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At Pillar Point Harbor, just north of Half Moon Bay, California. Kind of strange lighting that day made for some interesting conditions, and cool B&W shots.
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God be with us all.
Access granted in this secured government building, surprised by the inside architecture, in a hurry for my meeting, no camera other than my smartphone. Decided to aim for a single wide angle shot. Leaning forward to look further down ... no worries, a transparent wall will protect you from falling. It is revealing itself on both floors through the checkered pattern.
A new addition to my series Lines and Planes.
Surprising compositions in the everyday, a special view of buildings, interiors ... lines made abstract. I hope the intention comes across.
If you get curious about this series visit Lines and planes
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If you click on the image and look close, you will see that the various metal parts were clearly hand-made.
Wow.
Being "insecurely secured" is, in this case, actually a good sign. This is the closure of a barn door. It is right next to where the farm family offers products of their labors to the public. The fresh flowers, fruit, vegetables, etc. are sold via an honor system. Prices are displayed for each product. You take what you want, add up your bill, and drop money into a little locked box.
The barn and its outdoor sales area are not on the main road, so there is potentially an opportunity for theft and worse. It apparently happens rarely if at all; an encouraging sign in our troubled times.
Location: Village of Oetlingen, District of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg DE.
In my album: Dan^s Doors and Gates.
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b for bottle
c for closeup
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l for lid
m for miniature
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s for secure
t for treasure
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Miniature bottles with 'real' gemstones secured by cork lids. The bottles are no taller than an inch.
Shot with Sony 90mm macro lens on Sony a6500.
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In the mid 1800s, the United States of America was growing. The Louisiana purchase of 1803 was secured after the War of 1812 and Florida was purchased from Spain in 1819. The population grew from just 4 million in 1790 to 20 million in 1845. The desire of many in the new nation was to expand westward as it was seen as Americas destiny to rule from sea to shining sea and to expand the Anglo-Saxon American way of life. Some Americans moved into the Mexican territory of Texas where they would soon start a revolt in 1836 and declare their desire to join the U.S., which succeeded in 1845. In the following year, the United States and Great Britain came to an agreement regarding the Oregon country resulting in American claims over the territory south of the 49th parallel being solidified, with the exception of Vancouver island. The Mexicans were outraged by the annexation of Texas, and war between the U.S. and Mexico broke out soon after lasting until 1848. The Mexicans would lose more than half of their territory including California. This would pave the way for further American settlement westwards. However, these territories were home various Native American tribes who previously resisted Spanish and Mexican authority. Unlike the Spanish and the Mexicans, the average American was armed and could mostly fend for themselves against Indian attacks.
The idea of Manifest Destiny was achieved, for now. The United States more than doubled its territory since its founding and was able to consolidate its gains with American settlers in the long term. Many of these settlers and pioneers sought to start a new life, or get rich quick in the California gold rush. Further expansion would resume after the American Civil War of 1861-1865 where the United States would expand beyond continental North America, but that is a story for another day.
For the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, I decided to build something related to the settlers and pioneers who built this country. In my opinion, they don’t get enough credit in modern day America. I’ll likely revisit American westward expansion in the future, so stay tuned.
Credit for the covered wagon goes to Evancelt
My 11 year old god daughter has recently secured herself a modelling agent and this is one of her portfolio pictures i was lucky enough to take for her!
Okay, not sure how much sense this makes, but I just wanted to say... this is what I strive for. When I'm walking the streets, this is what I want.
Something that someone built, with bright colours, something odd, like the shape of the image (this one is square), and a few almosts. Almost symmetrical, almost patterned, almost balanced... And leaving just a few questions unanswered, like why the left white strip? Why the stickers? Why are two of the windows different? Why is the paint all gone from the lower part? Why blue? Why does it look so full? What might be in there?
Traveling Moon (2022)
The nine day old Moon carves a path across the western sky in this five hour exposure on Ilford FP4 Plus. This is a cropped section from the original 4x5 frame. I had to awaken at 1:45 AM to end the exposure and secure the filmholder, which was perfectly dry. A rare night with no dew.
Toyo 45AR Nikkor 90mm F/4.5 Ilford FP4 Plus Five Hours Exposure Time.
This is how I prefer to spend my time.
Michael Kenna's Full Moon Rise, Chausey Islands, France, 2007 was the original inspiration for this photo.
Buildings in strong sunshine, with a background of dark cloud: always one of my favourite types of lighting conditions for photography!
This is Clayton Street, in Newcastle upon Tyne's Grainger Town district, the historic heart of the city centre, incorporating classical streets built by Richard Grainger, a builder and developer, between 1824 and 1841. It is one of the finest townscapes in Europe. These buildings are predominantly four storeys, with vertical dormers, domes, turrets and spikes.
The area decayed quite badly between the 1960s and 1980s, with both the residential population and the number of commerical tenants collapsing thanks to suburbanisation. Around a quarter of the original scheme's buildings were demolished from this period. A programme of property development and environmental enhancement was started in 1993 with Newcastle City Council and the English Heritage to tackle most of the worst buildings at risk and stop the decline of the area. Between 1997 and 2003, city leaders, national government, and the heritage sector worked together to secure £174 million of investment into the area, £146 million from the private sector. This, at least for another generation, secured the future of Grainger Town.
The street is named for John Clayton, antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne during the nineteenth century. He worked with the builder Richard Grainger and architect John Dobson to redevelop the centre of the city in a neoclassical style and also did much to preserve the Roman-era Hadrian's Wall.
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We set up in a field 100+ yards away from the nest and waited...it was spectacular to watch them enter and exit through these criss crossed branches. Both of them came and left the same way. Fascinating!
What keeps your life on track? Do you want to end well? The clearer our vision is the more secure we will be. The book of Proverbs says "Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint".
Carsington Water - Reservoir in England
Carsington Water is the ninth largest reservoir in England. At its highest level the reservoir can hold 7,800 million gallons of water.
When full, the reservoir is 31 metres deep – the height of seven double decker buses.
When I visited, the reservoir was full to capacity.
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