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Focus-Stacked image of Duffus Castle, comprising of 35 captures to enhance F/B focus.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
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I had been 'playing' with this concept for a while in my head. I called it (instead of the Silence of the Lambs) the Silence of the Bird. When I had the final result, it came to me immediately: VISUAL SILENCE.
I don't often 'dive' into the digital 'magical' darkroom that photoshop can be, but for certain projects it is a great creative tool!
Here, in the case of visual silence, what is being absorbed is not sound but gaze.
If silence is the absence of noise, then this visual silence is defined as the gradual absence, the vanishing, of what surrounds it, where we burrow from the visible surface to the invisible core.
Our focus on the image involves a diminution of the optic field:
in this sense, visual silence is like a poem, its power arising from its sheer vulnerability.
The image cannot be penetrated even by the most powerful of gazes because it is already open, in full view... and yet the transparency of the image, one that does not attempt to hide anything, is still capable of mystery.
Visual silence arrests us because it is the interface between two realms of partial knowledge: between he who does not know he is being watched and those who do not know what they are watching.
Some images leave us speechless, we watch them in silent awe.
Ultimately the camera is merely an extension of the human eye, it only sees and cannot wholly know what it is seeing.
Each time I think... that's it, there's only so much you can do with flowers... and yet again and again, I'll see something new.
Being creative is not a choice... it is an urge in me.
May PEACE be with you and thanx for everything, M, (*_*)
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I had been 'playing' with this concept for a while in my head. I called it (instead of the Silence of the Lambs) the Silence of the Bird. When I had the final result, it came to me immediately: VISUAL SILENCE.
I don't often 'dive' into the digital 'magical' darkroom that photoshop can be, but for certain projects it is a great creative tool!
Here, in the case of visual silence, what is being absorbed is not sound but gaze.
If silence is the absence of noise, then this visual silence is defined as the gradual absence, the vanishing, of what surrounds it, where we burrow from the visible surface to the invisible core. Our focus on the image involves a diminution of the optic field:
in this sense, visual silence is like a poem, its power arising from its sheer vulnerability. The image cannot be penetrated even by the most powerful of gazes because it is already open, in full view... and yet the transparency of the image, one that does not attempt to hide anything, is still capable of mystery.
Visual silence arrests us because it is the interface between two realms of partial knowledge: between he who does not know he is being watched and those who do not know what they are watching.
Some images leave us speechless, we watch them in silent awe.
Ultimately the camera is merely an extension of the human eye, it only sees and cannot wholly know what it is seeing.
Have great time and thanx for everything, M, (*_*)
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
- Orson Welles
FOR THE FULL IMPACT, A DEFINITE MUST, LARGE and View On Black
“So, I said, when does the enchantment start? We were sitting side by side, facing the mountains. "It started when the earth was born." Her eyes were closed. Her face was golden in the setting sun. "It never stops. It is, always. It's just here.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl
This image is clearly not meant to be beautiful. It's a visual interpretation of something I want to keep for me at the moment.
I took this photo from the side of Tiger’s cart to show her business name. I had to step back to get all the sign in and ended up with an image that appears to show Tiger’s Emporium located in the huge East Cliff House. I’m sure Tiger would be most impressed.
These are the ones! 6200 photo submissions to the OC Visual Arts Competition. I entered only a few this year because I traveled less due to moving, and some personal fitness goals. Feeling so privileged that these three made the cut . Can't wait to complete my 2016 photography / travel goals 😃
School of Art and Art History at University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. Designed by New York City architect Steven Holl Architects.
I hope you see it. If not, take another look.
I saw the potential for visual humour and quickly composed the shot to line up the hand sign with his arm. A moment later, he looked away, and the overall effect was lost. You see it, or you don’t. A moment that made me smile.
Many of my images have little elements like this, for those who look, to discover.
Nishiki Market in downtown Kyoto, Japan.
Metroline DEL2162 (LK16DDY) is seen at Ruislip after the full route visual of the 331 was filmed.
331 Route Visual: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E3mp6kIWOk
Go North East's Riverside-based Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6050 (NK12 GDE), which carries a commemorative rainbow livery to support the company's 'One Team GNE' colleague and community network initiative, is pictured here at the Metrocentre Coach Park, Gateshead, whilst out of service. 22/03/21
During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, Go North East colleagues have demonstrated some exceptional team spirit, shown across the whole company, with colleagues coming together like never before to face many challenges with great strength, pragmatism and positivity.
To take everyone’s great efforts to the next level in working to make Go North East's company culture kinder, more inclusive and mutually supportive, whilst also improving engagement with the communities they serve, the company launched a new internal initiative called ‘One Team GNE’, in 2020.
Bus 6050, which was already planned for repaint due to the impending delivery of new vehicles for the "Red Arrows" X1 service, has been adorned in a striking ‘retro’ multi-coloured scheme.
Inspired by a re-work of the company’s infamous 1985 'don't judge a bus by its colour' initiative alongside the rainbow image that has been so prevalent during the coronavirus crisis.
The vehicle has become a visual symbol of the company’s ‘One Team GNE’ colleague and community network being launched to build upon the great strength and team spirit shown by its team during the depths of the crisis, to work together to build even better relations across the company and the communities it serves.
Following its repaint last year, Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6050 (NK12 GDE) has now been internally refurbished, with re-trimmed seats in a retro rainbow moquette and rainbow coloured headrests, and Alfatronix-supplied rainbow USB chargers.
Even though the term "remix" is commonly used to refer to alterations of pieces in music, with this artwork I tried to create visual art piece that allows interventions such as remixing.Under the assumption that it will occupy a personal space, it offers an opportunity for owner's everyday modifications of the artwork in question - the portrait of the girl can shift between the abstract and a mix of the two.
Thus, it is not the author only who decides what is an original artwork, but also the audience, who can participate in decision making by visually remixing it.
In a sense, this is a contribution to an overall attempt to remind the audience as well as the other artists that not only the author is dead, but the perception of an aura of the artpiece has been significantly changed.
Picture taken at @SkyDome Rentals (no lagging, quick unpacking) ♥
awesome body:
[ INITHIUM ] KARIO V.3.2 ♥
awesome outfit:
GUILTY 148 Erik Pants Luxury at @Inithium Visual Event ♥
GUILTY 149 Erik Vest Luxury at @Inithium Visual Event ♥
THANX for ALL your comments and visits, so appreciated, too many to be returned (sadly, however I DO try!... )
Each time I think... that's it, there's only so much you can do with flowers... and yet again and again, I'll see something new.
Being creative is not a choice... it is an urge in me.
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Have a wonderful day, filled with love and thanx for your visit, M, (*_*)
Please do not use any of my images on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
A new visual journal -- courtesy the talented Norma Lydon -- that I just began, having completed the other.
Each of these, in its own way is like a visual haiku to me.
"Winter is that time of year, when so much has been taken away, that what is left is even more beautiful."
Garrison Keillor - Prairie Home Companion