space, Conquer or Die - Swiatowid' was made by monumentalist sculptor Andrew Pitynski. He has created monuments sited all over the world, including in the United States, Poland, Italy, and South Africa. His work also includes monumental portraits, bronze compositions, reliefs and medals. This monumental composition was cast in bronze in Thailand and installed at Grounds For Sculpture in April 2014.
The sculpture weighs 7 tons and stands 36.5 feet high by 16 feet wide on a gray granite base.
B&W
I have over 100 folders of unprocessed photos from the past 5 years which I’m currently going through, this is one of those. Note – many of these re-visit an already posted subject.
Going to a Medieval Times show is a great night in general. It was however even extra special for me because the knight on the horse is my eldest son, Daniel! It is surreal to watch your child ride out on a horse and have an huge audience cheering for him!
"The Golden Knights are made up of several expert teams and skilled professionals who all play a critical role in the US Army’s success. This includes parachute teams, aircraft pilots, and even those behind-the-scenes handling jump logistics. Whether jumping out of planes going 120 miles per hour from 12,500 feet or landing with expert precision, they embrace the thrill of adventure and feel proud while doing it."
I snapped this photo shortly after this freefall parachuting tandem team jumped out directly under the midday sun. With a 1000mm focal length and atmospheric haze, sharpness was not to be, but to my delight, I captured part of the sundog and its rainbow.
Needless to say, their skills were amazing!
May each one of us take inspiration this Memorial Day from the patriotism of the brave soldiers who died for our country!
Of course, this is heavily processed, but this tree really did stand apart from all the other trees and looked very white compared with them.
HSS... :)
"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." - Epicurus
The James L. Knight International Center is a wortd-class multipurpose entertainment, meeting, and convention complex located in the heart of downtown Miami's business, commercial, and financial district. Owned by the City of Miami and managed by Global Spectrum, the center is comprised of the James Knight Center, the Miami Convention Center, the Hyatt Regency Miami and the University of Miami Conference Center.
Created for Photoshop Contest Week 919
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Thanks to seguicollar (VirginiaSeguí) for starter image
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Body armor, also known as body armour, personal armor or armour, or a suit or coat of armor, is protective clothing designed to absorb or deflect physical attacks. Historically used to protect military personnel, today it is also used by various types of police (riot police in particular), private security guards or bodyguards, and occasionally ordinary civilians. Today there are two main types: regular non-plated body armor for moderate to substantial protection, and hard-plate reinforced body armor for maximum protection, such as used by combat soldiers.
Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from bronze, iron, or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. Full plate steel armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, especially in the context of the Hundred Years' War, from the coat of plates worn over mail suits during the 14th century.
In Europe, plate armour reached its peak in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The full suit of armour, also referred to as a panoply, is thus a feature of the very end of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period. Its popular association with the "medieval knight” is due to the specialised jousting armour which developed in the 16th century.
Full suits of Gothic plate armour were worn on the battlefields of the Burgundian and Italian Wars. The most heavily armoured troops of the period were heavy cavalry, such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries and the Landsknechts also took to wearing lighter suits of "three quarters" munition armour, leaving the lower legs unprotected.