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I made this photo months ago when I was hurting from a friend.
Always looking for the positive, I pushed through the pain, explored somewhere I wasn't familiar with and turned that negative energy into this photograph that I am very proud of. It took a lot of work, more than I anticipated. Being one of my first levitations ever I learned a lot from this photograph. At first I wasn't very happy with the result but as the months passed not only was I able to separate the raw emotions that I experienced and associated with this photograph but I also had the time to figure out what I didn't think was working with the photograph and fix it.
Now, I'm excited and pleased to share it with all of you!
Occasionally we fall, but time heals all wounds.
The model is my best friend, my rock: Reyna Calvillo
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Belton House is a Grade I listed country house in Belton near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. The mansion is surrounded by formal gardens and a series of avenues leading to follies within a larger wooded park. Belton has been described as a compilation of all that is finest of Carolean architecture, the only truly vernacular style of architecture that England had produced since the Tudor period. The house has also been described as the most complete example of a typical English country house; the claim has even been made that Belton's principal facade was the inspiration for the modern British motorway signs which give directions to stately homes. Only Brympton d'Evercy has been similarly lauded as the perfect English country house. For three hundred years, Belton House was the seat of the Brownlow and Cust family, who had first acquired land in the area in the late 16th century. Between 1685 and 1688 Sir John Brownlow and his wife had the present mansion built. Despite great wealth they chose to build a modest country house rather than a grand contemporary Baroque palace. The contemporary, if provincial, Carolean style was the selected choice of design. However, the new house was fitted with the latest innovations such as sash windows for the principal rooms, and more importantly completely separate areas for the staff. As the Brownlows rose from baronets to barons upward to earls and then once again became barons, successive generations made changes to the interior of the house which reflected their changing social position and tastes, yet the fabric and design of the house changed little. Following World War I (a period when the Machine Gun Corps was based in the park), the Brownlows, like many of their peers, were faced with mounting financial problems. In 1984 they gave the house away—complete with most of its contents. The recipients of their gift, the National Trust, today fully open Belton to the public. It is in a good state of repair and visited by many thousands of tourists each year The Brownlow family, a dynasty of lawyers, began accumulating land in the Belton area from approximately 1598. In 1609 they acquired the reversion of the manor of Belton itself from the Pakenham family, who finally sold the manor house to Sir John Brownlow I in 1619. The old house was situated near the church in the garden of the present house and remained largely unoccupied, since the family preferred their other houses elsewhere. John Brownlow had married an heiress but was childless. He became attached to two of his more distant blood relations: a great-nephew, also called John Brownlow, and a great-niece, Alice Sherard. The two cousins married each other in 1676 when both were aged 16; three years later, the couple inherited the Brownlow estates from their great-uncle together with an income of £9,000 per annum (about £ 1.17 million in present day terms) and £20,000 in cash (equivalent to about £ 2.59 million now). They immediately bought a town house in the newly fashionable Southampton Square in Bloomsbury, and decided to build a new country house at Belton. Work on the new house began in 1685. The architect thought to have been responsible for the initial design is William Winde, although the house has also been attributed to Sir Christopher Wren, while others believe the design to be so similar to Roger Pratt's Clarendon House, London, that it could have been the work of any talented draughtsman. The assumption popular today, that Winde was the architect, is based on the stylistic similarity between Belton and Coombe Abbey, which was remodelled by Winde between 1682 and 1685. Further evidence is a letter dated 1690, in which Winde recommends a plasterer who worked at Belton to another of his patrons. Whoever the architect, Belton follows closely the design of Clarendon House, completed in 1667. This great London town house (demolished circa 1683) has been one of the most admired buildings of its era due to "its elegant symmetry and confident and common-sensical design". Sir John Summerson described Clarendon House as "the most influential house of its time among those who aimed at the grand manner" and Belton as "much the finest surviving example of its class". John and Alice Brownlow assembled one of the finest teams of craftsmen available at the time to work on the project. This dream team was headed by the master mason William Stanton who oversaw the project. His second in command, John Thompson, had worked with Sir Christopher Wren on several of the latter's London churches, while the chief joiner John Sturges had worked at Chatsworth under William Talman. The wrought-ironworker John Warren worked under Stanton at Denham Place, Buckinghamshire, and the fine wrought iron gates and overthrow at Belton may be his. Thus so competent were the builders of Belton that Winde may have done little more than provide the original plans and drawings, leaving the interpretation to the on-site craftsmen. This theory is further demonstrated by the external appearance of the adjoining stable block. More provincial, and less masterful in proportion, it is known to have been entirely the work of Stanton.
This was a very special moment for us at Birnie loch this morning. We have hand fed robins before but always put our hand on the ground for them to feed off. On this occasion this little guy flew very close to us and sat on some branches looking at us. Wendy held her hand out and he flew right on to it. He sat quite happily eating seed. When someone passed by he flew off but returned again several times. A fantastic experience especially for Wendy for the trust this little guy showed in her. (made explore #1 on 26/11/08)
This was an experience while on holiday in Scotland unlike any other when the wild birds trust you sufficiently to take food from you. Robins I know about but Coal Tits demonstrating such trust and boldness! :)
I particularly like this shot having managed to capture the activity of the other bird in the background, just a shame the wings were out of the frame (uncropped image).
Special moments!
[Explore 17/1/2012 reached #15]
One day I’ll learn to trust my intuition. The color wasn’t bad early but it faded off about 10 minutes before sunrise. That’s not really unusual. It’s just that my intuition told me that was it until the Sun appeared over the horizon and I’d want the big lens for when that happened. But I just sat there and let the chance to change slip away.
Oh well, I shot it with my regular landscape lens and cropped it. Jimmy told me a long time ago I should learn to trust my intuition. I should have listened. You should too.
youtu.be/SV87lkJFWAs?si=MnZfPuZRhhuWeDvC
Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
300mm
F8@1/500th
ISO 400
Cropped
ROD_3393.JPG
©Don Brown 2023
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9
Make: Bristol RELL6G
Body: Alexander (Belfast) B52F
Year : 1984
30-07-2023
New to Citybus, Belfast (NI) 2570
Reregistered 84-DL-2329 whilst operating for Lough Swilly (IRL)
Un vieux monsieur et des pigeons... Ils se sont retrouvés quelques instants, sans un regard aux passants...
Place de la Cathédrale, Marsala, Sicile .
Union Trust Building. 501 Grant Street, Pittsburgh
According to Wikipedia, the building was originally called the Union Arcade when developed by Pittsburgh's very own coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in 1916. In 1923, the Union Trust Company bought the building and remodelled the lower four floors, removing the 240 shops that formed the "arcade" of the commercial high-rise.
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
for the textures only competition:
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original picture here:
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model here:
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textures all by myself:
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Why is it people seem incapable of taking photos when you ask them to do so but when you do one of them it comes out good??
Sorry about this being blurred beyond blurred sadly this is the best one of the evening well I have one other that might be ok once its ben worked on a little.
Yes I am wearing flats lol. As you can just make out we did have a laugh and the dancing wasn't that bad either. Jamie lead me a few times and I danced with one or two other ladies who weren't getting a dance, the joys of being able to lead and kind of follow.
Any way back to the title. Don't trust anyone to tale a good photo of you if they fancy the man you are stood next to lol
"Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends" ~ Eminem
Canon 6D, 24-105mm, F4, 1/160 sec, ISO 640, speedlite (2)
Happy Christmas…
Thank you for all your visits and kind comments on my photo stream…
Gerry
©Gerry Gutteridge...
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Erddig, near Wrexham. A National Trust property.
Woodpecker (106432).
Registered with Canal & River Trust number 106432 as a Powered Motor Boat.
Built by: Unknown
Length: 25 feet
Beam [width] : 9 feet
Draft: 2 feet 6 inches
Fibre Glass hull
N/A power of 999 HP
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Moored up along the Nottingham Canal.
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