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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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Located in the eastern central portion of Yellowstone National Park in the Canyon area, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is perhaps the most inspiring of the waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. The waterfall's mighty roar can be heard throughout the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
This cataract, long believed to be the park's tallest at 308 feet, is also one of the great waterfalls of the North American continent. It has had more words written about it than any other park waterfall. Nearly half the historic visitor stories about Yellowstone's waterfalls were written about Lower Falls and its upstream companion, Upper Falls.
Early visitors also referred to it as the "Great Fall" or "Grand Fall" of the Yellowstone. A note in William Clark's journal of his famous 1802-07 expedition stated that the Yellowstone River had "a considerable fall" somewhere in the mountains. Clark then wrote "No" after it, an indication that even he did not believe what he had heard.
But the waterfall was real. Native Americans had probably seen it for years. We may never know what Americans first looked upon it, but many explorers, trappers and prospectors brought stories back to the Montana Territory of a huge waterfall on the Yellowstone River that appeared in frontier newspapers. One such article claimed the falls was "thousands of feet" high while another said it was 1,500 feet and called it "the most sublime spot on earth."
A notch in the riverbed causes the green color of the water that extends partway down from the top of the falls. This allows the river to retain some of its green color instead of immediately breaking into spray.
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Night shot of Lower Cathedral Rock from El Capitan Meadow. Yosemite National Park.
October 20, 2009
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 50
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Another shot of Wachella Falls, this time shot using the Singh-Ray Gold & Blue polarizer.
This is an odd composition, and represents a strong attempt by me to force the users eye into the waterfall. The moss covered right that's foreground right pushes the user into the shot. The rest of the rocks draw the eye in, and the waterfall ends up as the main focal point.
... At least, that's the idea! I would love to hear from people as to how well this worked.
Yosemite National Park, CA - USA
A small teaser of a work I did in Yosemite Valley.
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