The Flikr Group
View allAll Photos Tagged accurate
Perhaps not an accurate title but catchy title anyway. This is a stream I discovered while hiking near Lake Minnewanka. It is located in Banff National Park, Alberta Canada. The day was perfect and the clouds were incredible. Processed in Lightroom and Topaz.
#383 on Explore
First place Winter Photographs contest www.flickr.com/groups/myphotographicmemory/
Diamond Of The Week www.flickr.com/groups/goldenworth1000words/
2nd place winner www.flickr.com/groups/806980@N23/
Photo of the week -
www.flickr.com/groups/1236192@N22/discuss/721576228745526...
2nd place THE FOUR SEASONS ~ WINTER CONTEST - www.flickr.com/groups/1216504@N22/
... the voyage is about to begin...
Location, Mavriotisa monastery, Kastoria, Hellas.
For maximum viewing experience please use the image's original size 1600x1328. Please note that its accurate colour profile is best viewed in google chrome.
**This image is protected by copyright and it is not for use on any site, blog or forum without my explicit written permission.**
...and trees line the unique park of Crathes Castle in Scotland. Have a nice time at Flickr
Akkurat geschnittene Hecken...
..und Bäume säumen den einzigartigen Park vom Crathes Castle in Schottland. Euch eine Schöne Zeit bei Flickr
Or more accurately, gazing at the glorious autumn moon from the vantage point of these peaceful hay fields for me, and howling at it's mystical, spherical beauty for Wolfie. He likes to try to look as ferocious as possible no matter the particulars of the endeavor! But it works for him...look how cute he is!
Missing Melody is a must visit...and revisit SL destination. After scampering around through meadows filled with sunflowers, and walking along a sweetly secluded shoreline, Wolfie and I were getting tired, so we kicked back here in this pretty field where we were surrounded by bales of luscious fresh hay. Hay fields are something that I have vast familiarity with in my real life, so this was a little sliver of RL mixed within the SL realms for me, and it definitely flipped a happy switch to spend time here. We can't wait to return! 💖🍁 🐺
And speaking of happy...Happy Tuesday, everyone! 💕
...and trees line the unique park of the
Drummond Gardens and Castle in Scotland,
north of Stirling.
Have a nice time with Flickr...
Akkurat geschnittene Hecken...
..und Bäume säumen den einzigartigen Park vom
Drummond Gardens und Castle in Schottland,
nördlich gelegen von Stirling.
Euch eine Schöne Zeit bei Flickr..
Arcane Spellcaster
Skirt Azul
>>*Arcane Spellcaster* NEW RELEASE SKirt 100% Original mesh!
Compatible with:
♥Maitreya♥Legacy♥e-body (Reborn)
Top Arianna
>>*Arcane Spellcaster* NEW RELEASE Sexy TOP 100% Original mesh!
Compatible with:
♥Maitreya♥Legacy♥e-body (Reborn)
all info in the blog
Sunset across Lake Tyrrell.
My son has been quite sick for a week but is much better now. He did a Rapid Antigen Test and then the more accurate PCR test. Both came back negative. It seemed odd given how bad he was feeling and he rarely ever gets sick. Yesterday his girlfriend started getting sick and did a RAT test. Positive for Covid.He repeated a RAT test which turned a very faint positive. He obviously has it but received a false negative. Fortunately he felt too unwell to go anywhere and infect others so they have basically been isolating anyway.
For the first two years of the pandemic, few people in Australia knew anyone with Covid. Now it would be very few who don't know someone!
Stay safe everyone and keep well.
Inspired by the theme of #smell for MacroMondays. I think I can smell this. I lost my sense of smell when my horse threw me when I was 13. Two too many concussions and a skull fracture later, I can now detect some aromas, but not sure if accurate.
Time Stands Still always accurate if you know how to read it, this is a garden ornament but still works.
Emerald Damselfly Damselflies are very difficult to ID accurately so we have made a best guess on their names to the best of our ability, we are happy to be corrected by anyone with more knowledge. (Gordon & Maureen)
Damselflies are insects in the sub-order Zygoptera (meaning "paired-wings"). All four wings are near enough equal in size and shape. They are usually small, weakly flying insects that stay close to the water margins or water surface. When at rest, most species hold their wings along the length of their abdomen. The Emerald Damselflies are an exception and usually hold their wings partly open when at rest. They are therefore known as Spreadwings in North America. The eyes are always separated, never touching. The larvae have external plates (lamellae) at the end of the abdomen, which act as accessory gills.
In Great Britain and Ireland there are about 20 species that may be encountered and a few that are now extinct. These species fall into 4 families and 9 genera.
For us Buzzard's = Harry's
Or more accurately Harry The Hawk
A beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon but it was all Coot's and Crows i.e. the usual suspects
Nothing special to click away at
Then Harry arrived
Large., majestic., close., we suddenly had our photographs
Harry... You saved the day!
If I am reading this right, the indicated time is 2:30 in the afternoon. Not bad. My camera, which is more accurate, said 2:42.
Mission Soledad, California.
Re edited 2022
Sometimes you get what you asked for, sometimes you get what you need.
Sometimes I think I should Just trade in my Nikon gear and buy a new Fuji X. Shooting with the Nikon is too much like work, while the Fuji is so much fun to shoot with. I go around in circles about it? The thing that stops me is that Nikon takes such a good picture & its meter is so accurate. But I love the Fuji manual shutter and how you can shoot with it. Anyone care to comment? I would really appreciate it!.
Common Blue Damselfly:-
Damselflies are very difficult to ID accurately so we have made a best guess on their names to the best of our ability, we are happy to be corrected by anyone with more knowledge. (Gordon & Maureen)
Damselflies are insects in the sub-order Zygoptera (meaning "paired-wings"). All four wings are near enough equal in size and shape. They are usually small, weakly flying insects that stay close to the water margins or water surface. When at rest, most species hold their wings along the length of their abdomen. The Emerald Damselflies are an exception and usually hold their wings partly open when at rest. They are therefore known as Spreadwings in North America. The eyes are always separated, never touching. The larvae have external plates (lamellae) at the end of the abdomen, which act as accessory gills.
In Great Britain and Ireland there are about 20 species that may be encountered and a few that are now extinct. These species fall into 4 families and 9 genera. A partial taxonomic "tree" for the damselflies is shown below.
(Courtesy of the British Dragonfly Society website)
It has been time to align the Q-Tips accurate. A couple minutes ago there was a huge mess in the bathroom. Gladly we got the tiny little helpers in our house :) Showtime for one of theme.
#macromondays #bathroom
Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished shot that has been sitting on my hard drive since January 2017. It may not be my best work but beggars cannot be choosers when there are so many infected people around. Official figures for new cases today were around 54,000 but the ZOE COVID Study App estimates (*and shows quite an accurate trend) the number to be over 204,000 new cases. Going by anecdotal evidence of those I hear from around the country I suspect the latter is much more accurate. Stay safe out there and I hope you enjoy this shot!
The 7Artisan 60mm macro in action here, around f/8. I had no troubles composing with X-M1 and its focus peaking, it's good enough to get accurate results.
Image sooc, Astia unmodified.
Best when L is pressed
I first became aware of this tree some years back when a Flickr contact put a shot of it up. The same contact also provided me with coordinates (cheers Alan) which proved very accurate so finding it was not an issue although it is a lot smaller than I imagined and not obvious in the vastness of the Annalong valley.
Still here it is. Not shot in the best conditions but I only had about three days to work with and this was the best of them. I actually think this has a harsh look to it and have been processing it in different ways but have come to the conclusion that it is just a harsh location so maybe the image is reflecting that.
I do think there is a potentially great shot here once the snow returns to the Mournes later in the year so hopefully this little tree will hang on a bit longer to give me a chance of that.
The mountain behind the tree is Slievelamagan that is often regarded as the toughest of the 700m + peaks in the Mournes. I wanted to climb something on this day and briefly considered Lamagan but went up Slieve Binnian instead. I have climbed Slievelamagan in the past and whilst the views are amazing I was not in the mood for it with a rucksack full of camera equipment and a heavy tripod.
This image is Generated in Midjourney v7 then i process in photoshop.
Thank you for your visit and faves and comment.
Post-war Paris, late 1940s, two lovers standing close by the River Seine, Notre-Dame Cathedral in the background, subtle war-worn architecture, scaffolding partially visible, soft golden sunset reflecting on the water, romantic yet melancholic atmosphere, period-accurate clothing (long wool coat, beret, vintage dress), light breeze moving her hair, cinematic composition, ultra detailed faces, natural skin texture, emotional expression, 85mm lens, shallow depth of field, volumetric lighting, soft film grain, hyper-realistic, photorealistic, 8k, HDR, dramatic sky, masterpiece
--ar 16:9
--raw
--stylize 150
In various states of resistance to the prevailing gales, these larches are above Ullswater at a spot called Spying How.
Panorama stitched from four camera jpegs then processed in snapseed.
I am only guessing that these are larches. If anyone can identify them accurately please comment!
Seagulls (more accurately, gulls) are protected in the UK mainly because all wild birds are protected by law, not because gulls are considered special or rare.
Legal protection for all wild birds:
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is illegal to:
Kill, injure, or take any wild bird.
Damage or destroy their nests while in use.
Take or destroy their eggs.
This law applies to all native gull species, just like robins, sparrows, or owls.
Conservation concerns:
Although gulls may seem abundant in towns and cities.
Several gull species are actually in serious decline.
Species such as the herring gull and lesser black-backed gull are on the UK’s Red List of conservation concern.
Urban gulls are often more visible, creating the impression of overpopulation, even as overall numbers fall.
Taunton, Somerset, UK.
Improved the stability (you can hold it with one hand, for example) among other things. Made the top more accurate as well. It's composed of two CNG (compressed natural gas) tanks, a window, a grate for maintenance workers to walk on, and an exhaust pipe.
St Peter's Church is a parish church in Conisbrough, in South Yorkshire, in England.
The core of the church is believed to be 8th-century, based on similarities with Northumbrian churches known to date from this period. If this date is accurate, it is the oldest building in South Yorkshire. Historian David Hey argues that it was a minster church, forming the centre of a large, early parish, covering all or much of the 11th-century Fee of Conisbrough. From this early period survives much of the stonework of the tower and nave, including some windows, most of which were later blocked. Part of a 10th-century cross shaft has been discovered, and the church is recorded in the Domesday Book as having a single priest.
In the 12th century, aisles were added, and the chancel arch and south door also date from this period, as does a tomb chest in the south aisle. Rita Wood argues that the tomb is for William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey, who died in 1148, as it depicts battles and themes from The Song of Roland. The piscina and a cross slab in the north aisle are 13th-century. The church was next remodelled in the 14th century, from which time the present south aisle dates. In the 15th century, the tower was refaced, and a south porch and clerestory added. Many of the windows also date from this time. The north aisle was rebuilt in 1866, and there was a general restoration, followed by another later in the century, and in the 20th century, the porch was restored.
The church is a grade I listed building.
I try and give accurate information about the images I post but the complexity of the Sukhothai Historical Park rather defeated me. There are such a multitude of temple ruins it was hard to know when one began and ended. I think these Chedi are part of the Wat Mahathat they will be from the Fourteenth Century before Thailand existed as a state
Sukhothai Historical Park covers the ruins of Sukhothai, literally 'dawn of happiness', capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, in north central Thailand. It is near the new city of Sukhothai,The city's walls form a rectangle about 1.2 square miles There are 193 ruins within the old city, including the remains of the royal palace and twenty-six temples, the largest being Wat Mahathat. It is a UNESCO it a World Heritage Site. Originally, Sukhothai was a Khmer empire's outpost named Sukhodaya. During the reign of Khmer Empire, the Khmers built some monuments there, several of them survived in Sukhothai Historical Park such as the Ta Pha Daeng shrine, Wat Phra Phai Luang, and Wat Sisawai.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT
The yellow section, far right was actually bluish, as was the dark area at the top. I haven't learned how to capture true color in such a situation with my iPhone. The rose-y color shown here is pretty true to life--it was an amazing sky, however brief.
Well, to be more accurate, a garden of Rose of Sharon trees
We have several trees right outside our kitchen window which offers a front row seat when the occasional bumble bee, butterfly or even hummingbird shows up.
Alas, these wee winged visitors are usually faster than we are, so no picks of these visitors just yet. But the summer is young and our fingers are crossed, so who knows.
So, in the meantime, I'll settle for a closeup of a "plain" old bloom to kickstart the new week.
More accurately, St John the Evangelist Church Lyneal with (or cum) Colemere. "The church is a beautiful specimen of Gothic architecture on a small scale. It was built at a cost of about 2,500 by Lady Marian Alford as a memorial church to her son the late Earl Brownlow it is dedicated to St John the Evangelist and will afford sitting accommodation to 220 persons the seats are all free" Edward Cassey and Company's 1871 History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire.
A recent sunset from the backyard with the new camera. Came out a bit more orange than the pink it was in real life. Had to tweak it to make it more accurate. Dunno if it's me or the camera. Still, beautiful sunset.
Exploring the historically accurate pergola in Queen Eleanor's Garden at Winchester Castle, Hampshire.
The gardens are an authentic recreation of a medieval garden in the times of Henry III (Eleanor's husband) and Edward I (her son). The arbour is a tunnelled pergola, with flowers, grapevines and honeysuckle.
2-shot HDR, taken with a Nikon D7000 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6G lens, blended in Photomatix, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.
I read a little less this year than usual. I found when my dad passed this summer, I became quickly wrapped up in the funeral and all of the things you have to take care of and then it took awhile to build up my concentration again. I only read 140 books this year, which is far lower than my usual amount of over 200. One year, I read 365 books! So, I slacked off this year. I found myself lingering along different pages and chapters more so than ever. Here are some of my favorite books that I read. They didn’t all come out this year but time is an illusion anyway.
I'd love to hear about all of your favorite reads from this year or other years!
Photo above is a multiple exposure from Iceland..a reading/study room with a landscape photo in honor of my favorite read of the year.
1. Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler
A real wonder of a book about different possibilities, split timelines, divergent futures confronting the personal horrors of WWII in one of the most creative and thought provoking ways I’ve ever seen. I read several chapters again and again and felt like this was one of the most philosophical and creative books Ive ever read!
2. The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei
Extremely ahead of its time and published originally 30 years ago and translated into English fairly recently. This is a glimpse of a future world which many facets have proved to be fairly accurate predictions but it is also about queer identity and is written sort of like a gay Taiwanese young William Gibson might write it. Wholly original!
3. Is a River Alive? by Robert McFarlane
Yes, a river is very much alive! This is a wondrous work of nonfiction that really explores some diverse and hard to reach areas of nature and its effect on both the nearby inhabitants and the visitors like this author. I loved its sense of environmental advocacy and questioning why we would allot personhood to corporations but not bodies of water, for instance. You really feel like you go on a psychological journey with the author and learn so much between the rivers he explores and the people he meets.
Thanks to my friend Bob for this recommendation!
4. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
There was a period of my life where I just didn’t quite get Erdrich for some reason…it just didn’t click…but now, I am reading at least a couple of books a year by her. This is really a striking book about desperate women who have lost all body autonomy. Her books are always well written and engaging but this one felt more fast paced and thrilling than the others in style and topic.
5. House of Day, House of Night: by Olga Tokarczuk
I really love how Tokarczuk writes about dreams and mushrooms in this one especially. There is quite a bit about religion as well as physical gender identity within that religious space and a really interesting sense of the people who live in Poland in a border town with Germany and remnants of WWII even. She just has a really poetic way of writing.
6. The Measure by Nikki Erlick
I read this on recommendation from my sister in law in one sitting on the plane to Los Angeles. It is one of the most engaging book I have ever read and a speculative fiction masterpiece exploring the psychology behind lifespan and how society might change if everyone over 21 was sent a single string of a certain length that told them how much longer they would live….but not how they would die. Fascinating storyline and very well executed…I kept wondering how I would handle this situation myself. Another book that made me cry this year…I guess I am a bit of a mess! Apparently, this was an “instant” NYT Bestseller back in 2022 but I hadn’t heard of it until my sister in law mentioned it…I guess I just don’t pay attention to popular culture.
7. Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada
This is the third book of the trilogy of friends where Tawada explores language and identity within the context of our current world and its insistence on borders and a national identity that not all have and definitely not all share the same level of privilege. These friends are so diverse and interesting and also one of the characters and their transitioning identity is also explored so it is rather complex but also very thought provoking and meditative the way she writes…you just want to linger on certain sentences again and again.
8. Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse
I read three books by Erika Krouse and loved all three-this one is nonfiction and is about all of the horrific ways a football team takes advantage of, persecutes, and threatens women and how deep the cover up goes. Krouse is helping the investigator while also going through the horrors of her past and personal identity. I was honestly not expecting to find this book as engaging as I did but Krouse is an exceptional author whose short stories Save Me, Stranger have stuck with me for many months and who also writes vivid characters in fiction books (see Contenders). Highly recommended!!
9. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his Mother) by Rabih Alameddine
If you ever have the chance to see Rabih Alameddine speak, DO IT! I saw him a few years back after Trump was office the first time around and he spoke about how art including writing is in and of itself an act of resistance. This book is both tragic and funny. There’s an image of our protagonist hero escaping a bunker during a civil war in Lebanon that actually had me laughing so hard I’m surprised I could stop. But, this is also a portrait study of a city and how it changed when the fighting began and equally an exploration of a mother and her gay son as they navigate through their relationship across decades. This is technically fiction but reads at times like an autobiography and, after all, it is a true true story.
10. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
This book scared the crap out of me and if it had been published when she first had started working on it, it would have been even more terrifying. The premise reads like a Black Mirror story where there are corporations who own and monitor your dreams and might even insert products into them. You can also be suspect based on your dreams but people give up their dreams in desperate situations just to fall asleep….very riveting and terrifying!
11. Poets Square Cats by Courtney Gustafson
I’ve been following this author’s cat rescue in Tucson, Arizona for a few years now but only had part of the story before I read this book. This is the autobiographical back story of the author and cat rescuer herself and the ways in which becoming a full time cat rescuer changed her and perhaps made her more human or at least helped her focus her values and what being alive truly means to her. She is doing very good work and it is important to support this work. This book also gives the back story behind so many important characters, many of whom don’t seem quite so feral when you see their true feline selves in her way. A book to be treasured!
12. Sunbirth by An Yu
I loved her speculative novel Ghost Music and this new one is even more bizarre and has an apocalyptic angle about the sun slowly disappearing and people in this town being enveloped by and exploding with light. None of the characters know what it is like in other cities and towns and some try to escape but, after all, the sun is something we all share so you wonder how it could be different when it is the same major problem occurring. I loved these astounding characters and the sense of imagination here.
13. ACLU The Fight of the Century: Edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman
Never has there been a more important time to stand up for human rights and also understand the history of human rights. I loved some of the authors responding to historical cases that are organized chronologically. Yea Gyasi Viet Thanh Nguyen, Elizabeth Strout, Salman Rushdie, Aleksander Hemon, Brit Bennett, Li Yiyun, Rabih Alameddine, Louise Erdrich, and Anthony Doerr amongst main more give us glimpses into their own personal history and how these cases may have impacted them. Some of these chapters are also critical of the ACLU’s stance too in some aspects in a healthy way as in the case of campaign funding, for example. Regardless, it’s an organization under great threat in America whose continued existence is vital.
14. Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen
This is partly a memoir of the author but also an exploration of her mother’s past and her ancestry from back in Shanghai. It explores the horrors of the history they lived through while her mother escaped to America but it’s also an engaging imaginary conversation Gish Jen has with her mother who suffered sexism in her own life and treats her daughter as if she should also be quiet and easy and not have so many opinions. But Gish Jen is a phenomenal author of so many great fictional stories exploring culture and identity and she will always be a Good Bad Girl that we should be grateful for. Thank goodness for the women who don’t succumb to societal and family pressures put on us.
15. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-Wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr
An extraordinary nonfiction work that really had me on the edge of my seat several times and crying at others. This is a story of a human who Is battling a personal history with physical abuse and has gone through several surgeries that have been only minimally successful. He is an acclaimed author (I haven’t read any of his other books) and lives alone when he decides to adopt a cat later on in life. I just love how he explores his relationship with his cat and the cat’s personality and sense of adventure. This is actually a story about two wandering souls who find each other and meet in the middle and I do believe that they have found each other again in the ether of the afterlife.
16. Generosity by Richard Powers
I read four different books by Powers this year. If you haven’t read his work, it’s quite masterful! He is one of those authors that has great ideas and can truly craft a complex storyline and bring it all back home in an impressive way. This one is interesting because it focuses on an immigrant who by all accounts should be miserable…she has very little and her parents have been murdered and her brother imprisoned. At one point, she is even sexually molested. Still, throughout all of this, our protagonist, Thassadit Amzwar. remains happy and joyful in a way that others just can’t quite seem to manage or understand. As one might imagine, people try to diagnose her as if something is wrong with her and study her DNA…things go so haywire because other humans literally just can’t imagine how this human could be this happy when the rest of us are so depressed.
17. Bewilderment by Richard Powers
This book really got to me in so many ways…it’s so much about the relationship between a father and a son who is neurodivergent and tests him in so many ways but it is also about biofeedback, flexible thinking, and consciousness after death. It is filled with wonder and sorrow both and really explores the complexity of human consciousness.
18. Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
I read quite a few nonfiction books this year related to flexible thinkers, nature, human consciousness existing after death, and octopuses but this one really resonated with me in the sense that it helped me immediately to manage my anxiety and is highly recommended to any artists. There are people in this world who consume art and those who create art and those who do both. I am probably in the latter category because I create art but also really love being part of an international community like Flickr and don’t really enjoy participating in other social media type of sites that seem to focus more on making oneself look cool or rich or just a made up version of a human.
This nonfiction is about how creativity can cancel out the heightened anxiety that threatens to overwhelm us every day. If you start to feel the heightened sensation taking over like you can’t even breathe except to scream, maybe this book is for you. Also, just sitting down and doing art for hours is indeed a luxury and makes it hard to go back to the “real world” of capitalism, etc. but sometimes this is exactly what self care is needed
19. A Love Story From the End of the World by Juhea Kim
I loved the wild weirdness and environmental focus of these short stories set all across the world in this time of climate chaos and political upheaval. Kim is an author and activist with a truly creative spirit!
20. After by Bruce Greyson M.D.
After what happened this summer with my dad passing, I read a ton of nonfiction regarding human consciousness continuing and this one really goes through quite a variety of Near Death Experiences and how it also ends up changing people. It’s a really fascinating look into human consciousness and how it continues from a medical expert. I am fascinated by these human stories and really enjoy the perspective of someone from a background in Science. I do believe that, when the body dies, the consciousness and soul of the spirit does continue and that most of us have already lived multiple lives at this point.
Honorable Mentions:
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Annihilation by Michel Houellebecq
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home by Stephen Starring Grant
**All photos are copyrighted**
It's cold here in London, so damn cold. I haven't been out with a camera for what seems like ages. I have good intentions but every morning I look outside at the frost and it doesn't take long for the motivation to completely desert me. Maybe tomorrow...
Meanwhile here's one I prepared earlier. Last summer to be accurate, taken on a little jewel of a 35mm film camera that is just a joy to shoot with.
35mm film photography
Olympus OM2n camera
Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
Agfa Vista 200 film (expired 2015)
Carnasserie Castle (also spelled Carnassarie) is a ruined 16th-century tower house, noted for its unusual plan and renaissance detailing. It is located around 2 kilometres (1+1⁄4 miles) north of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, at The castle was built by reforming churchman John Carswell, who was Rector of Kilmartin, Chancellor of the Chapel Royal at Stirling, and later titular Bishop of the Isles. Carswell published the first book to be printed in Scottish Gaelic, a translation of John Knox's Book of Common Order.[1] Construction began in 1565 using masons brought from Stirling; although notionally built for Carswell's patron, the Earl of Argyll, he intended it as a personal residence for himself.
On Carswell's death in 1572, the castle passed to the Earl of Argyll and was sold in 1643 to Donald Campbell of Auchinleck. His successor Duncan Campbell was one of the few to actively support Argyll's Rising against James VII in 1685.[2] The Atholl Raid that followed the failure of the Rising devastated large parts of Argyllshire; despite recovering his estates in 1689, Duncan Campbell was financially ruined. In 1690, he petitioned Parliament claiming Maclean clansmen burnt Carnasserie Castle, stole 2,000 cattle and murdered his uncle Alexander Campbell of Strondour.[3] Although the outer walls remain largely undamaged, Carnasserie was never rebuilt and the Auchinbrecks eventually went bankrupt. In the 19th century the estate was sold to the Malcolms of Poltalloch, who also own nearby Duntrune Castle. Today the castle and its surroundings are protected as a scheduled monument.[4] The castle is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public.[5]
Carnasserie has only ever been slightly altered, in the late 17th century, and so presents an accurate picture of 16th-century architecture. Although sited on raised ground close to a strategic pass at the head of Kilmartin Glen, it was designed more for domestic rather than military purposes.
The castle comprises a 5-storey tower house, with a longer three storey hall house, providing a substantial range of accommodation. At basement level are the remains of cellars and a kitchen with a large fireplace and water inlet. Above this is the large hall. This is connected to a large drawing room in the tower house, which retains its stone floor and large fireplace with finely carved stone decoration. A broad stair rises from the entrance to the hall, contained in a small tower to the north-west. A second smaller stair leads up from the hall to the parapet walk on three sides of the tower house. Upper rooms would have contained bedrooms.
The exterior displays numerous "double keyhole" gunloops, as well as decorative string courses and corbelling. Over the entrance are blank panels framed by carved supports, as well as the arms of the 5th Earl of Argyll with the Gaelic motto DIA LE UA NDUIBHNE, "God be with O'Duine", referring to the semi-legendary ancestors of Clan Campbell. At the top of the tower are the remains of open rounds along the parapet, and a cap-house above the stair. Fragments of carved drain spouts have been found, and are on display in the cellars.
To the south and west is a partially walled courtyard garden. An archway bears the inscription SDC LHL 1681, for Sir Duncan Campbell, 4th Baronet and Lady Henrietta Lindsay, whose support for Argyll's uprising led to the castle's destruction.
I tried to depict my mother as accurately as possible. This is the time when she met my father. I adore her big round and gentle eyes, with which she looks at my father and her faint smile. The photographer is my father.
Thank you, Lawrence for the invitation to be part of this Mother's Day Tribute)
An incredibly accurate spear fisherman. The tail is a bit of a mystery and they are the only species that have them. Not much information on the net about them, but I'm thinking they get them as adults (3 years or so). Click to see larger.
I'm not 100% sure if the title's accurate, learning all of Tokyo's districts and cities is no easy feat to a foreigner. All I know is that the last sign I saw before taking this shot was for Ginza station (which wasn't even the correct stop).
So strictly speaking, this is the first usable photo I got on Japanese soil. I arrived last night and was just ecstatic, after all these years, I was finally here. I took a couple of more sociable photos when I arrived at the bnb that night but I don't think it was anything I could really edit or post.
The next morning I got to work. I left Akihabara for Asakusa. It was raining when I got in last night, and it was still going off and on today. Took the Chuo line to Asakusa station. I exited to the bridge going over to Sumida. I could see the Skytree disappearing into the heavens and the Asahi Flame. I entered an observation building to shoot Senso-Ji from above.
But on my way up to that position, I looked to my right and I saw a makeshift skyline. I could just barely make out the full shape of the skytree, so I knew it had to be worth the effort.
This was no ordinary white sky, a clarity fix brought out all the clouds so I knew it would be a different kind of edit this time. I sized down the image until the top border was about to touch the tower. The buildings have been drained of nearly all saturation and there are 8 seperate layers of shading. Only the red parts got to keep some resemblance of their color cause I thought it would match the the dreary atmosphere. It took longer then normal because of how crowded this image was, which I guess is accurate to Tokyo's image anyways.
I was asked to create an image of Richard and myself together representing our love and relationship towards each other accurately. And I feel there's nothing more accurate than saying that we are dreamers. Our whole relationship together has been about dreaming of the future, of what is to come, of staying together forever.
ninety of three sixty five
thus, this starts a new series called "head in the clouds"
facebook page! i want to start getting more likes on my facebook page, and updating it more, and taking more behind the scene photographs, of props, locations, and tutorials type stuff.
Or more accurately the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall.
It is found down the end of some very narrow lanes with no turning places and with the tiniest of car parks, but it was worth the risk.
Located in a beautiful rural setting beside the River Windrush.
Built in the 1430's it was eventually abandoned in the 1730's for a superior residence, Holkham Hall. My how some people used to live!