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This amazing exhibition tells the story of arguably the Greatest Munitions Factory on Earth, which was constructed on the Anglo-Scottish Border between scenic Dornock in Scotland and bustling Longtown in England. During 1915, Britain was at a massive disadvantage in the early part of the Great War through lack of a decent and consistent supply of quality ammunition.
That is until 30,000 women and men travelled from all over the world to come and work in this one massive factory, purpose built by the government on the northern shore of the Solway Firth specifically to mass manufacture cordite: a smokeless explosive usually made from nitro-glycerine and nitro-cotton that would go on to turn the battle around! Within 2 years this one uber factory was producing 1,100 tons of cordite a week, which was more than all the other munitions plants in Britain put together!
This plant has leaves that may be 2 metres across, or more. They look safe enough, but the backs of the leaves have huge thorns that are about 2 cm. long. Hence, the name.
Take Devil's Staircase trekking and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Southern Plains. This famous route is a 14km long trail of sharp zig-zag twists that are extremely steep and difficult, but quite thrilling to travel.
These devils are just so cute. There were about 7 in this enclosure, and when I would clean it they would all hide from me. ;-(
I noticed recently that the gates were open to the Devil's Slide Trail, so I decided to explore the area. For those of you not from California, Devil's Slide is the infamous part of Highway 1 known for closures due to landslides during the winter. Prior to the tunnel being built to bypass this section, I remember several white-knuckle drives, trying to keep my eyes on the road rather than think about the precipitous several-hundred-foot drop into the ocean, just a few feet to my side.
I spent an hour exploring the trail, which is basically the old road than runs parallel to the new tunnel. There are plenty of signs warning people to not climb on the dangerous cliffs, which are constantly eroding.
For this shot I ended up using my 18-55 mm kit lens because my 11-16mm Tokina lens was too wide. The 18-55 mm lens is a PITA to use with the Lee Filter System as the front of the lens rotates during focus and screws up the position of the attached rectangular filters. I was able to get this shot after some fumbling. I processed this shot as best as I could to replicate what the scene actually looked like, and surprisingly this is pretty darned closed to what I remember.
Single exposure with Lee 0.9S + 0.6S grad ND stacked and rotated approximately 30 degrees counterclockwise.
Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) fighting over food at the Devil Sanctuary, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
I love watching. Roberto says: "Don't act to change the world, just look at the delirious human parade with a warm smile and enjoy it!".
I'm changing. I'm learning to do this.
She is beautiful, by my point of view, and if you just look at her red left side and leave apart the white one, you might also pretend to see her eye open, and it's evil...
Take Devil's Staircase trekking and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Southern Plains. This famous route is a 14km long trail of sharp zig-zag twists that are extremely steep and difficult, but quite thrilling to travel.
Devils Cornfield, Morning. Death Valley National Park, California. March 31, 2011. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Low angle morning light silhouettes receding hills and plants near Devils Cornfield, Death Valley National Park.
Taking advantage of the low angle light from the sun as it rose above the Funeral Mountains, I shot almost directly into the light with a long lens to photograph these backlit plants ("arrowweed" I believe) growing along the fringes of the Devils Cornfield area not far from Stovepipe Wells. Although the compressed perspective from the relatively long focal length disguises the fact, I was shooting from a hill that gave me some elevation above the flat surface of the Valley here, and provided a bit better view of the tops of the hills receding into the haze.
I made a variation on this photograph at the same time that I posted earlier - it is in color and used an even longer focal length to get a bit more detail of the mesquite tree that is barely visible in the upper right area of this shot. The color image has a much less start appearance than the black and white rendition with its contrast between the light on the tops of the plants and the surrounding dark soil.
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