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Are you in for a tip? This winter is slowly coming to an end, at least we hope so :) The word is out that there is still few snow days left ahead of us so I thought that one more snow shooting tip might come useful. THE TIP: Since almost all cameras will underexpose your image while shooting snow it is safe to manually overexpose your image in most occasions. To be on a safer side I always bracket my exposures, in one step increments, in those situations. What do you think?
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
The sun setting over Trapani seen from the "must see" place Erice. In the background one can see Isole Egadi and the islands
Marettimo, Isola di Levanzo, Favignana, , Isola Maraone, Isola Formica est
“We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. - Bill Watterson
Did you notice? Lately some crazy moody weather is shaping our every day lives here in Chicago. It’s been transforming our city in various different ways. It is amazing how with just a little fog and haze different corners of the city that are very easily overlooked become magical. This is one of the frames from the pond at Lincoln Park shot at 8am, 2h after the sunrise. I left the Ulysses S. Grant Monument in the frame as a clue that this is indeed shot in the middle of the city. What do you think?
THE HORSMEN
“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pruebas de revelado desde negativos. Duplicado con Olympus EM5, Macro 60mm Olympus, procesado con NegSet, LRC y Nik. www.blastovar.com
TGIF right? And it’s 13th as well! Perfect timing form one BNW image from Detroit. And in case you are wandering this wasn’t shot during covid. This is just a regular weekend in Detroit. Not many people out. This is a frame of the iconic GMRC. What do you think?
I get this feeling I may know you as a lover and a friend.
But this voice keeps whispering in my other ear,
Tells me I may never see you again.
CTF Finance Center Building
( #Guangzhou, #Guangdong, #China. #Photograph by #GustavoThomas © #2018)