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Flinders Ranges South Australia
Someone made a comment to me that the Ball of Light has been an inspiration to them, and has helped them try to become better at the art of light painting. It made me think.......a lot.
It is a miracle of our age that we as normal (speaking for myself) folks can learn and grow with our "art" by watching, communicating and learning from other like minded people.
I bought my first camera (non point and shoot) a year ago now. I had no idea what I was doing. And now am producing photos that people actually contemplate parting with money for.
All of this through a 13 inch piece of glass with a few black squares in front of it with letters attached. I have learned so much from the Flickr community. I have a full time job that is mind sapping, so sometimes lack motivation to get out and try. I log on to Flickr, look at your incredibly stunning and inspirational work and just want to get out and GO HARD.
That my own work has this effect on anyone makes me feel fantastic, humbled and excited. I also think it is watching peoples work grow, and seeing people experiment with new and wonderful things that amazes me.
Light painting is art! People just dont get it unless they see it being done, or have a go themselves. The crawling around in mud, climbing over fences and freezing our arses off. But it is art. And we are a community of artists feeding and learning from each other and growing as people and a community.
Tackyshack, Digicord(both of you), Rustling L, MM, MU, The Captain and all you other crazy people amaze and inspire me and I feel humbled that someone would suggest I inspire them. My main inspiration is my Wife Kyrie (www.messagemark.com.au), she constantly encourages me to grow my work. She tolerates me leaving and coming at weird hours. Always helps me to stay pumped when I am wrecked. I love her and respect her own creativity more than anything (OMG Denis this is all getting a bit dramatic isnt it)!
And I have never seen one hater either which is a blessing.
I think the Ball of Light is my alter ego, and I think it is very happy and loves being around.
GO HARD KIDS
Denis
Originally built as a fortification by the French in 1726 and enlarged in 1755. Old Fort Niagara, Niagara Falls State Park, Youngstown, New York.
Inside the ruined keep of Hopton Castle, just outside the small village of Hopton Castle (South Shropshire, in the Welsh Borders region of western England), on a mostly sunny morning at the beginning of June 2015. In the background, half-timbered houses, characteristic of the Welsh Borders, can be seen.
The castle originated as an Anglo-Norman site, located by an earlier settlement -- there had been a late Anglo-Saxon manor there. The keep, all that remains, has Anglo-Norman features of the 11th or 12th century, but it may have been built during the 1260s (1264 being the date of the earliest surviving written record of it) in a deliberately "archaic" style. During the "English" Civil War (which actually involved Wales, Scotland, and Ireland as well as England), it was held by Parliamentarians until it was taken by Royalists during a fierce siege in 1644. The part of the structure that survived the siege subsequently fell into disrepair and ruin. A restoration project begun in 2006 shored up walls, conserved plaster, added railings for safety, and provided explanatory panels; the restored site opened to the public in December 2011.
Hopton Castle is located in a quiet valley off a side road not far from the border between southwestern Shropshire and northwestern Herefordshire.
(Information about the castle from the Hopton Castle Preservation Trust website and Wikipedia, both last consulted 30 July 2019.)
[Hopton Castle keep interior doorway 2015 jun 3 c; IMG_5371]
Locanda del Gallo, restaurant. Traditional trulli stacked-stone houses. Alberobello, Apulia, Italy. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier. A UNESCO Word Heritage Site. Enjoyable spot, but someone must have been owed a favor.
Window detail on Bluestone House. Helena,Montana.
Link provided for more information on the Bluestone House.
Another of the St Mary's that I stumbled over in Lincolnshire. This is in the tiny place of Thoresway, a few houses and farm and that's all.
A three exposure image merged in Photomatix 3.2.7
Isle of Arran, Scotland. Church of Scotland.
A massive campanile tower over 90ft high sits above this Gothic-style, red sandstone building by H & D Barclay 1886. The church was built by 12th Duke of Hamilton to replace an earlier building of 1773. Boarded, barrel-vaulted ceiling and carved, wooden tripartite Gothic sedilia. The tower hosts a peal of nine bells played every Sunday before service, the largest peal still existing cast for a Scottish church in a Scottish foundry.
The church was closed at the end of 2023.
Looking back at Dore Abbey (in the village of Abbey Dore, southwestern Herefordshire, in the Welsh Borders area of western England), just before climbing up to Ewyas Harold Common, on a mostly sunny morning in mid-October.
The original Cistercian abbey was founded in 1147, and much of its building work was undertaken during the 12th and 13th centuries. Much of the sandstone abbey fell into ruin after the Dissolution of English and Welsh monasteries of 1536. The surviving part visible here now serves as the parish church, which was restored in the 1630s, the first decade of the 18th century, and then the first decade of the 20th century. In addition, some arches and foundations of other structures remain. The height of the south transept gives some indication of the abbey church's original size.
(The village name is also sometimes spelled as one word, Abbeydore. Historical information from the Herefordshire Environment Record online register at the Herefordshire Through Time site and from the Friends of Dore Abbey website, both last consulted 6 December 2014.)
(From the "archive" -- 2008.)
[Abbey Dore Dore Abbey autumn colour morning walk 2008 oct 12 1119 c; IMG_1847]
Church on the main place (square) in the village of Chenonceaux (in the département of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre Region of central France), on an overcast afternoon in late May 2009.
This small church, Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, was probably built during the 12th century, as a Romanesque structure; its nave was reconstructed in 1515, including the seashells (coquilles) that can be seen in this view over the west entrance. It features a wood-framed bell tower (clocher de charpente).
Situated along and near the River Cher, Chenonceaux is best known as the location of the Renaissance Château de Chenonceau, one of the "Loire Valley châteaux." The name of the château lacks the final "x" present in the village name.
(Information from la base Mérimée (reference number PA00097655), an architectural heritage database of the Ministère de la culture, and the French Wikipédia, both last consulted 18 December 2018.)
Please note that the region's name when this picture was taken in 2009 was Centre, but in 2015, as a result of the merger of regions, the name was changed to Centre-Val de Loire.
(From the "archive" -- 2009.)
[Chenonceaux Village place church afternoon 2009 may 28 c; IMG_2751]
Rattray Head Lighthouse was established in 1895 off the Aberdeenshire coast just 10 miles north of Fraserburgh and engineered by David Alan Stevenson. Rattray Head Lighthouse is a listed building of Architectural and Historical interest.
In 1904, the Kentucky General Assembly chose Frankfort (rather than Lexington or Louisville) as the location for the state capital and appropriated $1 million for the construction of a permanent state capitol building, to be located in southern Frankfort. The official ground-breaking was August 14, 1905 and construction was completed in 1909 at a cost of $1,180,434.80. The building was dedicated on June 2, 1910.
The capitol was designed by Frank Mills Andrews, a distinguished and award-winning architect. He used the Beaux-Arts style and included many classical French interior designs. The staircases, for example, are replicas of those of the Opéra Garnier in Paris.
The stone building was constructed in 1922 as a hydroelectric generating station. Abandoned from 1956 to 1985, it was converted into the McColman Fish Hatchery by the Algoma Fish and Recreation Association- - -up to 800,000 chinook salmon and pickerel are released annually into local waters. The village of Little Rapids lies within Huron Shores township; in 2011, Huron Shores population was 1723.
8 second exposure with a six stop solid neutral density filter (B+W ND106). Processed in Nik Software Color Efex.
Some of our alleys in downtown Guelph have graffiti. Whilst some of it is kind of imaginative like this piece (and I'm a fan of quality street art) most is of a rather simple, talentless nature.
A great looking two-tone VW Beetle at the gathering at Elsham Hall not that far from Scunthorpe this weekend. There's a lot of hanging around at these events - waiting for people to move out the way while you're taking photos. I know that sounds cheeky, but I'm only at these events for photos.....afterall, it's what I do.
L'Église de Saint-Martin, the church in the small village of Vouzeron (in the département of Cher, located in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central France), on a mostly clear late afternoon in late October 2016.
The church was originally established in 843 AD, the time when the village first appears in the records. Parts of the current building were restored in the late 19th century (choir restored ca. 1875, then nave and bell tower, based on an architectural restoration plan dated 1881).
It is on the central place (square) in the village. After a hot summer and warm September, only touches of autumn colour appear on the trees.
(Historical information from the official Vouzeron website, consulted 25 February 2017, and from Mérimée (reference number IA00010973), an architectural heritage database of the Ministère de la culture, consulted 3 September 2018.)
[Vouzeron walk church evening 2016 oct 22 f; DSCF1096]
this old clock tower, on the derelict dickson's and laings, wilton mills. (wultin mill) is a 100+ years old building and is now just used by the local feral pigeons, and is about to be demolished (part demolished) the powers of above say. they reckon they will save the old clock tower, and the baronial tower at the back, and build it into the new building, "will they ???" only time will tell. if it all goes, the hue and cry will be as loud as thunder, as this is one local landmark the people of this town want to keep, there is not much from the past left now, of the grey auld toon - historic scotland should pay more attention to this one. hawick, scottish borders, scotland.
Beardshear Hall
Earlier this year we happened to be in Ames on a Sunday morning. It was a nice day and thought it would be fun to walk the campus we spent so much time on in our young adulthood. A lot has changed and yet not so much from the late 70's and early 80's. It was nice to see that the central campus was still a central campus, and the old buildings that give this place character are still standing tall. Most have been renovated, looking good and still functioning in the pursuit of higher learning.
This is a project I've been contemplating for some time, and it so happened the day was perfect. Enjoy the walk
Note: I hope to do this again when there are students about and when I'm able to get into the buildings.
Side view shows the design elements and carvings of the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel - along with the bronze sculpture of the Horses of St Mark on top.
Brodick castle on the Isle of Arran , Scotland. This is the original entrance and there would have been a drawbridge here and not a bridge.
This is the building of the old Mountain Crest Academy in northeastern Franklin County, Arkansas. It is located at a high point along the road from Combs, Arkansas to White Rock Mountain. The building was constructed in 1917 by the Presbyterian Church and served as a mission school until 1931. The first floor contained classrooms and a library and the second floor a boys dormitory. (A second building across the road served as the girls dormitory.) At that time it was the only school offering 12 grades in this rural region. After sitting empty for several years, in the early 1940s, it was sold to a Pentacostal Church which used it as a summer camp for a few years before selling it to a local farmer.
Looking down 'Steep Hill' toward city centre. The building on the far right is known as the 'Jews Court' originally built c.1170 but was altered in the early 17th century and became a Grade 1 listed building in 1953. It is now the headquarters of the 'Lincolnshire History and Archaeology'
Such a nice spring setting for the church of St. Peter's ad Vincula in Bottesford, North Lincolnshire. The new leaves add to the dappled light of the sun on this perfect spring afternoon in April 2015.
Postcard with a photo of the Alamo church in San Antonio, Texas. Sent to a Postcrossing member in Germany.
A panoramic view of East London including the Tower Bridge over the River Thames and the Tower of London in the foreground
Sala de Contractació, Llotja de la Seda, 15th Century AD -16th Century AD. Spain, Aragon, Valencia. Copyright 2019, James A. Glazier. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The main hall (Sala de Contractació) was built by Pere Compte between 1483–1498.
Steps leading up to the lavoir -- washing-house or laundry -- on the edge of the village of Blacy (in the Avallonais area of the Yonne département, Bourgogne / Burgundy, in eastern France), on a long, partly clear mid-October evening (in 2016, on a return visit to a spot where we had been in June 2009).
The lavoirs were public places where women could do -- or at least rinse -- their laundry, often functioning as social gathering places in the process. Historic lavoirs are common in Yonne, as they are in Burgundy and France in general; as interest in them has grown, maps and guides showing visitors their location have been prepared. Frequently, although not invariably, they are located on the site of small springs, since springs provided clean running water. In this view, there is a small trickle of water in a channel beside the steps.
The age of this particular lavoir is uncertain. Although it is popularly known as the "lavoir romain" or "Roman wash-house," it is unlikely to be so old; it is probably medieval. ("Romain" should perhaps be "roman," i.e., Romanesque.)
[Blacy lavoir steps sign evening light 2016 oct 15 f; DSCF0598]
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After visiting the rock-carved David Gareja Monastery complex, we continued our journey toward the remote Natlismtsemeli Monastery — a short but striking drive through the vast, semi-desert landscape of eastern Georgia. The route from Udabno is little more than a dusty two-track road winding across golden hills. Although we were driving a Toyota RAV4, the path became increasingly rough, with deep ruts, loose stones, and steep inclines. Yet it was absolutely worth it: silence, open space, and breathtaking views stretched endlessly in every direction. Arriving at the base of the monastery, we looked up at the impressive cliff face, into which the Natlismtsemeli Monastery is quite literally carved. Clinging to the rock wall are cave chapels, monks’ cells, and modest stone buildings — some embedded in the stone, others perched above it. Overlooking it all stands a weathered, round watchtower, once used to monitor the vast border plains below. What makes this place truly special is its authentic, untouched atmosphere. Though still an active monastery with a small number of monks living on site, it receives very few visitors. In fact, today we were the only ones there. The presence of the monastic community is quiet yet tangible: a wooden bell hanging from a rope, an open door hinting at the rhythm of secluded religious life — far from the noise of the modern world. Natlismtsemeli feels like a place outside of time — a spiritual retreat where faith and landscape merge into one. No crowds, no entrance fees, no souvenirs. Only stone, sky, silence, and centuries of devotion.
The journey from David Gareja to the remote Natlismtsemeli Monastery leads through Georgia’s wild, semi-desert terrain — a landscape shaped by silence, wind, and vast golden hills. The road is rough and secluded, but the reward is a peaceful cliffside monastery carved into the rock, with a lone watchtower overlooking the borderlands. Still inhabited by a handful of monks, Natlismtsemeli remains largely undiscovered. That day, we were the only visitors — surrounded by stillness, stone, and centuries of quiet devotion. Just below the monastery, we passed a simple white cross standing alone on the slope — a traditional pilgrim cross. Often placed along sacred routes, it invites travelers to pause in silence before reaching holy ground. Weathered and unmarked, it felt like a quiet gesture of welcome — or a reminder to enter with humility.
Na ons bezoek aan het uit rotsen gehouwen David Gareja-kloostercomplex, trokken we verder naar het afgelegen Natlismtsemeli-klooster — een korte maar indrukwekkende rit dwars door het uitgestrekte, halfwoestijnachtige landschap van Oost-Georgië. De route vanaf Udabno bestaat uit een smalle, stoffige tweesporenweg die zich door gouden heuvels slingert. Hoewel we reden in een Toyota RAV4, werd het pad steeds ruiger, met diepe kuilen, losse stenen en steile hellingen. Toch was het de moeite meer dan waard: stilte, leegte en adembenemende uitzichten vergezelden ons tot aan de horizon. Aangekomen onderaan het klooster, keken we omhoog naar deze indrukwekkende bergwand, waarin het Natlismtsemeli-klooster letterlijk is uitgehouwen. Tegen de rotsflank liggen grotkapellen, cellen en eenvoudige stenen gebouwen, deels verzonken in het gesteente, deels erbovenop gebouwd. Daarboven torent een verweerde, ronde wachttoren uit — ooit een strategisch uitkijkpunt over de verlaten grensvlakte. Wat deze plek zo bijzonder maakt, is de authentieke, verstilde sfeer. Hoewel het tot op de dag van vandaag een werkend klooster is, en er nog altijd monniken wonen, is het nauwelijks bezocht. Vandaag waren wij zelfs de enige bezoekers. De aanwezigheid van de monniken is discreet maar voelbaar; een houten bel hangt aan een touw, een open deur verraadt het ritme van het kloosterleven, ergens ver weg van de moderne wereld. Natlismtsemeli voelt als een plaats die zich onttrekt aan tijd — een spirituele enclave waar geloof en landschap samensmelten. Geen drukte, geen entree, geen souvenirs. Alleen rots, lucht, stilte en eeuwenoude toewijding.
One of a large number of old stone churches in the downtown Guelph area. Many of these churches have either been re-purposed or share their facilities with several religious groups and charity organisations.
Side streets in the new city (19th Century AD). Ostuni, the "White City." Apulia, Italy. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
The Crystal River Old City Hall is a historic building in Crystal River, Florida, in the United States. It is located at 532 North Citrus Avenue, off U.S. 19/98. On May 29, 1998, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The building now houses the Coastal Heritage Museum, operated by the Citrus County Historical Society. Exhibits focus on the early history of the west side of Citrus County, Florida and include a 1929 diorama of downtown Citrus Avenue, a fish house facade, and an original jail cell. Admission is free.
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This is the 'old church on the hill', otherwise known as All Saints church, just outside the village of Walesby in Lincolnshire. The long distance country walk the 'Viking Way' goes right through the church yard and is marked on gates at either end of the graveyard. Inside the church there's a list of previous vicars and they have traced history back here to the 13th century.