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Capture taken on yesterdays ride mith my Seven in local area. Had been lucky with still nice temperatures and great sun down with clouds around. Had my tripod with me to take some long exposures...too bad the Season has come to an end, but as typical, some winter projects plans are waiting...have a good Sunday!
The Ruinenberg in Potsdam is a park with a viewing terrace located on a man-made hill. The park is part of the Sanssouci Park and offers a spectacular view of the city of Potsdam and its surroundings.
The Ruinenberg was part of a larger landscape park project planned by the Prussian King Frederick William IV in the 19th century. This project included the creation of a series of landscape park complexes in and around Potsdam, which are now part of the World Heritage Site.
Brim, Victoria. ABC1 Weather
Brisbane street artist, Guido Van Helten, painted these four characters on the old wheat silos near the small village of Brim in Victoria's Wimmera region. They stand nearly 30 metres tall and represent characters found in such farming communities. They have become a real tourist attraction in the region with Aboriginal people represented on the silos at nearby Sheep Hills and a local farmer on a silo at Patchewollock to the north. The local shire, the Shire of Yarriambiack, has two more silo art projects planned at Rupanyup and Lascelles. All in all these will be a significant tourist attraction to a part of rural Australia that has seen hard times in recent years with drought and the vagaries of wheat and wool prices. For some more background on this project, go to: www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-07/brim-grain-silos-guido-van...
The modernist shed halls of the dyeing works (Färberei), former textile factory Verseidag Krefeld (architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930/31)
Part of the only industrial architecture project planned and executed by Mies van der Rohe.
Today Mies van der Rohe Business Park.
In the middle of the Latvian countryside is an unusual structure bound to pique the curiosity of anyone who happens upon it. The “Bridge to Nowhere,” is a narrow-gauge railway bridge leading nowhere at all, surrounded on both ends by nothing but a lush green meadow.
The concrete span across the Abava River, just 180 feet long (55 meters), was built in 1940, intended to be part of the new Tukums-Kuldiga rail line that was under construction. It was one of a number of ambitious projects planned by the newly independent and quickly developing republic of Latvia. Then World War II broke out.
With the nation at war, the railway line was never finished. The high costs of civil engineering and construction are a major consideration in building any railroad. As these activities require specialized equipment and personnel, it is not uncommon to have these portions of a project completed ahead of the general track laying.
The abandoned bridge still stands intact, a strange sight in the Irlavas village, near Sāti. To many locals, the lonely Bridge to Nowhere also represents a wartime memorial of sorts. It commemorates the failed effort made by the Germans to continue the bridge during the Nazi occupation of Latvia in the early 1940s. The unique structure may serve no practical purpose, but it belongs to Latvia alone.
The boards in the grass in front are from the roof that slid off from the red barn years ago. I read once that this family farm was turned over to the government when the last family member left in the 90's. The land was included in a dam/reservoir project plan that never was completed. It all became part of a large park along the Delaware River instead.
The village of Krutets, located 16 kilometers southeast of the city of Konakovo, has long been known as the village of Negodyaevo, Danilovskaya volost, Korchevsky district. In the first half of the 17th century, it was the patrimony of Orshin Savvatievsky monastery.
In 1719, a wooden church was built here (instead of the previous one) in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker with the chapel of Sergius of Radonezh.
A stone three-altar church has survived to this day, built according to the charter of the temple of 1822 with the blessing of the Right Reverend Jonah, with church funds, with the help of parishioners. The project (plan with a facade) for the construction of the temple was redone by the provincial architect Legrand. During the construction, which was carried out until 1828, a wooden church functioned, by that time dilapidated, but covered with a timber in 1817. Subsequently, in 1840 it was abolished "due to dilapidation", and on August 1, 1841 it burned down in a fire.
In 1829, the right side-altar of the refectory was consecrated - in the name of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, a year later - another side-altar in the name of Saint Sergius of Radonezh, the Wonderworker, they were consecrated by the archpriest of the city of Korcheva, John Alekseev Khokhlov. The main altar - in the cold church - in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity with the blessing of Archbishop Gregory was consecrated in 1841 by the Korchev archpriest Theodor Yakovlev Ershov.
The oil painting of the temple was made in 1859, and the refectory - in 1860. Soon a stone fence appeared (instead of the previous one, made of spruce wood) with a gate, the ruins of which can be seen even now. The parish, as of the second half of the 19th century, consisted of 310 households in the village of Negodyaevo and the villages of Tarlakovo, Ruchyi, Peigne - peasants of the Department of the Chamber of State Property.
In the mid-1910s, permission was obtained to arrange new iconostases in the side-altars, to repair the floors (in the main church, arrange a tiled floor, in the side-altars - wooden), to repair the ovens and to wash the wall paintings and icons throughout the church. The work was carried out at the expense and current income of the church, on special donations of parishioners and individuals, personal donations of the church elder, and were performed by the craftsmen "in good faith and in the best possible way" by 1916.
It is known that the church operated until 1937. Archpriest Vasily Andreevich Lebedev, who was arrested in November of the same year, served in the church.
Today Trinity Church is an architectural monument of the first half of the 19th century, built in the provincial Empire style. Its composition includes: the temple itself (which looks like a high illuminated rotunda on a quadrangle) with an apse, a refectory with side-chapels and a three-tiered bell tower, crowned with a spire, built by the dependents of the parishioners in 1828.
The modernist shed halls of the dyeing works (Färberei), Verseidag Krefeld (architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930/31)
Part of the only industrial architecture project planned and executed by Mies van der Rohe.
Today Mies van der Rohe Business Park.
The building will be kept in a basic state of preservation until the marketing has been completed, i.e. permanent tenants have been found and further financing for a monument-compliant expansion has been secured.
taken 26.03.2020
uploaded 06.12.2020
photo in Explore 07.12.2020
Day 2 of the Tour de France project
Planned to be bike related for the next weeks.
Feel free to ad a bike realated picture if you want to
Explore June 30th 2012
Shed halls of the dyeing works, Verseidag Krefeld (architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930/31)
Part of the only industrial architecture project planned and executed by Mies van der Rohe.
Today Mies van der Rohe Business Park.
Shed-Hallen der Färberei, Verseidag Krefeld (Architekt Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1930/31)
Teil des einzigen von Mies van der Rohe geplanten und durchgeführten Industriearchitekturprojekts.
Heute Mies-van-der-Rohe-Business-Park.
Final image share from my solo exhibition at Axis in Seattle. This one pertains directly to my short film which goes by the same title. Filming was such a rewarding, challenging, and entirely new experience. Definitely excited to do more of it.
Some of my original works from the solo are still available, so if you're interested in any of the pieces from my series, Árísan, please feel free to send me an e-mail at kindra.nikole@gmail.com. Each piece is printed on archival giclee paper, mounted to wood panel, and glazed with lustrous resin. I can send along detail shots of the physical pieces upon request.
I'm working hard to sell off the originals from the show (all of which are one of a kind and not to be reproduced again!), and am planning a timed print release soon, all in the hopes of saving up enough funds to make a trip to Iceland in June. Should I meet my goal to travel there, I've got some really fun, exciting projects planned! <3
This picture is #16 in my second 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
See my first set here: Bomvu's 100 Strangers"
I hadn't planned on shooting strangers today but come lunch time it was a beautiful day and I'd had a mad busy morning and needed some air. I had my camera with me as I had another project planned for after work so decided to take a walk.
I'm still really keen on trying to capture 'style' pictures and while walking along a street where there was harsh direct sun passed this gorgeous girl who looked fab. But the light was wrong, the street was busy and it didn't seem right. So I kept on walking, took a right and walked down another street that looked slightly more promising light wise. I then came to a spot where the sun was filling in off of an office block and thought it would make a good setting. So I stopped to look around and who did I see walking down the same road and coming my way but the same girl that had caught my eye earlier.
Well my luck was in because Sophie was happy to pose for me so I got to work.
I've chosen another diptych, partly because I'm starting to like them and partly because I had trouble deciding between the two pictures.
The one on the right was the first one and Sophie hit this pose without direction. The one on the left was after I suggested another pose though she didn't take much prompting. Clearly this lady has style.
I really love the simple cut and colouring of her dress, it is simple, elegant and makes her look fantastic.
Sophie's a student in the area though I didn't ask for any more detail than that. I didn't want to take up too much of her time and I had the pictures that I wanted.
Thanks so much Sophie for giving me your time today. I hope you like your picture as much as I do. Please get in touch if you'd like a high res copy of either picture or of the full diptych.
For the best view press 'L' to view on a dark background.
The Helix Bridge, previously known as the Double Helix Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was officially opened on April 24, 2010. It is located beside the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and is accompanied by a vehicular bridge, known as the Bayfront Bridge.
The bridge complements other major development projects planned in the area, including the highly-anticipated Integrated Resort Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Flyer, Gardens by the Bay and the 438,000 m² business and financial centre which will be ready by 2012.
The design consortium is an international team comprising Australian architects the Cox Group and engineers Arup, and Singapore based Architects 61. The bridge is expected to be a focal point for the community, linking cultural, recreational and entertainment facilities in the area and complements the overall pedestrian scheme of Marina Bay. The bridge also functions as a gallery where childrens' paintings and drawings are exhibited for public viewing.
Canopies (made of fritted-glass and perforated steel mesh) are incorporated along parts of the inner spiral to provide shade for pedestrians. The bridge has five viewing platforms sited at strategic locations which provide stunning views of the Singapore skyline and events taking place within Marina Bay. At night, the bridge will be illuminated by a series of lights that highlight the double-helix structure, thereby creating a special visual experience for the visitors.
The Land Transport Authority claims it is a world's first in architectural & engineering bridge design.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Close Up of my hPDA DIY Planner Agenda Cards. I also have a couple Project Planning Cards here on my Levenger Card Bleachers.
I am sooo sorry I have gone quiet.
It was such a hectic summer, well what ever can be called summer ... at least here :)
I have several comissions and all is very exciting... although I'm not yet allowed to publish anything, I'm currently documanting an arts project.
Planned is also to start a new series: the one m recommends. I found so many new places, things, people I'd like to share.
Bare with me my friends... hold on tight...
Hugs
M
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
On the south side of the Gundulic Square a monumental Baroque staircase leads to the Poljana Ruđera Boškovića where the Church of St Ignatius and Collegium Ragusinum, Dubrovnik's reputable Jesuit college, are located. This urban complex many find to be the most representative Baroque example in Dubrovnik and the whole Croatian coast.
Dissatisfied with numerous Italian scholars, Beccaddeli, the bishop of Dubrovnik, asked in 1555, to the newly founded Jesuit order to open a college in Dubrovnik. The idea was not realised until 1647 when the legacy of Marin Gundulić, a Jesuit from Dubrovnik, opened the door for the start of planning the project. In 1653, the Jesuit Rector Gianbattista Canauli made a project which was supposed to regulate the whole urban structure of the suburb in the oldest part of the City and provide space to build the Jesuit church and college. The project planned for demolishing a wide number of houses. The buy off had already started when the destruction of Great Earthquake of 1667 interrupted all work. The project had resumed at the close of the century, for which purpose, Iganzio Pozzo, renowned Jesuit architect and painter was called to the City in 1699. Pozzo had finalized the plans by 1703 and the construction of the church completed in 1725.
The Church of St Ignatius is single nave, with side chapels and a semicircular divided apse, decorated by magnificent Baroque frescoes with scenes from life of St. Ignatius de Loyola painted by Gaetano Garcia. The frescoes fit perfectly in the ambiance of the church and at first sight they are simply breathtaking.
The church belfry houses the oldest bell in Dubrovnik, cast in 1355 by Viventius and his son Viator.
The Catedral de Morelia at night.
Its construction began in 1660 and completed in 1774 with project plans by Italian architect Vicencio Barroso Escayola.
The building pair of towers rising to a height of 66.8 meters, make them the fourth tallest in Mexico.
The cathedral is also home to a Churrigueresque pipe organ, with 4,600 flutes, manufactured in Germany in the early 20th century. Its sound quality is so impressive it is considered one of the best on the continent.
The Helix Bridge , previously known as the Double Helix Bridge,
is a pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South in
the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was officially opened on April 24,
2010 at 9 pm. It is located beside the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and is
accompanied by a vehicular bridge, known as the Bayfront Bridge.
The bridge complements other major development projects planned in the
area, including the highly-anticipated Integrated Resort Marina Bay Sands,
Singapore Flyer, Gardens by the Bay and the 438,000 m² business and financial centre which will be ready by 2012.
Info from Wikipedia
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This is my OOAK doll and real big makeover.
When I saw the OOAK Erin of the Gloss Convention last year, and Inspired me to her be my OOAK project plan, finally I done it and show her now here.
The fear of the unknown
what will it become
like a beached whale
losing a heartbeat
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Taking the Summer off from doing paid session work due to my health has been hard but yet a self discovery journey. The worry is not missing it as much as I thought I would, so where will I be next year is the question. Focusing on personal photography has been healing and rewarding. It’s brought me back to when I first started — the artist I have missed and didn’t know I needed. I have a lot of projects planned and as you know I will be travelling through Alberta/BC in a couple weeks. I can’t wait to capture the mountains, the trees, the whole damn journey.. in the stories I love to create. The love I have for nature and self portrait photography is deep. There are no words to describe but to promise you that my stories will be coming here more often — because I am back to create. Thank you for staying.
-Canon 5D MARK IV
-Canon 24-70mm 2.8L II
-Double Exposure
Taken for Active Assignment Weekly
This marina restoration is part of a much larger ecological project being done in an area of Upstate NY that hosts a huge variety of migrating birds. The entire project will help humans and nature by providing more food and habitat for our local and migrating wildlife, while also providing a better marina for the boaters. I am hopeful that this will be a positive change for our wildlife, but honestly, I always worry when mankind attempts to "improve" nature. Time will tell.
"Over 100 acres of coastal wetlands have been eroded from Braddock Bay since the loss of the spits of land that extended partially across the bay mouth in the early 1900s. In addition, extensive emergent wetlands have become dominated by the aggressive cattail species (Typha angustifolia and Typha x glauca). These alterations have substantially reduced the suitability of Braddock Bay habitat for many fish and wildlife
species such as the state endangered black tern (Chlidonias niger) and the northern pike (Esox lucius). The goal of this project is to protect and restore the suitability of Braddock Bay for these and many other fish and wildlife species."
Excerpted from the project plans: www.lrb.usace.army.mil/Portals/45/docs/BraddockBay/FigA-B...
GP10 8317 leads a 73 car GV-1 past C&A tower on its way to St Louis. See that goofy looking signal? That was a train order signal that the ICG put in. They had a big track project planed for the summer and wanted the operators at the tower to handle train orders for reverse main running. We were B&O ops, of course, so we had to go to Glenn Yard for rules classes. So, the regular operators and the entire extra board went for classes. They gave us ICG rule books, and a book to explain the rule book, which gives you an idea of how convoluted the book was. I still have both books. Anyway, after all that work and classes, ICG cancelled the work project....so all of that was for nothing.
Palazzo Mezzanotte was built in 1932 to centralise all the market trading places which were spread allover Milan. The new Stock Exchange building fits in a complex urban project planned by the Architect Paolo Mezzanotte. It became an architectural symbol of Fascism. The original structure still maintains its impressive façade of 36 meters. The travertine blocks are combined with allegoric figures symbolising wealth and abundance designed by Leone Lodi e Gemignano Cibau. The sides of the building are adorned with a series of bricks and travertine blocks and an inscription plaque of marble stands out. It represents the Roman Ruins which were discovered during the excavation phase. The final result was a triumph of rationalism which also encompasses classical elements.
Palazzo Mezzanotte был построен в 1932 году, чтобы централизовать все рыночные торговые места, которые были распространены по всему Милану. Новое здание Биржи вписывается в комплексный городской проект, разработанный архитектором Паоло Мезанотте. Он стал архитектурным символом фашизма. Оригинальное сооружение до сих пор сохраняет свой впечатляющий фасад в 36 метров. Травертиновые блоки сочетаются с аллегорическими фигурами, символизирующими богатство и изобилие, разработанными Leone Lodi и Gemignano Cibau. Боковые стены здания украшены серией кирпичей и блоков травертина, а над ними возвышается надписная доска из мрамора. Он представляет собой римские руины, которые были обнаружены во время этапа раскопок. Конечным результатом стал триумф рационализма, который также включает в себя классические элементы.
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Spicy Shuttle. The Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) is a US Department of Energy project planning for the relocation of 16 million tons of uranium tailings from a former mill site in Moab, Utah to a disposal site at Crescent Junction, some 30 miles north. Despite the short distance involved, Union Pacific has been steadily running between two and four trains of tailing containers a week since early 2010. As of early 2023, it is estimated that roughly 84% of the contaminated ore has been moved between the two sites.
Constructed in the 1830s, for decades the Elora Mill was a powerful and prominent grist mill.
More recently it housed the Elora Mill Inn – a popular restaurant, banquet hall and venue for weddings, but it has sat vacant for the last four years. But its last incarnation is nothing compared to what’s in store for the mill when it reopens under new ownership hopefully in 2016.
An old industrial brownfield on the opposite side of the river is also part of the project. Plans are to turn that site into a complex featuring a conference centre, wedding chapel, hotel and other amenities.
A covered bridge will be built to connect the two sites. This will all be a very welcome addition to this very picturesque town.
Thank you, my kind Flickr friends, for visiting my site and taking the time to leave a comment. Truly appreciated!
Related Group is now marketing units at its One Paraiso condo tower in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood.
One Paraiso is the second project planned for the Paraiso Bay site at 600 Northeast 31st Street. The 53-story, 276-unit tower was designed by Arquitectonica. Units are priced between $600 and $700 per square foot.
One Paraiso condominiums is located in Edgewater Miami at 3131 NE 7th Avenue. Completed in August 2018, One Paraiso rises 53 stories and includes 276 condo residences comprised of one, two, and three, bedroom floor plans plus penthouses.The standard residences at One Paraiso range in size from 1,124 to 1,873 interior square feet, each offering direct, unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean and/or Biscayne Bay. One Paraiso by developed by Related Group and designed by Arquitectonica in collaboration with interior designer Piero Lissoni and landscape architect Enzo Enea.
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Bluebell in a wood.
Do you ever wish you hadn’t started something? I did with this one.
Like a lot of my images, it started with an idea spawned from the Flickr magic achieved by someone else in this creative cauldron of brewed imagery. And like most ideas, it nagged in the back of my mind until I’d had a go… and then it nagged for another attempt... and another.
I’ve taken dozens over several years and this is the best achievement so far. Pure serendipity of course. I can’t actually see what the camera is taking because it’s lying on its back (no I haven’t got one of those with swivelling screens!). The camera needs to be on automatic to focus and half the time it much prefers the treetops.
And then there is the lighting contrast that gets cooked in, and making the Bluebell stand out is… well… a challenge. (It’s a bit like those project plans I am fond of that include a step that says “magic needs to happen here”.)
Ah well. This one turned out nicely centred in the tree crowns. The rest of the challenge was trying to distinguish the bulb from the background, in colour, focus and contrast. I’ll try again next year I am sure - a bit like the Bluebell there is always hope :)
For 7DWF’s Crazy Tuesday theme Looking Up.
Thank you for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image :) Happy 7DWF!!!
[Not very handheld in daylight.
Processed in Affinity Photo. Cropped to get rid of some extraneous Bluebells, then In-painted (heal tool) some more out of the image.
Bumped contrast, vibrancy, saturation. Darkened highlights a lot. Mangled the colours to enhance the Bluebell’s purple (Purplebells?).
Sharpened using the usual trio of Unsharp Mask, Clarity filter and High Pass filter/Linear Blend mode, with Clarity being least effective and the High Pass most (the latter at reduced opacity to tone it down). All the sharpening was masked just to the Bluebells in the foreground.
Finally dark vignette. The whole image now looks quite processed but I’m content with that. Thanks for reading ;) ]
Everyone, sorry for the inactivity. A lot has gone on in the real world recently so that's the reason for my absence. I had some very ambitious projects planned but I never felt the motivation make them. I just didn't feel like my content was as impressive to the Flickr community as it had been before. Much of the community has gotten into painting, modding, and more advancing customizing while I'm looking to move more into the building aspect of LEGO. So again, I'm sorry for being gone and I will certainly be posting more, but I don't think I'll be as much as it had been.
Sagrada Familia in Ice is a project planned by master students from Eindhoven University of Technology using inflatable membranes and spraying them with Pykrete, a mix of ice and sawdust, where the latter acts as reinforcement of the ice making it three times stronger than normal ice. The top part is made of only ice and snow.
When I visited shortly after completion early 2015 the top part of the large dome had collapsed due to warm weather and was about to be rebuilt. The remaining structure was still impressive.
Check out the design and construction method on their project website
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
"You are sitting on the bricks of ghosts" Some interesting details seen around the arena this evening.
"HOK is the architect for the Rogers Place (the original architect was 360 Architecture, which was purchased by HOK)"
Source: www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/rogers_place/the-team.aspx
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
As a source of inspiration, I used a picture of the artist render BBB3VIZ.
BBB3VIZ is one of my contacts in Flickr, which produces massively images render spectacular.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
This is my OOAK doll and real big makeover.
When I saw the OOAK Erin of the Gloss Convention last year, and Inspired me to her be my OOAK project plan, finally I done it and show her now here.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
As a source of inspiration, I used a picture of the artist render BBB3VIZ.
BBB3VIZ is one of my contacts in Flickr, which produces massively images render spectacular.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
Un altro test di esterni.
Corona Render Engine.
Render the project and made the final image of me.
I'd like to have your opinion on the work done. !!!!!!!
This is probably one of my favorite Christmas ornaments. My sister and I grew up in the magic of Christmas, and as we grew older we never lost our love for the season. My sister always over-did Christmas. Decorating was a week-long event in her house, filled with staging areas and project plans.
I miss my sister most this time of year, but I always look and see that she is here with me, always a part of Christmas.
Theme: Tis The Season
Year Twelve Of My 365 Project
I built this little pillar drill a few years back. Drawings, castings and bar stock are from Stuart Models. Fun to make, there is a lot of friction in the wire spring drive belt. This model will become a part of the steam driven Victorian line shaft workshop I'm building in about 1/8" scale. At some time, I plan to make an alteration to this and convert the angle dive from spring belt to a bevel geared drive at 90 degrees. All in the master project plan..!
African Bull Elephant
Designed by me..made by me Q
Baking paper 120cm x 33cm rectangle for the head, ears and trunk, a small piece of baking paper for the tusks. I could have made it with one single sheet but the tusks were too small. Im quite happy with the shaping and I enjoyed making this immensely.
I also made a display case for it so can be hung on a wall to stop it getting dusty.
This is a present for the Mrs..she loves elephants and is originally from South Africa so she's feeling a bit home sick at the moment so I hope this reminds her a little of home.
I have an eveb bigger project planned as soon as I have the time, going to combine all I've learned from shaping paper with all I've learn making the Hummingbirds to make a dinosaur that I've been fascinated with for a few years now so keep your eyes peeled for it !!!
Let me know what you think of it guys !
Many thanks and Merry Christmas to you all !
Bridgewater Canal, Worsley
If you're looking for photography excellence, then I'd suggest you by-pass my next three images. I've been snapping the development of the Worsley Delph project over the last year or so, but haven't posted too many images on account of Mrs R's comment... " they look a bit s*** compared to your other stuff!" so have left them to gather the digital equivalent of dust on the hard drive.
Nevertheless, things are getting a bit exciting now and the work is due to be completed by the end of next month (personally, I can't see it, if Brexit is anything to go by, but I remain optimistic of an end date in sight, in both cases). So I have decided to post an update - warts and all!
For anyone new to this little project, Worsley is the home of the Bridgewater Canal - the first commercial canal in the world and a major contributor in the Industrial Revolution here in the North West and Manchester in particular. The Delph is the basin and entrance to the coal mines of the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater - Francis Egerton. What makes this unique is the network of underground canals that serviced the extraction of the coal - some 46 miles.
When the last coal mine in the area closed, so did this underground canal network and the site was abandoned in 1968. Ever since then it has been left to silt-up and vegetation take over apart from the odd tunnel inspections for iron ore seepage and methane gas levels. Some years ago an application was submitted for Worsley and its mining history to be granted UNESCO status but this failed. However, a £1.3m restoration scheme between The Environment Partnership (TEP) and Salford City Council plan to change that.
If you click on the album you can see the change from the start of the project to now. The stone clad island straddles the two mine entrances and a period crane is going to be erected there with "starvationer" boats floating the Delph. I'd read somewhere that the initial plan was to open the entrances to the public so you could partly enter the network of canals but the powers that be - local Water Authority and the Coal Board poo-pooed the idea on health and safety grounds... what could possibly go wrong! It remains to be seen if the basin and section back to the main canal will be desilted, which the project plans stated a depth of 1.2m.
Hopefully you can open the attached pdf, which shows the initial 2014 plan and current scheme together with artist impressions of the overall plan. Personally, I would have liked to have seen the pathway under the road bridge constructed from the 2014 plan, which would have given through access.
More in the next upload...
www.est1761.org/sites/default/files/Delph%202019%20Inform...
managed to destroy my 50mm. Yes, the one I just got a couple weeks ago. Here's a pic, though, taken with just the rear elements still in place. Front elements were in my bag...
I'm keeping the lens, and now have a project planned with it. Incredibly I've already gotten print requests, so guess those just might be coming too...