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5x7 watercolor. Ok, I loved Liz's cow paintings so much I wanted to try to paint something fun like hers. It's not beautiful and loose like hers but I had fun.
We have visited this waterfall a number of times before. Most shoot this from the left side of the falls, as have I. The trails take you right up to the face of the falls. That's easy enough. However I have always wanted to see what it looked like from the far right side. Trouble is, that side is hard to get to. First, you have to cross the river. I guess that's no biggie but it's not an easy river to cross. This time I brought my waders. I have not had good luck with these in the past, in fact they caused me to fill my camera bag with water in the past. See, the bottom of the feet are hard plastic and they get no traction on the rocks. Anyway, this time they worked well.
So once across the river, you are facing a wall of delicate moss. This is one of the reasons to see this waterfall. Being one of those that always tries to be unbelievably respectful of the landscape, this created the biggest challenge. I needed to get up and almost behind the moss covered hill to see the smaller series of falls that usually hide in the shadows. I started by staying in the many small streams that fall down the hill face because there is no chance for footprints in the moss. Once over there I saw that I was not the first to try to walk up to this side. It seemed my predicessor also tread lightly. Even so, I could see thier footprints, so I followed those to minimize my trek.
It was a slow climb, not because it was hard, but because of the care taken. I had finally reached the top and I have to be honest, I was not all that impressed. Well, I was there, let's see what I can do. I wanted the full scene so I reached for the fisheye. This is an all new fisheye for me. My classic Tokina 10-17 has now left the bag and a new Sigma 8mm has entered the scene. This was my first outing with this glass. It worked well, but it was not weather sealed and being at the top of the moss hill it was clear why the moss was there. I was getting soaked. Wipe, shoot. Wipe, shoot. Wipe shoot. By the time I left the hill I was soaked. So was the gear.
So this is a bracket blend because it was dark up there under the trees at the top of moss mountain. Let me know what you think.
Smithfield Meat Market, City of London. The historic market has been on this site since 1327, but its days are numbered. This and Billingsgate Fish Market, currently based in Poplar, were originally proposed to move to Dagenham but it may be that they will close altogether. This site, which sits between Farringdon and Barbican in The City of London, is to largely become the new City of London Museum.
I quite liked the symmetry with the lamps and pot plants, the rest is rather asymmetrical. :-)
Electric wire fences are a common feature in Windhoek, most walls are "crowned" with them.
Happy Wall Wednesday and a Happy 2019!
For Wednesday Walls
Excerpt from beyondarizona.com:
The former Church of St. Laurentius, next to the castle, was first mentioned in 761-62, when the patronage rights over the church were given to Ettenheim Monastery in Breisgau. The church was one of the twelve Lake Thun churches in the Strättliger Chronicle. The current early Romanesque building was built during the 7th or 8th century, while the crypt dates from about 1000. Outside the church, a number of graves from the 7th and 8th centuries have also been discovered. It was the parish church for a parish that included Spiez, Spiezwiler, Einigen, Faulensee and Hondrich. When Bern adopted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the church became the center of the new Reformed parish.
Spiez Castle is a small romantic castle with lovely gardens, a fine Romanesque church, and spectacular views of Lake Thun and Alpine peaks of the Berner (Bernese) Oberland region of Switzerland. The castle has a history going back to at least the twelfth century.
A delightful Cotswold cottage in the village of Taynton, West Oxfordshire
For another image from this village please see
www.flickr.com/photos/rosbornking/53196058278/in/photostr...
In 2023 a number of my pictures were accidentally deleted from Flickr, and I have searched my archives in an attempt to replace the best of them. This is one.
Wastwater is situated in the Wasdale Valley on the western side of the Lake District. This dramatic lake is three miles long, half a mile wide and 260 feet deep. It is the deepest of all of England’s lakes as well as being perhaps the most awe-inspiring. It is surrounded by mountains including Red Pike, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Scafell Pike, which at 3,209 feet above sea level is the highest in England.
Source: www.visitcumbria.com/wc/wastwater/.
The Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae), also known as the Lady Gouldian finch, Gould's finch or the rainbow finch, is a colourful passerine bird which is native to Australia. Both sexes are brightly coloured with black, green, yellow, and red markings. The females tend to be less brightly coloured. One major difference between the sexes is that the male's chest is purple, while the female's is a lighter mauve. Gouldian finches are about 125–140 mm long. Gouldian finches' heads may be red, black, or yellow. Formerly considered three different kinds of finches, it is now known that these are colour variants that exist in the wild. Selective breeding has also developed mutations (blue, yellow and silver instead of a green back) in both body and breast colour. The number of Gouldian finches has decreased quite dramatically during the 20th century. Their habitat has been reduced or altered. 15304
Neukirchen bei Altmünster, Oberösterreich
Pinhole Zero 612 F Multiformat, Fuji Acros, Rodinal 1+50
Print auf Fomatone 132 mit mit Moersch ECO 4812
gebleicht mit Hexacyanoferrat/Kaliumbromid 1+49, 30 sec
Vario Schwefeltoner MT 3 (50+50+900)
With the south wall gone, and multiple holes in the roof, this wonderful old barn's days are numbered.
Number 2 in my Gates theme for this week. Wonky well used gates to a wonky but beautiful church. ole Park, Kent, UK taken in 2012.
66796 "The Green Progressor"
working, 6E10 11.26 Liverpool bulk terminal-Drax power station.
departs Warrington Bank Quay,
Number 87 for 100 Flower 2021
Erysimum Bowles Mauve has done better for me this year as I remembered to keep cutting it back!
So it's still flowering now.
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames, and finally in Chelsea, its current location. Saatchi's collection—and hence the gallery's shows—has had distinct phases, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, and then returning to contemporary art from America in USA Today at the Royal Academy in London. A 2008 exhibition of contemporary Chinese art formed the inaugural exhibition in the new venue for the gallery at the Duke of York's HQ.
The gallery has been an influence on art in Britain since its opening. It has also had a history of media controversy,[2] which it has actively courted, and has earned extremes of critical reaction. Many artists shown at the gallery are unknown not only to the general public but also to the commercial art world; showing at the gallery has provided a springboard to launch careers.[citation needed]
In 2010, it was announced that the gallery would be given to the British public, becoming the Museum of Contemporary Art for London