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The elegant village of Semur, listed as Un des plus beaux villages de France (“One of the Most Beautiful Villages in France”), although I am not at all sure it deserves the title when compared to truly stunning villages such as Èze, Pérouges or Collonges-la-Rouge, is the capital of the small barony of Brionnais, at the extreme southwestern tip of the old duchy of Burgundy.
The Semur family of local barons would have gone basically unnoticed through History, had it not been for Hugues, born in 1024, who went on to become probably the most famous abbot of Cluny, having succeeded Odilon de Mercœur from 1049 until 1109. Builder of the so-called “Cluny III” abbey church, the largest ever in Christendom, he considerably expanded the Order of Cluny (which was part of the Benedictines) all over Europe during his 60-year abbacy.
One of the most powerful people (and one of the most learned minds) of his time, later canonized by the Church as saint Hugues (Hugh in English), he sent architects and builders from Cluny to his native small town of Semur-en-Brionnais to build this church dedicated to Saint Hilaire (Hillary in English). Hugues himself never saw the church being built, as its oldest parts (traditionally, the apse and apsidioles, the choir and transept, and the beginning of the nave) were erected during the years 1115-1130, but then construction was interrupted and did not resume until around 1170. The portals were finished and decorated during the 1180s, towards the end of the Romanesque age, at a point when many consider the Romanesque art was already “perverted” by mannerisms announcing the age of the Gothic.
Saint-Hilaire was turned into a college church in 1274 when Baron Jean de Semur and the bishop of Autun jointly incorporated a college of 13 canons to take care of the Opus Dei in the church. Damaged during the Hundred Years War (1364), and yet again during the Wars of Religion (1576), the church was listed as a Historic Landmark in 1862 and the stone vaulting which had been destroyed and replaced temporarily by a timber roof, was rebuilt.
Being the last Romanesque church ever built in the Brionnais, Saint-Hilaire skillfully incorporates tradition from the local art, and inputs from the most noble and powerful house of Cluny, which was then undoubtedly the dominant power in Western Christendom, above and beyond the Pope —in practice, if not in principle.
The smallness of the almost cozy apse is in sharp contrast with the ample proportions of the three-level nave, which is typically Cluniac. The joints were painted over during the 19th century, so it is difficult to assess the true quality of the apparel, but the light is certainly beautiful and gives off an impression of peace.
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testing the free trial version of "Silver Efex Pro"
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Ocean View. Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. Captured Sep 25, 2014. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 24mm, f 9 @ 11 minutes, 18 seconds, ISO 100. Tripod. B+W 10stop ND Filter plus B+W 6stop ND Filter for a total of 16 stops. Post Processing with CS5, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), SilverEfexPro 2.0, Viveza 2.0, Dfine 2.0 and PhotoTools 2.6.
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Morning Serenity
As I sat there while my camera was exposing for 11 minutes and 18 seconds, I ate in my surroundings and enjoyed the air, birds and the sounds of the ocean. I breathed in deeply and serenity engulfed me.
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Sea Grass on the Rocks. Shell Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California. Captured July 14, 2014. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF16-35mm f2.8L IS USM at 16mm, f 11 @ (7 images HDR), ISO 100. Tripod. Post Processing with CS5, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 3.0 (Tonal Contrast), ColorEfexPro 4.0 (Image Borders), SilverEfexPro 2.0, Viveza 2.0, Dfine 2.0 and PhotoMatixPro 5.0.4
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My previous work has won a Merit Award in Black and White Magazine 2013 Portfolio Contest. 2 page spread, page 88/89 August 2013 Portfolio Special Edition #98.
Single Image Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 Single Image Contest. Pages 92 & 221 Feb. 2014 Single Image Special Edition #101. I am very pleased to announce that for the third time in a little over a year I will once again be in Black & White Magazine. The internationally known magazine has honored me with a Portfolio Excellence Award and has featured 7 images in a 4-page spread in the 2014 August issue #104. The spread is on pages 28, 29, 30 and 31. As well as many other international awards.
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Sea Grass on the Rocks
Finding a new location it was a minus 1.2 foot low tide. A dry tropical storm was approaching from the south and the clouds were growing. For me it was a perfect time to enjoy the outdoors, the ocean and most important, to make an image. I have to acknowledge two very good friends, Stan who told me about Beachcomber (Stan, When I went there I remembered that I had been there before. Thank you). To Bob, who was my partner in crime that day and photo buddy who makes my images better when we photograph together and who also made the weather much better that day. Thanks for the clouds, Bob..!!!
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Neon Welcome Sign. San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California. Captured June 9, 2014. Captured with Canon EOS 5DIII, Canon EF24-105mm f4L IS USM at 105mm, f 11 @ (HDR 9 images), ISO 100. Tripod. Post Processing with CS5, NikSoftware ColorEfexPro 4.0, SilverEfexPro 2.0 and PhotoMatixPro 5.0.4
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Single Image Award in Black and White Magazine 2014 Single Image Contest. Pages 92 & 221 Feb. 2014 Single Image Special Edition #101. I am very pleased to announce that for the third time in a little over a year I will once again be in Black & White Magazine. The internationally known magazine has honored me with a Portfolio Excellence Award and has featured 7 images in a 4-page spread in the 2014 August issue #104. The spread is on pages 28, 29, 30 and 31. As well as many other international awards.
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You're Welcome, San Luis Obspo, California
This image was made on a Meet Up in Downtown San Luis Obispo, California. I usually make B&W Daylight Long Exposure images, but this Meet Up brought me out of my comfort zone and into the realm of night photography. I found that I enjoyed myself and came away with what I felt were a few “keepers.” This image itself posed some problems. The range of light was extreme and I found myself having to expose for HDR from 6 seconds to ¼ seconds. Other images, not this one, were exposed at either 25 or 30 seconds in a single exposure.
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Slow shutter image from a dance rehearsal, used Lightroom, Nik software and picmonkey for edits. Thank you for your appreciation, Gail
Technical info:
ND110 - 10 stops
f/25
ISO100
14 mm
120s (2min00s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5
Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2
Nik Software Dfine 2.0
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Love watching the moon during the day and into evening. It was accompanied by fluffy clouds the other day.
I think hummingbirds are so much fun to watch, but terribly frustrating to photograph. For every "good" photo I've taken of them, I've probably shot dozens of bad ones because they are so fast and hard to focus on. Even using a flash or high shutter speeds do not guarantee a tack-sharp image.
Högsbohöjd, Gothenburg.
This is an old photo re-edited. I wanted to create something a little bit more sinister.
The quote is the famous last words of Emily Dickinson.
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A day out down to Tyntesfield (National Trust) with 'Jeffda2' to get some further images / portraits of the most excellent 'Ragged Victorians' !
This 2-½ story gray fieldstone house, circa 1790, is the former home of Judge Hugh M. Morris, a Delaware native, respected attorney and distinguished federal judge. Delaware's Division of Parks and Recreation acquired the property in 1998 and made it a part of White Clay Creek State Park.
A view of Freddy Mercury in Montreux, Switzerland.
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Radio Kootwijk Netherlands series: image # 1
Radio Kootwijk is a small town in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn, with ca. 120 inhabitants. It is situated in a heather- and forest-rich territory in the Veluwe region, east of the sandhills of the Kootwijkerzand and the town of Kootwijk.
The housing accommodations of Radio Kootwijk arose as a result of the building of a shortwave transmitter site with the same name, starting in 1918. The transmitters played an important role in the 20th century as a communication facility between the Netherlands and its then colony of Dutch East Indies. In 1923 Dutch PTT started trans-oceanic telegraphy using a longwave transmitter (a 400KW high frequency alternator) from the German Telefunken company under the callsign PCG, in the 24 kHz and 48 kHz. By 1925 the longwave transmitter was changed by a shortwave tube based, electronic transmitter which had a much better performance due to the better propagation of shortwaves. With this new technology, in 1928 a radio-telephonic connection was established. At the end of World War II, the German occupying forces blew up the transmitter. Afterward some of the radio towers were rebuilt.[1]
Due to the development of new technologies like satellite communication, Radio Kootwijk lost its position as main overseas wireless connection point of the Netherlands. In 1980, the last transmission mast was blown up. In 2004 the park lost its last transmitter functions, and was transferred from the KPN company (successor to PTT) to the State Forestry Commission, which started attracting new buyers. The main building of the former transmitter park, designed by Dutch architect Jules Maria Luthmann and named 'Building A' or 'The Sfynx' (journalist refer to it as a cathedral, which it is not), was officially appointed as a monument. It was used as scenery for the American film Mindhunters in 2004.
Technical info:
B+W ND110 - 10 stops
B+W ND106 - 6 stops
total 16 stops
f/8
ISO100
10 mm
300 (5min00s) exposure
Software:
Lightroom 3.0
PS CS5
Nik Software Silver Efex Pro 2
Nik Software Dfine 2.0
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