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Instant Large View... Here, another chance to rehears n breath in cool fresh air with my 5D2 on the early dawn at yishun quiet corner, lower seletar reservoir before my next big event organise by Global Corporate Banking | J.P. Morgan,together with the latest on Entertaimemt Show-The Lion King. Thanks!......
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You would not believe the bushwacking I did on the day I shot this image. First, I bushwacked down the wrong overgrown logging road until it deadended and I realized I had the wrong road. Then I bushwacked down the right logging road with the brush and vines and slide alder getting more impassable with every step and numerous slippery creek crossings until I lost the road. The road simply disappeared in the brush. I know it is there and shall return armed with a clipper and machete to make passage slightly easier.
I returned to the main trail and then pushed through head high brush which included stickery devil's club, to the top of the berm above this lake. It was an absolutely breakthaking sight! A brilliant sun was shining on the lake and making the foliage around me glow! A great reward for all that effort. By then it was close to 6 PM and there was no way to photograph the lake from my vantage point without direct sun in the image. In the interest of returning to my vehicle before dark I did not want to do more bushwacking to find a better spot. I love sun stars but prefer to shoot the sun with a branch or something to slightly obscure it. Full-on sun makes it more difficult to capture detail of the scenery. The next image is this shot with an added texture. I like that the texture obscures the dust particles. I include them both and am interested in your feedback as to whether the texture improves the image or not.
The lower falls on the McCloud River, in northern California. About a foot of fresh snow had fallen overnight, and I was not expecting that I'd have to hike into the falls from the road (about 1.5 miles one way through the fresh snow). It was quite tiring, and I was not able to get up to the middle or upper falls as I hoped. But I am glad I made the hike to the lower falls here. It was just beautiful with all the snow, quite a different scene from how it looks in the summer.
I left this one a bit darker.. that is how it looked in the 6:30 am light... just after the sun had risen. I am undecided on which one I like better. Which do you prefer?
heres the other: www.flickr.com/photos/pyles_94/3557655899/
Lower Yosemite Falls seen from the bridge. This is a vertorama, composed of two images stitched vertically.
From Battery Park/Slip 6 on Ferry. It was very crowded day; I have to wait in that line for 20 mins but it was totally worth it.
Basildon Park
Basildon Park estate was bought by Francis Sykes in 1771.
Sykes had made his fortune in the East India Company and required a home befitting his status. He demolished the original house and employed architect John Carr to build the mansion that survives to this day.
The Sykes family owned the house until 1838.
The Morrison family owned Basildon Park from 1838 to 1928. It was originally bought by Liberal MP James Morrison who passed it to his eldest son Charles. On his death it was inherited by his sister Ellen who died just seven months later, leaving it to her nephew Major James Archibald Morrison.
During the Second World War, the estate was requisitioned. It served several purposes including being used by the 101st Airborne Division of the American Army for D-Day training, and later as a prisoner-of-war camp for German and Italian soldiers. This was all vital to the war effort but inevitably resulted in severe damage to the house and estate.
In 1952 Lord and Lady Iliffe bought the semi-ruined Basildon Park.
The couple set about restoring the house sensitively to its former glory, with the addition of modern-day comforts such as central heating, a contemporary kitchen and bathrooms.
They restored the elegant interior and scoured the country searching for 18th-century architectural fixtures and fittings to fill their comfortable new home.
The fine paintings, fabrics and furniture they bought can still be enjoyed by visitors today.
The house and gardens have been featured in several Film and TV drama productions including Pride and Prejudice, Bridgerton, Downtown Abbey, The Gentlemen and The Crown.
Lord and Lady Iliffe gifted the house, together with 400 acres of parkland, to the National Trust in 1978.
Grade I Listed
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