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The hours on the public clock on the facade spell out the name of the developer; the plaque below reads:
Erected to the memory of
Stephen Edward Howse
1872-1941
Founder of Elms Parade 1937
A self portrait I shot to use as cover art for my upcoming single. artists.landr.com/055905317357
Lighting:
To capture a reflection, the intended source has to be well lit. I started by aiming 2 flashes where my face would be. The flashes were positioned in front of the clock so the light would not spill onto it. The left flash had a 7 inch reflector+grid. The right flash had a round head (approx 2.5")+barndoors.
To light the rest of the clock I added a flash+softbox behind it on the left, a reflector on the right and another reflector right under the camera.
This morning I accidentally went to work when I wasn't scheduled to! I usually only bring my camera at the end of the week but in an attempt to use it more I brought it with me today. I figured to not make a wasted trip of it so I took some photos.
I couldn't tell you how many times I've taken photos of the famous Clock Tower downtown; so I decided to mix it up a bit and gave it a faded film look.
I enjoy crab legs and lobster tail, but man, they are way too messy and complicated to eat. Had that for dinner tonight, and they were also covered in sauce, and I just sort of got sauce everywhere, and it was tasty but stressful. If I ever do that again, I'm gonna do it at home so I can just take off my shirt and really get into it, then shower afterwards. That seems the best way to do it.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore,
Florence, Italy
The clock above the main door inside the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, or the Duomo, as it is better known in Florence, is the only one of its kind in working order anywhere in the world. To the modern eye, it looks positively bizarre. At its centre, a golden star decorates the blue disc of the clock’s face, whilst the heads of what are believed to be the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, are encircled at each corner of the dial’s square frame.
The clock has only one hand, running anti-clockwise from the Roman numeral XXIIII at the bottom, which does not indicate midnight. The clock, in fact, registers the ora italica (‘Italian time’), also known as Bohemian time or Julian time, after Julius Caesar’s 46 CE calendar, which began at sunset and ended at sunset.
Thanks to Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, we know that Paolo di Dono (1397–1475), nicknamed ‘Uccello’ because of his love of strange animals and, in particular, birds, was paid 40 lire in February 1443 when he completed frescoing the face of the clock, which is almost 2 meters in diameter and situated 15 meters off the ground. Obsessed as he was with perspective, in this the second of the works this solitary and eccentric painter from Pratovecchio was commissioned to do in the Duomo, Uccello merged light and shadows on each of the prophets’ faces, making the viewer think that light is streaming in from a window (that, in reality, does not exist), high up on the wall to the left of the clock.
Due to its delicacy, the mechanism has required numerous interventions over the years, including a 17th-century addition: a pendulum based on the studies of Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei and Dutch mathematician and horologist Christiaan Huygens. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Transalpine, French or Gregorian system for measuring time was widely used in Northern Europe. Time was measured in units of 12: midnight to noon (ante meridiem) and noon to midnight (post meridiem). The hours were usually represented in Roman numerals and the hands pointing to them operated a left-to-right (or clockwise) movement. This analog system gradually became established as a standard, further reinforced by the spread of mechanical clocks that did not require continuous maintenance.
But Tuscany was not eager to adopt the analog system. Such was the resistance that, in 1749, Grand Duke Francesco Stefano published an edict enforcing this imported method for calculating time and threatening severe punishment to anyone who failed to adopt it. Therefore, during restoration of the mechanism in 1761, Uccello’s clock face was covered by a new 12-hour version. During this modification, the clock’s original gilded copper hand crafted by the artist also disappeared and a new one was made in the shape of a shooting star. Although the original hand was never recovered, in 1973, after a five-year restoration, Uccello’s clock face is again visible and keeping ora italica.
Visit to the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio on March 17, 2013. This is an excellent collection of historic cars as well as a few airplanes. I didn't see any information about this rather old propeller, but it has several autographs (one can be glimpsed
at the right edge) on the blades and this clock in the center.
The shot was taken through glass.
The beast: I want to do something for her... But what?
Cogsworth: Well, there's the usual things: flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep...
Tihs clock is set in the walls of Wells Cathedral. Wells is the smallest city in the UK with a population of only twelve thousand.
The world clock with Fernsehturm in the background at Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.
The clock displays the time in all 24 time zones at the same time
This is a familiar looking folding alarm clock popular during the 60's. If you are a frequent traveller back then this would be your best travel companion.
made in japan one day movement
Only Time will tell and every clock tells a story....
The problem with clock is, once you got two they start to multiply..
It all started when I acquired my first clock a 1960's jap 7-day wall clock from a colleague of mine by the name of Wong Mun Lai, a clock collector
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It was a non-working clock which I wanted to hang up for display. After a while, I felt something amiss. A clock is not a clock if it does'nt work! So I took it apart and do some fixing, to my surprise I managed to get it ticking again ! I was totally fascinated From there I got my second, third and so on....
My favourite has to be the 400 day clock
Amazing time piece and fun to repair Next in line is those of the electromechanical design type
I love the working principles
At the time of writing, my collection is still growing....but has grind to a halt as my interest is now focus on nature photography