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While I may have observed the Rule of Thirds, I confess I've committed mortal photographic sins here in the name of 'art'. Ever take a photo and say to yourself, 'Self, that's nice, but what if...." and before long you end up with an image that is way, way dramatically different than the original, but appeals to you more? (Sure you have.) A tweak here with the colour temp; a tweak there with the contrast; and then the editing drugs kick in and you're slamming those sliders left and right until the pixels quit talking to each other and leave the room. "Sorry," I say, "I don't mean to offend -- it's just that you, my digital friend, look more dramatic if I crop out all but a tenth of the original image," ...Rendering it a blob of noise and blur. "But it's Art," I exclaim, in self-defence. "People will applaud my Vision-thing, and maybe even the Flickr algorithm gods will smile down and decide it is Explore-worthy..." Uh, sure.... Maybe I need rehab; put the S1 on eBay, cancel my Adobe subscription, and shoot film again, leaving it to the kid at the pharmacy to send away my rolls for processing, just as his father did, back in the photographic Stone Age.
Turf church from the village of Hof in the Eastern Region of Iceland.
This photo is offered under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to this image on my Flickr page.
Flickr resolution: 1800 x 1414 px
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Taken on the first floor of Bromley House Library, Nottingham, 2018 - Bromley House is a private subscription library founded in 1816.
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A water pump in Lewes, Sussex.
Created in 1874 by subscription, meaning it was built or created through donations or payments made by a group of people. I can't find any info to show how long it was used for, but it's good to see the cup on its chain is still there.
It looks to have been restored at some point during the 1800s as well, but it's difficult to see the date.
This is an experiment in tone mapping. Everything in the image is real, just processed in software instead of in camera. Silkypix does not do a great job of recovering shadows in an image which has been intentionally underexposed to capture highlights, so this was created in a trial version of Affinity Photo which is another subscription-free, non catalogue based photo editor. The tone mapping tools make it easy to generate reasonably realistic results although this one was based on a creative preset. In the original image, the foreground is almost black, so it certainly does the job and generates fewer artifacts than my other tone mapping-capable software, Corel Paintshop Pro.
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Long exposure autumn waterfall from Ricketts Glen State Park near Benton, Pennsylvania (USA).
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Flickr resolution: 1200 x 1800 px
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Perth Bridge (also known as Smeaton's Bridge, locally, the Old Bridge and in the local dialect of Scots, "the Auld Brig") is a toll-free bridge in the city of Perth, Scotland. It spans the River Tay, connecting Perth, on the eastern side of the river, to Bridgend, on its western side, carrying both automotive and pedestrian traffic of West Bridge Street (the A85). It is a Category A listed structure.
The bridge was completed in October 1771,which places it in the Georgian era; however, its plaque states the year in which construction began, 1766, as its "built" date. The engineer of its construction was John Smeaton, after whom the bridge is named.
Funded by Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, the government, and public subscription, the bridge was put to the test three years after its completion. In February 1774, during a quick thaw, broken ice became wedged under the arches and created a natural dam. Large sections of Perth, including both of its Inches, were flooded. The bridge, however, stood firm. It has survived many subsequent floods, and marks documenting these levels are visible on one of its piers.An increase in traffic resulted in the bridge being widened in 1869 by A.D. Stewart. Its stone parapets were removed, and footpaths projected over iron brackets.
Miscellaneous shots from recent trips to London... 4 posts.
St. Johns school in Wapping, founded in 1695 with Girls and Boys segregated - long before the term "gender neutral" was ever thought of! A lot of Wapping has recently been redeveloped so it was pleasing to find a few buildings being preserved and showing things as they used to be...
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A 24mm wide angle low level tilt view of Stroud Subscription Rooms, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.
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The sails of the subscription mill at North Leverton turn merrily in the warm summer breeze.
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THE TOWER OF REFUGE, ALSO KNOWN AS ST. MARYâS ISLE, IS A SMALL STRUCTURE ERECTED UPON A PARTIALLY SUBMERGED GRANITE REEF, ORIGINALLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING SHELTER TO SHIPWRECK VICTIMS UNTIL HELP COULD ARRIVE.
SITUATED IN DOUGLAS BAY, THE TOWER CAME INTO BEING AFTER RNLI FOUNDER WILLIAM HILLARY PETITIONED FOR A SANCTUARY TO BE BUILT ON ST MARY'S ISLE. A PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION PLUS ÂŁ78 OF SIR WILLIAM'S OWN MONEY MET THE BUILDING COSTS OF ÂŁ250. TOWER OF REFUGE WAS COMPLETED IN 1832 AND IS 12.5 METERS HIGH AND 52 METERS AROUND ITS CIRCUMFERENCE.
THE REEF ON WHICH IT IS BUILT WAS PREVIOUSLY OFTEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE AND SINKING OF SHIPS AND SO THE TOWER PROVIDED BOTH A VISIBLE WARNING FOR INCOMING SHIPS AND A REFUGE FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS.
THE TOWER IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HOWEVER ACCESS IS DIFFICULT DUE TO ITS LOCATION. WHEN THE TIDE IS LOW ENOUGH, IT IS A POPULAR ACTIVITY TO VENTURE OUT IN THE BAY TO THE TOWER. VISITORS DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK AND MUST BE AWARE OF RISING TIDES TO AVOID BECOMING STRANDED.
THE TOWER OF REFUGE ALSO FEATURES ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF AN ISLE OF MAN 5 PENCE COIN.
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Recently restored Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Subscription Club Car no. 2454 is seen on the end of the Whippany Railway Museum's excursion train on May 19, 2024, during the museum's 175th Anniversary of the CNJ event. Originally built by Barney & Smith in 1912 as open platform subscription car 484, the car was converted to a vestibule-equipped multiple unit (MU) trailer in the 1930s by American Car & Foundry. It was one of only five MU subscription cars built for the railroad, and operated on a service between Hoboken and Gladstone catering to the wealthy members of the club. Notably the car was the only Lackawanna MU to ever receive air conditioning, and was the lead car on multiple farewell runs for these cars, including the very last NJ Transit train that used the Lackawanna MUs in 1984. Car 2454 was acquired by the United Railway Historical Society of NJ, which began restoration of it in 2014. Exterior restoration was completed by 2018 and the car was moved to Whippany in 2019, where interior restoration would take place, coming to completion in 2021.
The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. In addition to public subscription, it was partially funded by contributions from a number of foreign donors, including Italian national leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. Completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead at a cost of ÂŁ18,000, the monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style.
The tower stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley.
A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms. Inside is also a Hall of Heroes, a series of busts of famous Scots, effectively a small national Hall of Fame.
The Kendal memorial stands in Market Place, Kendal and takes the form of a serviceman atop a pedestal with laurel wreaths at each corner, there is a four-stepped base. There are 316 names for World War 1 and 168 names for World War 2. The memorial was sponsored by public subscription and unveiled by Colonel J W Weston in 1921; the sculptor was C W Coombes.
In June 1927, William Jolly, the Mayor of Brisbane and chairman of QNAMEC launched a public appeal for subscriptions to fund the memorial. The following year an architectural competition for the design of the memorial was held, with the stipulation that the cost of its creation could not exceed ÂŁ10,000. More than 50 entries were submitted and the ÂŁ100 first prize was awarded to Sydney architects Stafford Harman Buchanan and Frederick Mountford Cowper.
In October of that year, the state and federal governments signed a formal agreement to grant the land for Anzac Square, while also agreeing to erect complementary buildings on either side of the memorial.
Construction by F.J. Corbett and Sons occurred between 1929 and 1930, under the supervision of Alfred H, Foster, the City Architect. The original aim was for the site to be completed by Anzac Day 1930. However, construction proceeded slower than initially anticipated.
The first event was held at Anzac Square on 24 May 1930, when a bronze commemorative tablet was unveiled by the Governor Sir John Goodwin and was attended by around 1000 people, including returned soldiers. At this stage Anzac Square was only partially completed, with construction continuing until late October that year.
At its completion Anzac Square cost a total of ÂŁ19,000, more expensive than initially planned. The Sunday Mail declared Anzac Square âa Reminder in Stone and Marbleâ and âequal to any in the southern hemisphereâ (Sunday Mail, 9 Nov 1930, pg. 20).
Following his address, Sir Goodwin lit the Eternal Flame, the first of its type in Australia.
I am currently familiarising myself with Luminar Neo, for which I have purchased a two-year subscription, having become a little tired of the increasing cost of maintaining my ON1 Photo RAW product for seemingly minor incremental gains in capability. As part of my familiarisation, I decided to look at testing background removal and layer masking by taking a previously posted shot (âDone Shoppingâ) and making an âAdamski Effectâ image out of it.
The Adamski Effect uses multiple images, combined to create a single, composite image. The most common application is to render one element of the photo in focus, with the remainder of the image subjected to motion add/or gaussian blur effects. It is named after the Polish photographer and digital artist Antoni Adamski.
The original image was shot using a (manual focus) Samyang 85mm f/1.4 lens mounted to a A7 with using a Pentax K mount adapter form Fotodiox. It was shot at f/1.4 with and exposure of 1/400that ISO 400.
Copyright © Dave Sexton. All Rights Reserved.
This image is protected under international copyright laws and agreements. No part of the image or the Flickr Photostream to which is belongs may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the Copyright ownerâs prior permission.
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last month of the subscription [that went fast!] going out early this month as i'll be out of town. subscription to be back later this year in time for the holidays!
Project: Fremantle Cemetery Heritage Walk: Location No. 11 William Edward Marmion (1845 -1896), Merchant and politician
This photo documents the grave site (No. 343) of Mr William Edward Marmion. William Marmion was the son of Patrick Marmion, who had come to Fremantle as an indentured servant. By the time William was born, his father was a wealthy merchant.
William began work at 16. He was a master mariner at 21 and soon established his own business, W E Marmion and Co. The company was involved in merchandising, pearling and maritime activities. William Marmion was also an early station owner in the Kimberley, where he leased millions of hectares of grasslands. He also established mining companies.
Marmion married Anna Gibbons in the Fremantle Catholic Church in 1870. They had nine children.
On the introduction of representative government in 1870, Marmion was defeated for the Fremantle seat but was appointed an unofficial nominee member of the Legislative Council. He was elected for Fremantle in 1873 and until his death remained its member, from 1890 in the Legislative Assembly. Premier (Sir) John Forrest appointed him commissioner of crown lands and minister for mines in 1890. Under Marmion the gold-mining industry became the economic vehicle which transformed a quiet backwater into a colony attracting enormous international interest. He had financial acumen and understood the infrastructure requirements needed to service rapidly increasing trade and population. He was a member of the finance committee of the Legislative Council and of the National Australasian Federal Convention of 1891 in Sydney where he took no prominent part.
Marmion's sudden death from liver disease on 4 July 1896 caused widespread grief. It was reported that more people attended his funeral than any other in the colony to that time and that the streets of Perth were lined with thousands of citizens. He was buried in the Catholic cemetery, Fremantle. He died intestate with his affairs in some confusion. A monument, a huge Celtic cross, was erected in Mayor's Park, Fremantle, by public subscription.
Sources: Fremantle Cemetery Heritage Walk Trail One and Australian Dictionary of Biography.
After the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901, Lord Curzon, who was then Viceroy of India, placed before the public the question of setting up a fitting memorial to the Queen. He suggested that the most suitable memorial would be a "stately", spacious, monumental and grand building surrounded by an exquisite garden. The princes and people of India responded generously to his appeal for funds and the total cost of construction of this monument amounting to one crore, five lakhs of rupees, was entirely derived from their voluntary subscriptions.The building is 184 ft high upto the base of the figure of Victory, which is another 16 ft high. The groups of figures above the north porch represent Motherhood, Prudence and Learning. Surrounding the main dome are figures of Art, Architecture, Justice, Charity etc. The Memorial is situated on a 64 acres of land with the building covering 338 ft by 228ft. King George V, then the Prince of Wales, laid the foundation stone on January 4, 1906 and it was formally opened to the public in 1921.
Oslo is all snowy and gray now, it is hard to believe that the sun still is out there. When the time is like this, it is nice to go back in the archive and find one of those sunsets, close the eyes and think back...
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I'm still experimenting with my new ND 3.0 filter, I just love the 60 second exposure effect on moving clouds and water :)
Photo:
- Canon 40D
- Sigma 10-20mm
- B+W 110 ND 3.0 Filter
- Tripod
- 7 RAW exposures converted to DNG (-10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 +2)
- 2, 4, 8, 15, 30, 60 sec at f/22, 60 sec at f/11ISO100 10mm (35mm eq: 16mm)
Post Processing:
HDR & Tone Mapping done in Photomatix.
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Comments and critique are as always welcome.
In and out of Explore. Thanks a lot to all my Flickr friends :)
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