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I got up early this morning to catch the full moon coming down over Bath. After the fun I had making image of the moon over Portland last month, I am eager not to waste any opportunity.
Getting this shot wasn't easy. I had to scramble through a lot of brush, along with the nice layer of ice we had from the last storm and dripping water coming from the overpass on the Woolwich side of the river . I found my spot and set up with the long lens. I experimented with different exposures to try and retain some detail in the moon, but it was just too bright to keep the city well-exposed at the same time. I made multiple exposures, thinking I would combine them later on the computer to get the moon right, but when I tried this it just didn't look as pleasing as this version with the blown-out moon. I guess I would say that the impression of the moon is what's important here.
The light was pretty incredible at this point. The deep blue hour, with the first light of day coming in behind me, really cast a beautiful glow on the city along with the artificial lights. A couple of clouds lined up to the side of the moon, filling my frame and catching some of the moonlight. The Kennebec River was full of large chunks of ice, moving downstream, causing the streaks in this long exposure.
The city skyline is dominated by the steeples and bell towers of City Hall, First Baptist Church, and the Winter Street Church. You can also see the holiday lights still in the trees down in the Riverfront Park.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country. The medieval abbey church served as a sometime cathedral of a bishop. The church architecture is cruciform in plan and can seat up to 1,200 patrons. An active place of worship, it also hosts civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. There is a heritage museum in the cellars. The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders, representing Jacob's Ladder.
At the suggestion of a long time Flickr pal, (thanks Baz) Shirley and I called in at Cadgwith when we took a few days in Cornwall this spring. The recommendation was superb as the village is delightfully located in a little cove with easy access to the sea for the village's small fishing fleet. Also many of the buildings are thatched and help give a picture postcard scene.
As well as the above there was a small amount of birdlife to be seen. Here is a Rock Pipit which was taking a good bath in the village stream that flowed into the sea at the small cove.
Having watered at Brightside, Stanier 'Black 5s’ nos.44871 & 45407 'The Lancashire Fusilier’ head through Chapletown station with the “Tin Bath”.
In the park in my vicinity is a pool for children. This year the water is not frozen, so birds can take a bath in January.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul,
commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England.
Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.
It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
@Wikipedia
View from Beechen Cliff looking over Widcombe and Bathwick Hill to the right, and an HST from London at Bath Spar station, below left
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. Major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
The church is cruciform in plan, and is able to seat 1200. An active place of worship, with hundreds of congregation members and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, it is used for religious services, secular civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. The choir performs in the abbey and elsewhere. There is a heritage museum in the vaults.
The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders.
Bath Abbey is regarded by Simon Jenkins as one of England's Hundred Best Churches. For a detailed history please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Abbey.
The end to a brilliant stay in Bath for Abbey's graduation. We will be back to this beautiful city very soon.
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Pulteney Bridge, Bath. My first attempt at an HDR image. Lurid colours knocked back with a gradient map layer in PS. Made from one raw NEF image from my Nikon D200.
Went to Howick this morning sky looked quite promising never really made the colour I wish for but was happy with what I got.
I Hope everyone has a fab Christmas and new year.
There is fresh water on the feed table for the birds who visit my garden. One morning this baby Magpie, the oldest and most confident of the three, took a drink, and then took a bath. It splashed and preened and then sat in the water, happy as could be. I am so happy with their progress, and still we have a long way to go.
When the Roman Baths in Bath (Somerset) were restored in the 19th century, they were re-designed in a royal way - with statues of Roman emperors overlooking the area, beginning with Julius Caesar (who had been to Britain, but a century before the building of the Baths and the Temple of Minerva Sulis was even begun). In Roman times, the thermal baths of Aquae Sulis (later called Bath) were never royal or even elitist. We are dealing here with a projection of Victorian identity back into antiquity, just like Arthur Evans when excavating Knossos (Crete) discovered without much evidence a "royal palace" and even a "throne". What you see in this picture is pure 19th century, with the exception of course of Bath Abbey and some other buildings in the background. To see the Roman artefacts, we have to go below street level.
The Circus est un ensemble résidentiel à Bath en Angleterre composé de trois segments en arc de cercle, séparé chacun par une voie d'entrée, formant une place ronde. Il a été conçu par l'architecte John Wood le Vieux, et construit entre 1754 et 1768. Il est considéré comme un des principaux exemples d'architecture georgienne. Son nom vient du latin "Circus", qui désigne un anneau, ovale ou circulaire. L'architecte lui a donné pratiquement les mêmes dimensions que l'ensemble mégalithique de Stonehenge.
L'architecte John Wood le Vieux mourut moins de trois mois après la pose de la première pierre, et son fils, John Wood le Jeune, termina le projet selon les dessins de son père.