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KIlkenny Castle is a beautiful medieval castle in the centre of Kilkenny, smashing place to visit with an excellent tour and lovely gardens.
Few buildings in Ireland can boast a longer history of continuous occupation than Kilkenny Castle. Founded soon after the Norman conquest of Ireland, the Castle has been rebuilt, extended and adapted to suit changing circumstances and uses over a period of 800 years.
Today, Kilkenny Castle is open to visitors all year round and is largely a Victorian remodelling of the thirteenth century defensive Castle. Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors come to see this grand country house and walk through its fifty acres of rolling parkland with mature trees and an abundance of wildlife. Other features include a formal terraced rose garden, woodlands and a man-made lake, which were added in the nineteenth century. There is also a tearoom, playground and several orienteering trails for visitors to enjoy.
I have many fond childhood memories of jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. Cutting into a pumpkin and reaching my hand inside to remove the slimy pulp and seeds. Then carving a design after much trial and error with the layout of the facial features. Candle placement, and then lighting it up. Watching the flickering light; smelling the aroma as the heat of the candle burned the inside of the lid. And watching over the the pumpkin on Halloween night to prevent it from being carried off into the night by those intent on smashing it to smithereens. Always sad to see the pumpkin the next day. Nothing sucks away the magic of Halloween like the cold light of November 1. We always left the pumpkins out on the porch for a few days or weeks after Halloween; sad to watch as the features softened and the mouth became gummy, like an old man with no teeth. Finally the inevitable day came and the jack-o-lantern was ignominiously tossed into the woods. All of the fanfare the occasioned its arrival now a distant memory. Seems odd in a way that a simply gord would inspire terror and become the virtual icon of Halloween. Yet it just seems so right, a throwback to a simpler time.
A very very last minute decision to head towards Lands End this morning and I'm glad I did! I went there a couple of months ago to hopefully come away with a shot like this. This probably isn't my favourite shot of the day but I think it's the biggest explosion I photographed.For a sense of scale look at all the people on the cliff, I guess this has got to be 2-250 feet high
Shot with d7100 and sigma 70-300mm
Cheers
Gary
K153 with T356 at the rear (out of view) are seen here powering up Hearnes Oak with 8496 returning to Melbourne on Y112s 125th Birthday run
Unfortunately Y112 was unavailable to run tour due to boiler damage sustained the day before
Saturday 26th July 2014
Weddle and Pirelli negotiate the confines of the Beaver Dam industrial park in search of a CRYX box to pull from Ryder.
Although I've been down this lead many times while on the clock, this was my first time photographing this move.
Smashing Pumpkins @ Virgin Festival - September 9 2007
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This is a layered shot of a mirrored building that is soon to be torn down. The second layer was a picture of a crane and a wrecking ball that i took from another mirroed side of the same building and i layered them together and illustrated through Corel. I transferred the image then to Exposure 2 for a Fuji Sensia film effect. The camera was an Olympus E500 for both shots
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Royal Society Publishing Photography competition 2015
Runner up: Behaviour
An adult wild bearded capuchin monkey (Sapajus libidinosus) uses a stone tool to crack a very resistant palm nut in Fazenda Boa Vista (Piauì, Brazil). These monkeys habitually crack open very resistant palm nuts on hard surfaces using stones as percussive tools. This behaviour is considered one of the most complex form of tool use by nonhuman species seen in nature. The alpha male, weighing 4.2 kg, picked up a big stone (3.5 kg) and lifted that above his head to crack a piassava nut. Capuchin’s actions are very fast so it is hard to capture the decisive moment. In a matter of milliseconds I shot and took the photo that I wanted: the representation of capuchin monkeys' strength and beauty.
Digital adjustment: brightness and contrast, sharpening, exposure changes. Model: Canon EOS 600D. Lens: EF-S18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. Exposure: 1/640 sec; f/3,5; ISO 200. Focal length: 18,0 mm. Photo taken in Fazenda Boa Vista (Gilbués, Piauì, Brazil)
Luca Antonio Marino, Italy
Yet another daylight NYS&W SU-100 throttles out through Pompton Lakes with SD60 3810 showing some handrail and nose damage after hitting a tree on the CNYK the night before.
NYS&W SU-100 @ Pompton Lakes, NJ
NYSW SD60 #3810
NYSW SD60 #3804
Music: Right Click and select "Open link in new tab"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOG3eus4ZSo
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Pumpkins grow in the dark
Standen NT Gardens Sussex- www.adamswaine.co.uk
Standen House and Garden
Arts and Crafts family home with Morris & Co. interiors, set in a beautiful hillside garden
The Groyne on Brighton seafront has taken a battering from the waves these last few days and the wall at the end submerged under the breaking wave in the photo has actually collapsed,
at a lookout (look down) point
Chaudière Falls, Ottawa
hydroottawa.com/en/blog/discover-chaudiere-falls-where-ot...
film taken out of a Kodak Funsaver disposable
Having cleared the temporary speed reduction around the bend, 3642 puts the foot down again, climbing Sheils Hill with 6S63 "Thirlmere Flyer". The train had left the museum in the early hours of the morning fro Sydney having to also twist the whole consist via Chullora before heading into town and then back for the Festival of Steam.