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Lower Antelope Canyon is one of the places that should be on everyone's travel bucket list (but please, not on the days I happen to be there - it is crowded enough as it is! I had a chance to visit Lower Antelope in October 2012 as part of my "Easing Gently into Retirement" tour and it was one of the many highlights.
Lower Antelope is located a few miles outside of Page, AZ (look for the very tall smokestacks next to it); the canyons (Lower and Upper) are on Navajo Tribal land and the price to visit is fairly steep - $26/person, but it's worth it. If you are a serious photographer you can ask for a photographer's permit - this allows you to break away from the group tour and also to remain in the canyon for two hours.
The canyon itself is very cool - it is mostly underground - you descend a series of ladders and have to wiggle through some passages but almost anyone can do it. The cool thing is the views are constantly changing from each angle and time of day. For shooting, a tripod is almost mandatory but there were a lot of times there wasn't enough room to set it up. Your body gets a workout trying to wedge and contort into small spaces to capture a shot; many of the shots are either straight up or at very sharp angles.
Even though a lot of guided tours go through it is fairly easy to find solitude. The biggest drawback this time was the lack of professional courtesy displayed by some foreign photographers; instead of shooting and moving on or letting people pass they decided the canyon belonged to them; they frequently blocked passage with huge amounts of gear, they would walk into other shooters set-up and linger, they were loud and obnoxious and spitting everywhere, and then they decided to throw a bunch of sand into the air, creating a lot of dust everywhere. Where are the tasers when you need them? This group really pissed off several other shooters but despite that it was a great trip!
Lower East Side used to be the most densely populated area in the world, hosting a large working-class immigrant community. From the 1870s through the 1930s, many people began their American Dreams in this neighborhood. But as immigration slowed and social policies changed, especially with the suburban explosion of the 1950s and beyond, this area fell derelict. In recent years, however, young urban professionals looking for affordable housing and conveniences of city life have revitalized and gentrified the area.
I am loving the architecture of the building in the background, one of the new buildings built in the current era of gentrification. Through the late 1980s, merely visiting this area after dark was unthinkable, but mercifully that era is now history.
Amritsar India - Febuary 8, 2020: Indian Border Security Force and Pakistan Rangers (black uniforms) lower flags at Wagah Border Closing Ceremony
Crewmembers aboard German mine hunter FGS Homburg (SNMCMG1) lower a Seafox marine drone into the water on October 26, 2018 during mine countermeasures operations at night as a part of Trident Juncture 18. Trident Juncture 18 is designed to ensure that NATO forces are trained, able to operate together and ready to respond to any threat from any direction. Trident Juncture 18 takes place in Norway and the surrounding areas of the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea, including Iceland and the airspace of Finland and Sweden.
With around 50,000 participants from 31 nations Trident Juncture 2018 is one of NATOâs largest exercises in recent years. More than 250 aircraft, 65 ships and 10,000 vehicles are involved in the exercise to perform and conduct air, land, maritime, special operation and amphibious drills. NATO Photo By WO FRAN C.Valverde.
Photo taken June 2017.
I photographed this before but the light keeps changing on it. I think I like this shot better than the last one.
Lots of water at Treman today. Has anyone else seen that "tail" on the left flowing before? I don't think I remember it...
I couldn't get any closer than this, for lack of appropriate footwear. Perhaps I should invest in some waders.
I really like the accent of the tree on the left in this shot.
File name: 08_02_006042
Box label: Boston Public Library: Branches (loose items)
Title: Lower Mills
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Date created: 1939
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints
Subjects: Boston Public Library. Lower Mills Branch Library; Public libraries
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Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
First Scotrail 156 No. 156493 approaches Tyndrum Lower on 1Y22 08.11 Oban - Glasgow Queen St.
06/09/14.
St James
It was founded in 1826. St James, Lower Darwen was built at the top of Stopes Brow, the foundation stone was laid on 22nd February 1827 and the church was consecrated on the 15th March 1829. The old church was demolished in 1969 due to wet rot and the modern Church was built in its place.
Premier John Horgan joins Deputy Chief Harlan Schilling of the Daylu Dena Council, officials and members of the Kaska Nation and local residents, for a Ground Blessing and Planting Ceremony following the Ceremonial Demolition of the Residential School in Lower Post, BC, on June 30, 2021.
Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona, USA.
One of the most amazing places I have ever seen. So much so that this was my 2nd visit here, and there will undoubtedly be more.
October 4, 2022; Lake Placid, New York, USA; Autumn scenes in the Adirondack Mountains around Lake Placid, New York. Photo by Danny Wild
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
Above Broughton Mills there is rolling landscape of Fells, woodlands and lovely rivers. If you visit, go to Broughton in Furness and visit the bakery opposite the Black Cock, and eat there. Wonderful. www.broughtonvillagebakery.co.uk/
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, which still survives.
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.
The estate was requisitioned during the Second World War. 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 sensitively restoring the house to its former glory, adding modern 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 and 400 acres of parkland to the National Trust in 1978.
Grade I Listed
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Christmas 2024
Basildon Park celebrates twenty years of starring as a filming location this year.
The room decor theme is ‘Your favourite Christmas movie’.
Visitors are invited to admire the sumptuous Christmas trees, bask in the glow of the twinkling lights, and see if they can guess the movie theme of the room.
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The Library
Lord Iliffe used this room as his study.
Portrait
Edward Langton Iliffe, 2nd Baron Iliffe of Yattendon
by Graham Vivian Sutherland
1976
Oil on Canvas
This photo was taken at insomnia54
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