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Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
Half moon crescent between the trunks of a tree silhouette, shining through the hazy sky. There is some post-sunset color in the clouds as well. The dark atmosphere fascinated me.
October 2018 | Enztal
© Max Angelsburger Photography
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Grasslands Milky Way 2020-08-15
RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) 2020 Best Overall Image winner.
Captured along the Icefields Parkway Highway (93), Jasper National Park. Infrared image using a fully modified Canon EOSR and an 830nm filter.
The day was absolutely clear and crisp. Never have I seen the mountains this magnificent.
This photograph has been taken right in the city of Pforzheim, an approx. 2000 year-old city of roman origin, located at the northern edge of the Black Forest. The picture shows a cascade on the River Enz near Benckiserstraße.
October 2018 | Enztal
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Red topped aurora is relatively rare. They appear during geomagnetic storms that spread far from the poles. Red is caused by oxygen atoms meeting the solar wind as high as 500km above Earth's surface.
Un dia més a Grau Roig, un dels meus llocs preferits d'Andorra, tant per la fotografia com per al paisatge. Necessitava explorar aquesta zona per al taller que teníem que fer unes setmanes més tard en aquella zona, així que com altres cops, vaig anar cap allà a veure quines imatges podia trobar aquest dia, aquesta és una de les fotos que em vaig posar a fer aquella tarda, vaig haver de posar el trípode en aquest basalt d'aigua estancada, per aconseguir centrar la pedra amb la muntanya i molt baixet en alçada, perquè sortís el reflex de la muntanya. Vaig ajustar al màxim la focal perquè no aparegui l'arbre gran que hi ha a l'esquerra de la imatge i un molt petit que he eliminat en edició, per obtenir una imatge el més neta de distraccions possible.
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Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
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