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It may not be the original setting from Lord of the Rings, but the atmosphere reminded me of it.

 

Bastei Bridge, Saxony. Germany.

Looking like a scene from a Tolkien movie, this trail leads one along and through Smuggler Cove Park. Green foliage and red bark Arbutus trees line the path that sidles up to a moss covered rocky hillside. One almost expects to see Frodo Baggins appear in the distance, or perhaps this is the place of Elves.

 

It is the non tourist season and opportunities to capture the landscape without people exist. At times, this can be a magical and peaceful place, if one takes the time to appreciate its poetic beauty.

 

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"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars". By J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings.

In Denmark there are several places that inspired the writer of Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien) to use these names in his books. They are situated in Denmark, and Helms Deep (Hjelm Dyb), Esgaroth (Eskerod), and Aros (Aarhus) can be traced back to Djursland,

 

The picture shown here was taken close to Isgård, and in Tolkiens Lord of the rings it was called Isengard, the tower where Saruman, the sorcerer had his living until the Ents destroyed this place.

 

Isgård is a Danish manor house and farm close to the sea on the hilly southern part of the peninsula Djursland in the Kattegat Sea between Denmark and Sweden at the entrance to the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe

 

an Elven and Tolkien-inspired destination , still a little time to enjoy it's peaceful beauty before it closes .

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Definitely not my typical subject (but another "tree" image). And nothing particularly special about the making of this photograph ... just walk up to the scene and press the shutter. In addition to just being so unusual, there is an interesting story.

 

This is the north porch of St. Edward's Church in Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire. It was built about 300 years ago and at that time these two yew trees were planted. They grew into the portico, melding with the church. Remarkable that they have survived.

 

There is a legend that the Doors of Druin in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings were inspired by these doors. They surely have a magical quality.

  

The massive exposed root system of this small group of Beech trees at Avebury Stone Circle in England.

Bewildered on enchanted ways

beyond the days of mortal lands.

From gnashing of the Narrow Ice

where shadow lies on frozen hills.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien

...is what my son said. He's probably right. Obviously, then, the fence is exquisitely fashioned from mithril and of Dwarvish make. Or even Elvish.

Close to the Anglesey Barracks, in Coed Dinorwig.

"L'Ithilien, il giardino di Gondor ormai abbandonato, conservava ancora la scomposta bellezza di una driade"

 

"Il Signore degli Anelli" - J.R.R. Tolkien

 

"Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness."

 

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

First sailing ships arriving in the "rade de Brest" (Finistère, Brittany, France) for the 2016 Brest International Maritime Festival (13-19 July 2016)

 

See: www.brest2016.fr/

at the Weston Library shop, Oxford.

 

I was quite taken by the layout of the books, and was able to make a triptych out of the different shelves, applying different filters to each.

Saturday Self-Challenge: Books

 

Two favorites from my personal library.

Sailing ship J.R. Tolkien on the return course to the port of Eckernförde, Germany

 

Segelschiff J.R.Tolkien auf dem Rückkurs zum Hafen von Eckernförde

Surrounded by silver birch trees, it is thought that this ancient oak tree - planted during the reign of Henry Vlll - inspired the legendary character Treebeard in JRR Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings. Tolkien lived nearby at the time and would regularly walk these woods.

The tree is natural and has not been adapted which makes it even more amazing.

(Brocton Coppice, Staffordshire, England)

"The road goes ever on and on..."

This path made me think of hobbits, who might have wandered through the rainforest.

This is the Horseshoe Bend trail in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. It follows alongside the Nooksack River. Midway along the path, the Nooksack hits Horseshoe Bend, which can be seen in another photo.

Un petit tour en mer (du Rhûn ? ) avant la parade nocturne. (Brest2016)

Le phare du Minou en arrière plan.

 

Stormy day view down the Grand Teton Mountains across (a rather dry) Jackson Lake. Reminded me of Tolkien's fictional Misty Mountains. Tolkienesque scene.

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship of the Ring, the boys and I decided to whip up some vignettes depicting scenes from the greatest film trilogy ever.

 

Like most of my projects I got over ambitious and had to rush at the end, but overall it felt good to build LOTR again.

Goélette à hunier néerlandaise construite en 1964, le JR Tolkien s'appelait à l’origine Dierkow. Il était utilisé pour transporter les marchandises dans la mer du nord et dans la mer baltique. En 1996, le bateau est acheté par un Hollandais qui le transforma en navire de croisière. Cette luxueuse goélette peut aujourd’hui transporter 90 passagers pour une journée en mer et 32 stagiaires pour des croisières : www.armada.org/navires/jr-tolkien

Taken with close-up filter on tele lens.

"Many things I can command the Mirror to reveal," she answered, "and to some I can show what they desire to see. But the Mirror will also show things unbidden, and those are often stranger and more profitable than things which we wish to behold. What you will see, if you leave the Mirror free to work, I cannot tell. For it shows things that were, and things that are, things that yet may be. But which it is that he sees, even the wisest cannot always tell. Do you wish to look?" -- Galadriel in "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien

 

I am glad you are here with me.

The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.

 

J.R.R. Tolkien

 

I took this picture in Vercors (Alp foot hills), as the sky was clearing out after a rain storm. There was a footpath which went up a little hill, and I liked the story that it was telling, by vanishing on the other side of the hill. I waited for the lights and the clouds to be favorable (I wanted the light to be at the center of the image).

 

I post-processed the image using the darktable software. I was aiming for a super-natural feeling, something from a Tolkien novel :). I used contrast-enhancing filters close to the path and the horizon. I made the sides of the image a bit darker, and I tuned a bit the colors (making the shadows in the bottom greener and the highlights a bit more yellow).

  

Year 1697-1700 of the Second Age - The Siege of Imladris

 

Following the devastating assault on Eregion, caused by Sauron and his minions, Elrond fled to Imladris, or Rivendell, a valley north of the Misty Mountains. Knowing that Elrond would try to ambush him from behind, Sauron sent a small force of orcs to Rivendell to end lay waste to the refuge. Elrond, along with the remaining forces of Eregion and the Elves of Lindon. The elves eventually destroyed their enemies, and managed to crush Sauron's forces along with a great host of Numenoreans, ending the War of the Elves and Sauron at the Battle of the Gwathló. When the war ended, Eregion was gone, and most of Eriador destroyed.

 

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I was building some fractals today when these portal shapes emerged. I though of one of my favorite artists, Roger Dean, who made the Yes album covers. I have a bunch of quicktime VR panoramas I did in the Lake District and mixed these pieces together for a 70s reminder of my progressive rock days.

  

Line From the poem "All that is gold does not glitter", by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings.

View to the Dreizinnenhütte (Rifugio Antonio Locatelli – S. Innerkofler) one hour before sunset,

"In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stone sat the Elvenking on a chair of

carven wood. On his head was a crown of berries and red leaves, for the autumn was

come again. In the spring he wore a crown of woodland flowers. In his hand he held a

carven staff of oak."

 

This is my moc for the final duel of MELO against Jodsu. For this round I chose making the throne of Thranduil because I love the big elk antlers we can see in the movie. I hope you will like it ;)

"..so comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending.”

J.R.R.Tolkien

 

Canon EOS 7D

Sigma 10-20mm

HDR

"I do not believe this darkness will endure." J. R. R. Tolkien

Photo taken at Yosemite National Park, California, USA

zurück zum Hafen, back to the port

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