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Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
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.
This whole medieval town is awesome, and it is more than enough fun getting lost inside the little streets and rampart walls. But I found the most interesting part was the harbor. There were maybe three different sections (or more), but each one featured an amazing array of different blue boats. Talk about endless photo ops… it never ended!
- Trey Ratcliff
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Today I'm presenting the latest addition to my French Navy, a Mediterranean Xebec.
Xebecs were used in the Mediterranean by French corsairs mainly for quick interception and getaway. The corsairs favored the xebec for its speed and maneuverability, and for its shallow draft which also aided in escaping larger vessels. These qualities were recognized by many of the European navies, and the vessel was quickly adopted into the Mediterranean squadrons as commerce-raiders and anti-piracy cruisers.
Credits: A lot of credits for this ship go to my good friend Captain Green Hair. This Xebec is based on his beautiful Telesell.
- Bonaparte -
The whole Buckhorn Wash pictograph panel, 130+ feet of 2,000 year old communication. And you can drive right up to this one.
There's stuff to read describing the history of the art as we know it, and how it's been vandalized over the years and restored. Lots to look at here.
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Summer 2014 1st leg: "Many Rivers"
June 13: The Tour d'Swell continues.
Here's another photo from that whole software mess-up a year ago that deleted most of my Flickr library.
I took this while I was in school at the International Academy of Design and Technology in Tampa. I'm pretty sure it was taken for my Introduction to Lighting class. I got a good grade for the series, and really had a great time. It's interesting too... I learned a lot about portrait lighting from this project. :-)
The whole “Sf. Jacob - Barătia” Catholic Church is made up of three distinct elements:
The Bărăția Church, dedicated to Saint Jacob, built in the 13th century. The original choir, built in Gothic style, on ribs, has been preserved to this day. The nave of the church has been decommissioned over time but its foundations have been updated during the restorations of the years 1963-1965. The present form of the church dates from 1760. Inside the church is the tomb of the Saxon committee Laurențiu from Câmpulung, who died in 1300.
The Bărăția Tower. The foundation and the first two levels of the bell tower were built in 1730 in place of an older tower. The last floor with a clock and a pointed roof dates from the end of the 19th century.
The Parish House dating from the 17th century.
Soul Dance School of Romany and Middle Eastern Dance
performing at Old Petrie Town for Harmony Day celebrations
Back then, I had a whole process, I'd put the medium format image on Flickr, the Polaroid on Tumblr, I was all over the place, spreading my internet...net as wide as I could.
This was around the very beginning of me reaching out to people on the internet, meeting up with 'em, making photos with 'em, becoming friends with 'em.
This day ended up the beginning of eight years of photography, fun, friendship with Laura, before she lit out for greener pastures in a faraway state.
The distance between now and this photo...it feels both immense, so much has happened in the intervening 16 years...but at the same time, I can walk out of my office, into the stairwell, pluck this photo from the wall where I've got it taped up. Go right back to that day, the giddiness of finding someone I knew instantly I'd want to be friends with and take pictures of for as long as she'd let me.
I can take hold of that image in a way that's impossible with any other format, anchored in the moment.
I took this photo in Point Lobos, September 2017.
Humpback whales are intelligent, playful animals, and I witnessed much more sweetness than my camera captured during that gorgeous California sunset. During that whole trip, actually.
At the same time, in September 2017, in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, two adult humpback whales were observed protecting snorkeler and whale biologist Nan Hauser from a 4.5 m (15 ft) tiger shark, with one whale pushing the woman away from the shark while the other used its tail to block the predator's advances. This may be the first recorded incidence of humpback whales acting protectively over a human.
Perhaps Nan Hauser is biased in her explanation of whale behavior. Still, I firmly believe that when it comes to communicating basic needs such as survival, animals do it better than us.
We are full of crap, full of biases and egos.
Most of us, because triumph is made more visible than failure, systematically overestimate our chances of succeeding. Naturally, we deserve the shark that bites our ass.
Most of us are gullible too, just like Khaled Hosseini puts it in The Kite Runner: " And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” Again, naturally, we deserve the shark that bites our ass.
I finally got some good results with the whole plate format. It took some time but I think I am on to something with the plate preparation. This plate will hopefully be shown in the Center for Alternative Photography, NYC in March for the Image Object international daguerreotype exhibit. The scan is shitty but it is a poor substitute for the real thing. The banding on the right side is because I scanned the plate with the cover glass on.
I feel like I am at a good place in my life. I've been there for a while now, but every day I consider it a blessing. I feel whole. I'm okay with who I am (and who I am not). I don't need someone or something else to fill me up and make me, me. Do I try to improve every day? Most certainly. Do I succeed? Not always. But knowing that I would be okay without these externals makes me appreciate those people and those things for the way they enhance my life. I am so full of gratitude.
For February's Alphabet Fun - Letter W - whole, white, window, wall
Three more alphabet letters to go!
54/366
West Bloomfield Township, Michigan Whole Foods store.
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After chilling the whole morning and half afternoon inside on the sofa due to rain the weather turned out nicely abd we had a lovely stroll in clean fresh autumn air.
This Jeep Liberty was at the mercy of a sinkhole that opened up Sunday afternoon near the intersection of Scarlett Road and Edenbridge Drive in Etobicoke.
What would life be without music...
Nothing!
Listen to the fantastic AC/DC
Background texture by Pareeerica
Music texture by Angelique
Thanks to both of you, you are so wonderful!
Whole or…
Our Daily Challenge - May 7 2014 - "Broken"
…. Cookies -
Daily Dog Challenge 919. "Big AND Small"
… I wonder which the boys will choose?
Why, BOTH of course!
No trickery here - the camera was on the tripod with the lens right at table height.
The table is just my plain old faux-wood kitchen table (quite brown, actually) but it was reflecting the black velvet behind quite admirably.
Stop on by Zachary and Henry's blog: bzdogs.com
Pretty much the whole of the fellside between Dent Station and Dent Head Viaduct is access land although sometimes access involves a bit of "initiative". Ignoring an ancient sign saying "Private No Entry" and having had to do a zig and a zag to find gate access between fields I ended up half a mile from Dent Station as 45596 Bahamas passed by. I was worried that the strong breeze might spill the steam and spoil the view of the locomotive but it wasn't a problem! The 37 at the back was doing nowt so it was just one of those periods when steam isn't coming out of the chimney, even if it is a double, and the fireman is having a pause.