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A market town in the medieval period, Birmingham grew in the 18th century Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution, which saw advances in science, technology, and economic development, producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society. By 1791 it was being hailed as "the first manufacturing town in the world".Birmingham's distinctive economic profile, with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades, encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided an economic base for prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century. The Watt steam engine was invented in Birmingham.
The resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of political radicalism which, under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain, was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London, and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy. From the summer of 1940 to the spring of 1943, Birmingham was bombed heavily by the German Luftwaffe in what is known as the Birmingham Blitz. The damage done to the city's infrastructure, in addition to a deliberate policy of demolition and new building by planners, led to extensive urban regeneration in subsequent decades.
Birmingham's economy is now dominated by the service sector. The city is a major international commercial centre, ranked as a gamma+ world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network; and an important transport, retail, events and conference hub. Its metropolitan economy is the second largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $121.1bn (2014), and its six universities make it the largest centre of higher education in the country outside London. Birmingham's major cultural institutions – the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Library of Birmingham and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts – enjoy international reputations, and the city has vibrant and influential grassroots art, music, literary and culinary scenes. Birmingham is the fourth-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors.
Birmingham's two professional football clubs are Aston Villa and Birmingham City, the former having achieved the most success by winning seven league titles and one European Cup. Birmingham has been selected to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
People from Birmingham are called Brummies, a term derived from the city's nickname of "Brum", which originates from the city's old name, Brummagem, which in turn is thought to have derived from "Bromwich-ham".The Brummie accent and dialect are particularly distinctive.
Information from Wikipedia.
Texture's&Effect's by William Walton&Topaz.
Excerpt from wellingtoncityheritage.org.nz:
Built in 1910, this three storey Edwardian Baroque edifice has significant architectural value for its lively and decorative Beaux Arts façade and is one of the most distinctive buildings in the Cuba Street Heritage Area.
This building has historic value for its association with the Barber family, who operated their dye business from this site for over 70 years, and also for its designer, notable Wellington architect William Crichton. This building also has a long history of use as a physical culture and dance studio, has been home to Footnote Dance since the 1980s.
This distinctive building is part of a significant group of Edwardian commercial buildings on Cuba Street which make significant contribution to the Cuba Street Heritage Area.
The building façade has had relatively few intrusive modern alterations and retains substantial areas of original building fabric.
The Barber’s Building is a three storey Edwardian Commercial building and the lively, decorative Edwardian Baroque /Beaux Arts façade is one of the finest and most elaborate in the Cuba Street Heritage Area.
The original ground floor shop fronts and rusticated columns have unfortunately been replaced in a mish-mash of styles and finishes, but the façade above verandah level is substantially unaltered. The façade here is carefully articulated and the windows and ornamentation are deeply modelled. The unique pair of top storey lunette windows high-light the symmetrical composition of its façade and make a singular contribution to the character of the street. The square-headed and segmentally-arched windows on the upper floors are also prominently moulded and recessed. The façade is notable for the combination of rendered brick ornamentation, and for the polychromatic bands of rendered and plain facing brick, and three of these elaborate polychromatic pilasters tie the central window elements together. Although the polychromatic effect has been altered at the base of the pilasters where the brick and render has been over-painted. The building is capped by an arched pediment, with a heavily-decorated cornice below, and stucco festoons. This intriguing façade makes a strong positive contribution to the lively Edwardian character of the Cuba Street precinct.
The building is comprised of two separate retail units on the ground floor, and dance/ ballet studios on the floors above. The interior retains significant areas of original building fabric particularly in the stairwell which features a fine timber stair, skirting, panelled doors (including ironmongery) and the t&g timber wall linings.
The Shire being Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
It reached -9C this morning, this is the effect of damp air freezing on weeds at the edge of the field.
Sometimes I like to jazz-up a pic purely to make it somewhat different to the norm. Roses are always beautiful 'au naturelle' but I liked the impact of the colourful effect on this one.
My go to post processing is usually done with Paintshop Pro , but I used 'Smart Photo Editor' for this pic. They have hundreds of instant artistic effects to choose from, which themselves can be altered/ adjusted to your own taste. They are effects that have been submitted by the site's users. It's great fun and gets the creative juices flowing.
weird !!!!!
is this what they call "The Sabattier Effect"?
and how is it only on a section of the shot?
That's what i was immediately reminded.
I later saw on flickr, that i wasn't the only one who though about that title ;)
My views somehow go crazy today... This one got over a 1000 views in a few seconds. What's up flickr?
Upside down reflection in Mill Lake in Abbotsford BC of 1980s townhouse set against new apartment building.
Some photos from my trip to Windsor, Ontario, Canada to visit friends and family!
So Windsor had a Bright Lights Event that I had to get photos of. So here are my humble offerings!
www.citywindsor.ca/residents/Recreation/Special-Events/br...
Jan van Eyck (Maaseik, 1390 approx. - Bruges, June 1441) - Madonna in the Church (1440 approx.) - oil on oak wood 31.10 x 13.90 cm - Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
La Madonna nella chiesa è una delle opere più belle e preziose che Jan van Eyck ha realizzato. Copie del XV e XVI secolo dimostrano che l'elevato status artistico della piccola tavola fu riconosciuto sin dall'inizio. Infatti, la resa dettagliata dell'architettura e le gradazioni di luce differenziate conferiscono alla chiesa un'atmosfera di effetto molto immediato. Questo crea l'impressione di guardare in un mondo senza tempo. La luce del giorno luminoso che filtra dalle finestre della navata superiore e del portale laterale, che evoca i riflessi del sole sulle pareti di taglio e sul pavimento della navata, ricorda il tempo che scorre, che tuttavia sembra essersi fermato.
The Madonna in the church is one of the most beautiful and precious works that Jan van Eyck has created. Copies from the 15th and 16th century show that the high artistic status of the small table was recognized from the very beginning. In fact, the detailed rendering of the architecture and the differentiated shades of light give the church an atmosphere of very immediate effect. This creates the impression of looking into a timeless world. The bright daylight filtering through the windows of the upper nave and the side portal, which evokes the reflections of the sun on the cutting walls and on the floor of the nave, reminds us of the passing of time, which nevertheless seems to have stopped.
The wasps and broken glass aside this now decaying greenhouse is something straight from a fairy tale or a Disney movie, a terrific location to spend ones Saturday afternoon to be honest.
The greenhouse was built on the side of a large castle in Europe that is far from abandoned (although it sure looks like it from the outside). However out the back a German Shepard awaits you with its bare teeth.
For once I got to shoot a location with too much light as it poured in through the broken glass above, a rare treat in Urban Exploring. With the light came heat, shooting in a greenhouse certainly is a warming experience.
Headed out with a mate last night to Stockton sand dunes to take advantage of the dark new moon skies overhead. We ended up walking a lot further then planned, though with a beautiful night and good company it was welcomed. The light pollution ensured a somewhat faint milky way compared to a few nights earlier. This is a composite image from a nice little location we stumbled across in the dark.
Nikon D810
AF-S 14-24mm f2.8 Lens
F2.8 | 30s | ISO 1000 | 14mm