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Looking up in The Grand Shaft, Dover. A great Spring day out adventuring with some good friends early last year : )
The Grand Shaft is a unique triple staircase built in 1806-1809 to provide a shortcut for troops from the Western Heights to the town. It has three staircases of Purbeck limestone, which wind clockwise, one above the other, down a central brick light and ventilation shaft lit by an occasional window. At the bottom the three staircases meet in the sloping corridor which leads to Snargate Street. There are 200 steps in each staircase separated by several landings.
This is also one of 2 images I have entered into my first camera club comp. Two of my mono images will go head to head against other members, including my uncles! judged by an external judge, the one with the least points has to by the coffee! :P Hoping I don't get ripped to shreds too much! :P
Sequence of tonights lunar eclipse from Cambridgeshire, England - 3rd March 2007
Made Explore #55 3rd March 2007 - Thank you.
Shot at the Jurby Day Festival during Manx Grand Prix. Camera: Mamiya C220. Film: Ilford Ortho 80, developed in 510 Pyro.
Happy Mono Monday. Shot on Kentmere 100 with the Mamiya C220 and 55mm lens. Film develop in 510 Pyro
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Today I wrote a post on my blog about the upload schedule that will follow this summer here on my Flickr photo-stream, you can read it there (link).
Have a great Monday, even if it is, you know ... Monday! :)
7 Days of Shooting; Things I can't live without; Mono Monday
Okay so techinically, I could live without it, and I do/must for the majority of every year. But for 1 to 3 weeks a year, I get to rip it up down the slopes of whichever mountain I'm lucky enough to be on. This was shot in India last year, and quickly became a very personally inspirational photograph for me. I had a rough idea what I was doing in Manual mode and my old Minolta held out well in the snow, and even better after being sprayed by Chris's powder half a second after I took this.
From this day forth, I knew I was going to want to take many more, high quality photographs.
~ India; Kashmir. A wall of powder-snow kicks up below Chris's Burton Custom as he shreds down one of the main faces in Gulmarg, Kashmir. ~
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djembefola –
(African term) Directly translated a djembefola is "one who gives the djembe voice". A djembefola is a djembe player. Generally someone would be fairly competent with a djembe before they are referred to as a djembefola.
The djembe is a goblet-shaped, West-African hand drum from 11” to 14” in diameter and about 24” in height. Technically, it belongs to the family of percussion instruments known as membranophones, because it consists of a shell covered by a membrane of rawhide, usually derived from goat or cow.
Ideally, the shell is hand-carved from a single piece of hardwood that results in a Helmholtz resonator, giving it a deep-throated bass. Prior to the twentieth century, the membrane was attached to the shell with sinew, intestine or a strip of rawhide. Nowadays, stretch-resistant nylon and/or polyester rope has become the norm.
Wood density, carving patterns, skin characteristics and the general shape and proportions of the shell combine to give the African djembe a versatile voice.
Title: Kaw-u-tz (Cado)
Alternative Title: [Kaw-u-tz, Caddo]
Creator: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)
Date: 1906
Part Of: Indians
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: collotype; 19.9 x 14.9 cm.
File: ag1982_0178_03_03_opt.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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Yoko is my 15-year old Lilac Oriental. She has an amazing personality and here she is sleeping in the sun.
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What is it about the lure of catching a fish that will get these guys (and they are all men) out in all kinds of weather to perch on a pier in the hopes that a fish will be attracted to that shiny lure?
P.S. The song is "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay", but I don't think Otis was singing about fishing.
I finally got this shot. I've been waiting over 2 years since first finding this spot, for the clouds to look just right.
On Thanksgiving I spent the day out in Joshua Tree national park. I almost didn't bother going to try for this shot because the camp grounds were packed and this location is just above one of the camping spots. The clouds looked too good though, so I decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I did.
Shot with my 8x10 camera on Ilford FP4+ film.
Film scan, sepia toned in photoshop. When I get back to the local community darkroom in a week or two, I'll make a silver gelatin print and sepia tone it the good old fashioned way :)
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Choosing the easy way as the flu more or less makes me idle, an old photo to a new theme on 7 Days of Shooting. Mono Monday on Theme 'between'.
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