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For Macro Mondays - Chain
The chain on our side gate. Each link is 3/4" long. More of a visual deterrent that I had to put on a couple of years ago after several neighbours said they had had someone in their back yards during the night.
Happy Macro Monday!
* When we visited Oxford we stayed in the village of Iffley it was a good choice it has a stunning Romanesque church and there are a number of historic buildings. It feels more like a village than a suburb of Oxford. Its possible to walk into Oxford along the banks of the River Thames it took us about 40 minutes from this Lock to walk into the centre of the city
Iffley Lock is a lock on the River Thames in England near the village of Iffley, Oxfordshire. It is on the southern outskirts of Oxford. The original lock was built by the Oxford-Burcot Commission in 1631 and the Thames Navigation Commission replaced this in 1793. The lock has a set of rollers to allow punts and rowing boats to be moved between the water levels.
In addition the lock and weir streams there is stream further to the east which used to be the Mill Stream.
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Locked Up rusty old gate padlocked, just some empty land and a derelict building on the other side, shot in North Carolina.
Lock Keeper's House, Lock 48, Rochdale Canal at Littleborough. (foot of the pennines, UK)
Here the Canal traverses the Pennine hills via a series of Locks, Leading eventually to Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire.
The Canal is 32 miles from Manchester to Sowerby Bridge.
Macro Mondays - Keyhole
Samsonite suitcase lock, measures 3/4". Image measures 2" on the long side. The lock is on top of a lavender container with holographic paper in the background. I used a small flashlight to light the keyhole.
Happy Macro Monday!
When operating this lock at the Grand Union Canal in Watford you would notice two things: one, this is an extremely solid device and all hand-made. Two, you need a big steel handle and a lot of elbow grease to operate this lock. This is yesterday's technology, so forget about your mobile phone or your remote control. Photographically speaking, I had taken a small and very light camera (Fuji X-E3) and an even lighter all-rounder (pancake) lens when exploring Cassiobury Park in Watford where you have the River Gade and the Grand Union Canal in the centre. It was a surprise to myself that I found that my most interesting shots were not panoramas of the river or so, but these close-ups of human design.