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I recently spent some time taking pictures of the local smelter which got shut down years ago. It's a great place, when it was abandoned all the old equipment was left behind so it's a lot of fun to explore. Anyway, here's a view from the railroad that leads up to one of the main buildings. It's always hit or miss when it comes to glare, but in this case I like how it travels down the path of the train track.
This image was taken on 16th Sept 2014 during a quick visit to Chester Cathedral. It was a 7x shot HDR image (-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3) and then processed using Adobe Lightroom and Photomatix.
For more information about Chester Cathedral see their site:
Started as three bracketed images taken in infrared using a modified Canon EOS 5D. Plenty of manipulation of the colours to give predominantly two complimentary ones.
HDR image taken on our way back from Acadia. The sunsets in Maine are ethereal. 6 or 7 exposures used and a little bit of photoshop used.
LARGE ON BLACK (press F11 for full screen view)
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A photo I found in the archives that I somehow missed. This one looks much better large on black.
Location Info
Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia in Greater Victoria. It is the site of Hatley Castle and Royal Roads University (formerly the Royal Roads Military College). The historic site is home to trails through mature stands of first and second-growth forest, including large Douglas-fir and western red cedar.
Prior to European settlement, the area was used by the Coast Salish inhabitants as a source for food (berries and camas bulbs) and clothing (cedar bark). Settlers farmed this site until the early 1900s, when it was transformed into an elegant Edwardian estate.
In 1906, B.C.'s Lieutenant Governor, James Dunsmuir who was of Scottish ancestry, purchased the property and commissioned renowned Canadian architect Samuel Maclure to build a 40-room home in the Scottish baronial style, a Gothic revival style popular in the Edwardian period. The Dunsmuirs also created many beautiful formal gardens using the services of renowned American garden designers Brett and Hall. They named their estate "Hatley Park" in the tradition of the grand European private estates. The castle became a landmark and was home to the Dunsmuir family until the estate was sold to the Government of Canada.
At the outbreak of World War II, plans were made for King George VI, his wife Queen Elizabeth, and their two daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, to reside in Canada. Hatley Castle was purchased by the federal government in 1940 for use as the King's royal palace,[1] however, it was decided that having the Royal Family leave the UK at a time of war would be too big a blow to morale, and the family stayed in London.
When plans for the use of the castle as a royal residence fell through, the estate was converted into a naval training facility. It existed under a number of names, but from 1948 was known as Royal Roads Military College, named for the body of water which forms the entrance into Esquimalt Harbour from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, lying to the east of the facility. The college was closed in 1995 and subsequently leased to the Province of British Columbia. That same year, the castle and grounds were designated a national historic site by the Canadian government.
In September 1995, Royal Roads University was opened as a public, degree-granting university. It leases the campus from the Department of National Defence for $1 per year and assumes all stewardship responsibilities related to the site including the cost of site management, operations, heritage preservation and restoration, and educating the public about the site's history and natural attributes.
Appearances in TV and film
* Hatley Castle appears in the Smallville television series as Luthor Mansion, the estate belonging to Lex Luthor.
* The castle is the setting of the X-Men film series as Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. It was used as the mansion in the Made-For-TV movie Generation X, which is based on a comic that is a spin off of X-Men.
* It was used in the 1997 movie, Masterminds as Shady Glen School, a posh private elementary school in California.
* The castle was used in MacGyver. In the second episode of season 5, "The Legend of the Holy Rose, part 2", it is used as a hideout for the episode villain.
* In the TV series Seven Days, episode 9 of season 2,"Love and Other Disasters", the castle is used as a home for royal family and a place for royal wedding.
* In the series Poltergeist: The Legacy, Hatley Castle was the headquarter of the San Francisco legacy.
* Many scenes of Fierce People (2004) show the interior and exterior of Hatley castle. It was used as the stately home of the rich family clan of Ogden C. Osborne.
* The ending scenes of The Changeling (1980) were filmed inside Hatley Castle.
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French Journal Day 151 (Travel Diary Day 231)
(For the best quality image, see my journal - www.throughstrangelenses.com/2013/03/01/paris-church-vert...)
We have attained, for the first time in 6 months, a sense of normalcy in our lives. From going out shooting the wonderful city of Paris with locals and attending meetups with running clubs, to walking the dog and working during the day, we are almost on the brink of establishing a fairly normal routine.
This will come to an abrupt end in a little over 2 weeks when we leave Paris and begin driving around Europe.
Rachel is beginning to have doubts about the whole idea. She’s worrying about the cost and what benefit, if any, it will have on us in the long term. Although we have continual income from our work on the internet, Europe is an expensive place and I don’t know many people who can happily afford to travel around it continuously for 3 months without it making a serious dent in the bank account.
She wants to do it, of course, it’s just a big step, especially considering we still have the Americas to explore. I wonder sometimes if I’m doing it simply for selfish reasons. Developing an impressive portfolio is a must for any photographer and I’m no different. The idea of seeing and capturing so many amazing shots drives me on.
The truth is, as the months have passed by we have continued to make more and more progress in establishing for ourselves successful Internet careers – Rachel doesn’t want that to stop and neither do I. We won’t be working as much while we’re on the road which may negatively impact us.
But, as we’ve always believed, it’s better to take the risk and have the experience than to wonder what may have been.
Today’s Photo – St. Paul St. Louis church
Yesterday Rachel and I met up with Wendy, an Ozzie living over here who helped me organise the Photowalk. She kindly showed us around some parts of central Paris. Later we were joined by Joana and David, who also live in the city.
In the late afternoon we came across this church, St. Paul St. Louis, which was preparing for a special mass to coincide with the resignation of the Pope.
I processed this using the workflow found in my HDR tutorial, minus the vertorama stitching - www.hdrone.com/beginners-hdr-photography-course-art-of-hdr/