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Glastonbury Abbey... After discovering the remains of King Arthur and Guinevere the abbot relocated the grave just beyond the main tower. Only a cynic would believe the finding of the once and future king's remains was a hoax in order to reboot the flagging coffers of the abbey after a fire. The remains were found in 1191.
Glastonbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery. Founded in the 7th century, enlarged in the 10th. Rebuilt after major fire in the 14th. Then finally disolved during the dissolution of the monasteries around 1539. The bodies of King Arthur and his queen were found interred in the abbey cemetery in 1191 and they were moved to a site of veneration in the main church. According to Giraldus, a medieval historian, there was a leaden cross with the unmistakably specific inscription Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arthurus in insula Avalonia ("Here lies interred the famous King Arthur on the Isle of Avalon" found with the bones. Rumours are that this was a marketing ploy to bring in more money. Either way, Glastonbury is as good a place as any to remember the once and future king.
Ostseeblick im Dezember mit Schnee -
Im Hintergrund das Tauchschiff des Einsatzausbildungszentrum Schadensabwehr
Marine (EAZS M) in Neustadt in Holstein
An Autumnal scene at Loch Ard. A little cloudy and colourless in the sky but the lovely tones in the trees and bushes and that soft focus reflection makes it worth while.
A very traditional image today of receding posts and the warning beacon belonging to the groins along a beach front.
These are part of the fortifications that protect the sandy shores of the waterfront area of Portobello near Edinburgh. It’s an area I’ve seen images of quite a few times and I took advantage of an opportunity a few weeks ago to give it a go.
The light level was very flat which made for gentle shadows and subtle reflections. I can imagine it would be a delightful spot with which to catch a nice sunrise. However, it is some distance from home so making that journey in time for daybreak would probably involve getting up even earlier than I’m used to. Perhaps someday - but not tomorrow!
btw - The Seagull is not photoshopped on. He actually sat there perfectly for the whole long exposure. What a pro!
2857 - Eardington Bank South 25-07-1993 R2031
Olympus OM4Ti (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
SVR Summer Sunday service
Yes! The bridge over the Great Ouse near the village of Great Barford, Bedfordshire.
Sorry for LE again...I kind of like it. Also starting to see that water is in so many of my photos...a fascination I never realised I had, definitely a regular theme...
Have a great weekend everyone!
This is the most popular subject to photograph on the Isle of Skye and understandably so. The rock stacks making up the structure - the old man, the needle and the other features that escape me - are like something out of Lord of the Rings. You wouldn’t be all that surprised to see a dragon flying overhead with all that gothic looking geology going on around you.
The day I was there was wet, cold and very windy making it difficult conditions to catch any shots never mind taking the time to get some HDR exposures. I had timed the trip to be there for sundown but the clouds were so thick and low that there no chance of getting any nice colour. So here we have a colour image of the stormy weather conditions on the Storr mountain ridge. Maybe I’ll get better luck on the weather next time.
Today’s image was actually not intended to be a posting because it was the dry run for a shot I used a week or so back of the lighthouse at Burntisland Harbour during sunset. This shot is obviously not a sunset image but I was lining up the angles and testing out focal lengths for the return visit. However, I have had this image sitting in a folder and it has been catching my eye so I thought I’d let it loose on Flickr and see how it goes.
Continuing the retrospective of my trip to Skye a short while ago this is a shot of the Neist Point peninsula and lighthouse.
This was one of the primary shots I wanted from this trip and the only place I made a point of visiting twice to try and get the conditions right. Alas the weather was not playing ball on either occasion leaving me with flat light, low cloud and an atmosphere that was generally damp and miserable. I grabbed many frames at sunset, which is the best time for nice light illuminating the rock face and adding a yellow/orange tone to the lighthouse, but there was no hint of sunshine. I returned for pre-dawn to see if I could catch some colour in the horizon behind the rocks but that was even worse with a fine mist that coated the lens and left most of my images unusable. All very frustrating but gaining that experience and understanding of the conditions at a particular location is what return visits are all about I suppose.
The tower from the ruined church of St Michael's on Glastonbury Tor, overlooking the Somerset Levels