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A beautifully crafted wooden chess set is arranged on an ornate fabric background. The players engage in strategic thinking, analyzing possible moves in calm concentration.
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Scotland.
Day Nineteen .. visiting Cragside in England before making our way down to Ravenscar for the night.
Cragside, the dream home of Lord and Lady Armstrong – a Victorian house that was light-years ahead of its time. The home of hydroelectricity, Lord and Lady Armstrong used their wealth, art and science in an ingenious way. What began as a modest country retreat quickly became one of the most technologically advanced homes of the Victorian age.
It was the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the Armstrong Whitworth armaments firm. An industrial magnate, scientist, philanthropist and inventor of the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong gun, Armstrong also displayed his inventiveness in the domestic sphere, making Cragside the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. The estate was technologically advanced; the architect of the house, Richard Norman Shaw, wrote that it was equipped with "wonderful hydraulic machines that do all sorts of things". In the grounds, Armstrong built dams and lakes to power a sawmill, a water-powered laundry, early versions of a dishwasher and a dumb waiter, a hydraulic lift and a hydroelectric rotisserie. In 1887, Armstrong was raised to the peerage, the first engineer or scientist to be ennobled, and became Baron Armstrong of Cragside.
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May 1985, Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan --- Major Ahmed Shah Massoud plays chess with friends in a home in Panjshir Valley. --- Image by © Reza/Webistan/Corbis
This is an industrial design project from school, done with Armand Bentzen and Maria Edvardsen. Read all about it and see more pictures and renders at www.larsenroed.no.
Phil bought this set for me in London, though I have seen it available at stores in the states as well. The pieces are pretty idiosyncratic and it would be a hard set to play with. Notice that Gandalf and an Ent are the Bishops, and hobbits are the pawns.
I went to a party for the high priests group in our LDS ward, and had the foresight to take my camera and tripod with me. I used the tripod and available light to capture this image of a chess set. This was a 30-second exposure at f/14.
Giant chess set shrunk back to normal size... Original at images.google.co.uk/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=ht...
(Tilt Shift Miniature Fake)
all local hardwood, black in "kamagong", white probably in "narra". each is made from one piece of wood (heads are not separate to base)
"The Bishop's Legend" chess set, created by Chandler Swain of Blakeney, Ontario, Canada. Seen at General Fine Craft, in Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. (See their website).
An interesting chess set spotted in the window of Jerusalem the Golden on Golders Green Rd. It features representations of Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews going head to to head.
Jared Padalecki Q&A; September 28, 2008; Supernatural EyeCon Convention September 2008; Chess Piece; White Pieces Supernatural Chess Set; Photograph by Lynda L. Ciaschini
Nuffield Place
The home of one of the most remarkable men of the 20th century
William Morris, Lord Nuffield, founder of the Morris Motor Company, philanthropist, sportsman, keen cyclist, engineer and dog-lover. Better known as Sir William Morris, the man who gave us the Bullnose Morris, the Morris Cowley, Morris Minor and countless other British favourites.
Once reputed to be the world’s wealthiest individual he gave away £11 billion (in today’s money) to good causes.
Born 10 October 1877 – Died 22 August 1963
He is buried in the graveyard at Holy Trinity, Nuffield
www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshirechurches/5120261448/in/p...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris,_1st_Viscount_Nuffield
Nuffield Place reveals the surprisingly down-to-earth lives of Lord Nuffield and his wife. Their home and personal possessions are just as they left them, the decor and furnishings intact. From the comfortable sitting room with a small black and white TV, to Lord Nuffield's humble bedroom with a secret built-in workshop, this intimate home exudes the tastes and interests of its remarkable owner.
www.independent.co.uk/property/interiors/the-original-mor...
Billiard Room
Comfort was important at Nuffield Place.
Lathe turned and carved chess set vertical grain vs. horizontal grain pattern. Created for the Richard and Susan Ayre Estate. Washington State.
Another chess set capture from the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. This time the pieces are more like hand painted figurines with lots of detail. The king is very broad shoulded, asserting his authority over everyone whilst his queen strikes a more softer note.
DailyShoot: Use strong converging lines in a photograph today. It's your choice whether or not to show the vanishing point.
I really thought about this challenge as I wanted to really challenge myself in produce an interesting photo. The I thought of my old Chess set that is made of marble; and how the grid makes for nice converging lines. Now to come up with what I thought would be a good angle to develope the converging lines on a shallow battlefield. I am really happy with the dark moody feel I produced on this image and I hope you are too.
Enjoy and remember to comment and critique.
Strobist Info: SB-800 @ 105mm @ 1/64 DIY Gridded Snoot @ camera Right | SB-80DX @ 105mm @ 1/64 Camera Left - Both flag for to prevent camera flare | Each had a Mirror opposite corner to use as front main lights
Camera Info: Nikon D7000 | 28-70mm(Æ’/2.8) 28mm | Æ’/7.1 | ISO 320 | 1/250s
Setup can be found HERE.
This is the first chess set I bought as part of my collection. The pieces are marble, and well worn. I bought it at a used bookstore, where it was on one of the tables as something for the patrons to use. I asked the clerk if it was for sale and she called the owner at home to set up the price.
The figures represent actual people who had a connection to the ship, including the captain and the designer.
My sister-in-law Mary bought this set for me in Mexico. Apparently she haggled with a shop-keeper over three days before she got him down to the price she wanted.
Last major room in the museum to look at (I didn't take anything in the game hunting room).
This is the chess set that Nelson Mandela gave the Duke of Edinurgh during a South African Presidential visit in 1996.
You may recall that in 2010, Jacob Zuma current South African President also brought a Chess Set as a gift, and was suprised to find that Nelson Mandela had beaten him to it.