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Well its that time when having done a few weeks of coming back to work gradually, its back to the old days and 3 days of meetings in Paris to discuss my "next steps" following my unfortunate brush with illness in West Africa back in /June.
Its not recommended that I return to Ghana or any West African country for a while due to the time my body needs to completely recover, but its great to be fit and well again.
I used the break to try and remember the many types of photography I enjoy, with varying success, but I'll miss my mates at Wetlands and the deer parks, plus not least the fellow photographers have met in this time and am indebted to their friendship and assistance over the past few months.
Had a blast in Swanage last night at the Blues Festival (some good artists there) then hopped on a puddle-jumper this afternoon to Paris.
House of Poplyn.
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Toronto, Canada ~ April 15, 2016.
Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya is located in close proximity to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is renowned for the collection the variety of Orchids,and has more than 300 varieties of Orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palms trees attach it is the National Herbarium. Total land mass of the botanical garden is 147 acres, 460 Meters above sea level with a 200 day annual rain fall, it is managed by the Division of National Botanic Gardens of the Department of Agriculture.
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The origins of the Botanic Gardens dates as far back as 1371 when King Wickramabahu III ascended the thrown and kept court at Peradeniya near Mahaweli river this was followed by King Kirti Sri and King Rajadhi Rajasinghe. A temple was build on this location by King Wimala Dharma but it was destroyed by the British when they were given control over the Kandyan Kingdom. There after the ground work for a Botanical Garden were formed by Mr Alexandar Moon in 1821. Botanical Garden at Peradeniya were formally established and plants from Kew Garden at Slave island, Colombo and from the Kalutara Garden in Kalutara were moved up until 1843. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya was made more independent and expanded under Mr George Gardner as its superintendent in 1844. The gardens came under the administration of the Department of Agriculture when it was established in 1912.
The Classical Avenue of Palms is located in this Garden. One tree with a significant history is the Cannon ball Tree planted by King George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary in 1901. The tree is bent with its fruits which looks like Cannon Ball, which is how it came to be named.
It also used during world war II by Lord Mountbatten, the supreme commander of the allied forces in the South Asia as the headquarters of the South East Asia Command.
7. Decided to fix an grid on 2nd light and aimed it at the back wall
After moving the 2nd light I noticed it made big dan cast a sharp shadow all over little dan’s face, not pretty. So I decided to turn the 2nd light on the back wall to create a spot light effect. I zoomed the flash to 105mm and added a homemade grid which really focuses the light, as seen below.
took a nap in the sun to day at the park. found this laying in the grass next to me when I was putting my bike helmet back on to leave. instantly thought of Dr. Seuss - my childhood hero.
Meandering around the windy back alleys of Scarborough at dusk, no one about, a slightly seedy atmosphere, old cobbles and last year's street murals cheek by jowl, everybody in doors watching the news, not even a cat to share my solitude, mist rising off the sea, very faint shreds reaching up here above the prom, but hardly visible, sodium lamps wink on, bleary gold radiance is soaked up by the dull cobble stones...
Pittsburgh, PA. April 2017.
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13th Floor - Robarts Library, University of Toronto
I was shooting through a window so excuse the reflections. Also the window was pretty oily.
Next time, if you have a chance to drive by the city of Camel-by-the-sea, I would like to invite you to make a stop, step out of the car and enjoy this fantastically beautiful view of (someone) back yard. lol
Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called simply Carmel, is a small city in Monterey County, California, United States, founded in 1902 and incorporated in 1916. Situated on the Monterey Peninsula, the town is known for its natural scenery and rich artistic history. In 1906, the San Francisco Call devoted a full page to the "artists, poets and writers of Carmel-by-the-Sea", and in 1910 it reported that 60 percent of Carmel's houses were built by citizens who were "devoting their lives to work connected to the aesthetic arts." Early City Councils were dominated by artists, and the town has had several mayors who were poets or actors, including Herbert Heron, founder of the Forest Theater, bohemian writer and actor Perry Newberry, and actor-director Clint Eastwood, who was mayor for one term, from 1986 to 1988.
The town is known for being dog-friendly, with numerous hotels, restaurants and retail establishments admitting guests with dogs. Carmel is also known for several unusual laws, including a prohibition on wearing high-heel shoes without a permit, enacted to prevent lawsuits arising from tripping accidents caused by irregular pavement.[3]
Carmel-by-the-Sea is located on the Pacific coast, about 330 miles (530 km) north of Los Angeles and 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 3,722, down from 4,081 at the 2000 census.
Carmel-by-the-Sea experiences a cool summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) typical of coastal areas of California. The wet season is from October to May, and summers are often overcast, the sun blocked by marine layer clouds which can produce drizzle. September and October (Indian Summer) offer the best weather of the year, with an average high of 72° F. The average annual rainfall in Carmel-by-the-Sea is 25 inches per year and the average temperature is 57 degrees F.
Back lane of two terraces, unsure of which ones. Access to all of the back alleys was restricted by tall, locked gates. The lens wouldn't fit through the hole in gate, hence the small vignetting effect around the edge. Jigger is apparently the Liverpool slang for the back lane between two terraces.
The streets around Anfield were spookily quiet - too quiet. Amongst the derelict, boarded-up houses, there was the occasional looked-after inhabited house.
Perhaps the strangest moment was passing a house where workmen were busy ripping out its internals, and just yards down the same street was an elderly gentleman taking great pride in tending to the hedge in his front yard.