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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.
This image of the local woodlands on a misty morning with the sunlight breaking through, reminds me of descriptions of woodlands in Tolkien’s books, it had that romantic atmosphere on this particular day.
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 .
The road goes ever on and on... [J.R.R. Tolkien]
On a misty morning in Far North Queensland. I can't promise that it was quite as mauvey-lilac in reality but it sort of captures the mood of the morning:)
JRR Tolkien grew up across the road from Sarehole Mill and spent many hours exploring the grounds as a child; in later life he would draw on its rural surroundings to create Middle-earth.
There has been a mill on this site since 1542, and the current building dates from the mid-18th century. In the 1850s a steam engine was installed and the chimney – which provides its distinctive silhouette – was built.
There are also connections with another Birmingham son. Matthew Boulton, manufacturer and business partner of engineer James Watt, leased the building between 1756 and 1761 and used it as a ‘flatting mill’ to producing sheet metal to make buttons.
Text Ref: www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/sarehole-mill
J. R. R. Tolkien lived within 300 yards of the mill at around the turn of century, between the ages four and eight, and would have seen it from his house. The locale at that time was rural Worcestershire farmland and countryside. He has also said that he used the mill as a location in The Lord of the Rings, for the Mill at Hobbiton. In an interview with Guardian journalist, John Ezard in 1966, before the mill's restoration, Tolkien said:
It was a kind of lost paradise... There was an old mill that really did grind corn with two millers, a great big pond with swans on it, a sandpit, a wonderful dell with flowers, a few old-fashioned village houses and, further away, a stream with another mill. I always knew it would go – and it did.
Text Ref: Wikipedia
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.
One ring to rule them all.
One ring to find them.
One ring to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.
J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings.
...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.
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.
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.
Processing tutorials: olehenrikskjelstad.selz.com/
Jotunheimen, Norway.
How I created this image:
www.diyphotography.net/here-is-how-photoshops-sky-replace...
Stormy day view down the Grand Teton Mountains across (a rather dry) Jackson Lake. Reminded me of Tolkien's fictional Misty Mountains. Tolkienesque scene.
‘Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the moon, East of the sun.’
JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
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
And so Tuor beheld a vision of Gondolin, once so beautiful and fair, now broken and covered in red hot flames and thick black smoke.
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They told me not to build all of Gondolin, so I had to scale down and just do the King's Square, with the images of the two trees upon King Turgon's Tower, which fell and caused his own death.
Ecthelion also, of the Fountain, faces Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, with the spike upon his helmet. From the battle, Tuor the messenger of Ulmo, with his young child Eärendil, the hope of Elves and Men, just barely escapes. But that is for another time.
I’ve wanted to do a minifigure battle for so long. I felt like finally I had enough figs! I figured out I was wrong, but still, I did put a lot of figures into this… and that consumed more time than you would expect! And finally, this is the second full castle that I've ever made. Yes, it's the first full minifigure scale castle or keep that I've ever made! It was an immense endeavour, especially for just a couple weeks.
This is my entry to the Finale of MELO, which I am honoured to be able to compete in! I attempted to recreate each scene from a different book throughout the competition, thus this one is meant to be derived from the recent book, The Fall of Gondolin. I tried my best to make this version of the Palace of Gondolin resemble fair Tirion Upon Tuna, from the Undying Lands, as well as to capture the horrible moment of it's fearful betrayal and fall, while the last of the Greatest Noldor fought bravely and desperately to the last. I hope you like it! To God be all the Glory!
I just realised that by posing this series I’m not only risking the tortuous labyrinth of copyright law, but I’m also exposing myself to the ire of serious Tolkien fans. And believe me, I’d rather be thrown in the lion pit of pen-wielding legal bods than face the wrath of a single LOTR fanboy. With their encyclopaedic knowledge and (alleged) uber-OCD tendencies they would endlessly wear me down with technicalities of the description of Weathertop and how it differs from Puzzlewood to the point where I would be putting my own head in a vice and squeezing until my eyes popped out just to numb the onslaught to my brain. The worst part is I know I’m a bit of pedant fanboy myself, so it will probably by a subconscious version of me ranting at me. After posting this, I know I’m going to wake up in the middle of the night, infused in a cold sweat, screaming “but that’s wrong!”
Hopeless disclaimer:
For my usual full grovelling plea not to be sued and some babble on mitigating circumstances (which probably have zero legal relevance) please see my 1st post in this series
This has to be my favorite hiking suspension bridge and I return here often to visit this beautiful, lush forest and the wild Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, both which remind me of Tolkien's world and the spirit of the Shire.
Played with the Toy Camera seting on the Fujifilm x10 and liked it.
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Eärendil was a mariner
that tarried in Arvernien;
he built a boat of timber felled
in Nimbrethil to journey in;
her sails he wove of silver fair,
of silver were her lanterns made,
her prow was fashioned like a swan,
and light upon her banners laid.
For this year's Summer Joust I decided to venture into the First Age of Tolkien lore as I reread The Silmarillion earlier this year (although the above excerpt is from Bilbo's song as printed in LotR). So for the Sailors and Boatmen category I built Eärendil in his ship Vingilot sailing west to ask the Valar for help in freeing Middle-earth from Morgoth's tyranny. On his forehead he bears the Silmaril that Beren and Luthien once stole from Morgoth's crown and that his wife Elwing brought to him as a bird.
Unfortunately the shimmering Silmaril is only a post-process effect, but I fittingly used the head of Eärendil's son's minifigure from LEGO's recent Rivendell set. The ship itself is mostly inspired by Ted Nasmith's illustrations (but doesn't attempt to capture any of them accurately), as it made for a smaller and more streamlined ship, concentrating on the essence of its design. Although the category allows for custom sails and rigging, the build only uses genuine LEGO elements. The silver sail is held together by nets.
I also made a supplementary post with a few more shots of the ship and building instructions for it can be found on Rebrickable.
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).
Thirty - When ideas are scarce out comes the crystal ball to save the day. Looks like the Palantir (seeing stone) from the Tolkien classic.
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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The ancient pollarded trees of Burnham Beeches and the many, even older oak trees of Blenheim Park, would surely have been known to Tolkien and they certainly remind me of the Ents out of Lord of the Rings.