Gates
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Today I decided it was time to do a winter version of my land. It will be called Gates of Memories. This is just a tiny little corner of it and once its finished you are very welcome to visit.
Golden Gate of the Palace of Versailles, Place d'Armes, 78000 Versailles, Paris - France
More than three centuries after it was torn down during the French Revolution, the royal gate once again graces the entrance to Versailles, the centre of power under Louis XIV.
Replicas of the 80-metre steel gate decorated with 100,000 gold leaves were unveiled July 2008.
The royal gate that once again stands at the entrance of Versailles provides an essential element of Versailles historical identity.
One of France's most visited tourist sites, the Palace of Versailles west of Paris has been undergoing renovation work since 2003 when the government launched the "Grand Versailles" project.
Private donors contributed five million euros to rebuild the gates and legions of top craftsmen and history experts were called in to ensure exact replicas would be produced.
Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for over thirty years, the Palace of Versailles is one of the best known palaces worldwide, not only for its imposing architecture and its endless and well-tended gardens, but because it is an important part of the history of France.
Palace of Versailles quick facts & figures:
Construction Started: 1623
Garden Size: 800 hectares
Size: 51,200 Square Meters
Annual Tourists: 6,000,000
Paintings: 6,123
Drawings: 1,500
Engravings: 15,034
Sculptures: 2,102
Furniture: 5,210
Mar 12, 2009 #337
L'ingresso all'Oceano Indiano da Fremantle - Western Australia
Gate to Indian Ocean from Frematle- Western Australia
Jaspyr Lyric, walking the gate to my property...June, 2017...and keeping out the marauding hordes!
Missing my furry babies. He'll be missing me too...I'll be home soon!
(Posted from Ontario, Canada)
SW Scotland
Managed to get this shot of the iconic gate when there was almost no one around. It pays to get up early!!!
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after restoring the Orangist power by suppressing the Dutch popular unrest. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel, which used to be the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg.
It is located in the western part of the city centre of Berlin within Mitte, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building, which houses the German parliament (Bundestag). The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, a boulevard of linden trees which led directly to the royal City Palace of the Prussian monarchs.
Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events and is today considered not only as a symbol of the tumultuous histories of Germany and Europe, but also of European unity and peace.
Yesterday evening at the Golden Gate. The fog had just started to ease up.
The finger of fog running along the headlands above is floating on top of what is termed a marine layer. The air directly above the water is cooled by the water and becomes denser than the warm air above it and so becomes trapped, and the fog then sits on this denser layer of air. As the air above cools (setting sun), the dense air escapes and the fog dissipates. This is what is happening in the picture, about 10 minutes before the entire bridge was shrouded in fog, but as the air cooled, it was rapidly disappearing with just this finger remaining.
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One of the originally three city gates to the German town of Wittstock. This is Gröper Tor (Gröper Gate), dating to the 14th century - and with the pyramid roof added in 1503. The street now runs next to the gate to the right, which it has done for at least 200 years.
The lock gate leading to the Ellesmere Port canal basin. (returning to posting after a month's absence through illness). Hasselblad X2D.
This sim closed last night. Thankfully, I found out before had and went to get some last minute shots!
Captured this Great Grey owl not far from my gate on my way to go kayaking at sunrise (I recognized the owl from my winter shoot) It isn't camera shy at all but it doesn't like trucks so I get out and walk up. I'm glad I took images of all angles because I am just as crazy about a good background as I am of the subject. Not often I get both.
Une autre vue du Golden gate de San Francisco. La brume habituelle sur une partie du pont.
Another view of the Golden Gate in San Francisco. The usual fog covering part of the bridge.
Golden Gate Halos - Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA, USA - Copyright 2015 Martyn Phillips, M4Photo.
I had high hopes for my shots from San Francisco, however the weather finally caught up with us and things did not go to plan. We wanted the fog on the roadway but it never got lower than the tower tops of the Golden Gate Bridge.
However, shot from the beach, I love this capture with the halos from the tower lights trying to fight their way through the cloud of fog. The fog was only in this position for a short time prior to the sun rising and I was pleased to capture this unusual perspective of this iconic San Francisco landmark.
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