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The bridge at Swinford, Oxfordshire (revisited). A very calm day on the River Thames produced this reflection that resembled a pair of spectacles.
A calm day on the River Thames at Swinford Bridge (Oxon), allowing the impression of a pair of spectacles.
Wainhouse Tower, Halifax. January 2023
Ilford FP4+ pushed to iso 250
Ricoh 500G ZF35 zone focus (c1977)
Ilfotec LC 29 1:19 - 14 minutes
EPson 4490
What gives the tower its local name of The Tower of Spite is a dispute between Wainhouse and his neighbouring grandee, industrialist Sir Henry Edwards. The two men were forever squabbling on all sorts of matters in the local courts, and Edwards, a Justice of the Peace, had on occasion to stand down from the bench to fight his corner. Newspaper coverage of the time shows that those in the public gallery thoroughly enjoyed these spectacles, and their reaction is scattered throughout the reports in parentheses: (laughter), (groans), (hear hear), (applause).
One exchange centred on an accusation that Wainhouse had said that ‘if he had a knife, he would have plunged it into Edwards’.
Wainhouse denied this and was asked to vouch for his honesty:
Mr Bond: will you swear on that?
Mr Wainhouse: I will swear on that and he is a #x@£x@%**!
The two men appear to have gone out of their way to rile each other. In perhaps the ultimate example Wainhouse literally allowed the masses to look down on his enemy.
The golden one is about 1 cm long, the others are shorter! How anyone is expected to get them in the hole and then screw them beats me!
The setting sun sweeps over the heights - simply a great feeling to observe such beautiful natural spectacles.
Fog is slowly forming again in the valley
The North and South Windows in the windows section in Arches National Park are called the Spectacles when viewed together. The North Window is easy to access so it is a popular place to visit for sunset.
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My well worn glasses. Traces of glue can be seen on the edge of the lens on the left. At one point the glass fell out when I lifted the glasses from the table.
For the photo, I placed the glasses on a mirror and used a small ring light from the left.
The bottom metal wire rim frame that holds the lens in the eyeglasses. The length of rim is 7/16 inch long, or 11mm long.
I took a walk around my town centre just over a week ago I think.
i passed this guy perched on the left lion who was as usual preaching. I googled who he was and found on Facebook he is referred to as The King of Kings. I enjoy seeing this character there and the guy giving him a friendly salute back was a pleasure to see and capture in my shot...The Beach in the Old Market Square was still up and running and everyone enjoying themselves...Sue :)
I had to leave this to go to the Opticians for more spectacles….
My new bifocals I had to replace my varifocal specs that didn’t work for me and now the bifocals were too difficult to use for PC so I now have 3 pairs of glasses because the bottom of the bifocals didn’t work well for reading and prescribed as being typically for people who read holding their books low down, I sit cross legged with my hand holding my books perched on my knee 😂 why do I seem to do everything differently to everyone else I don’t know,…just that it’s coming close on to a grand to be able to work on PC watch Television and read my books which is what I do in the evening and at lunchtime when I have a sandwich in one hand and a book in my other hand. It’s no wonder my eyes have a problem. I was told today that I use my eyes a lot lol 😂. Do other people only use their eyes less than me….surely not…Sue :)
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I had new glasses a few months ago, and it had taken months to find a frame I liked - even then, I was not totally happy. (Such vanity!!) Walking round town with a friend today, we found these, and I just wish that I had waited longer!
North Window (51 feet high and 93 wide) is a popular place for people to stand inside. South Window (65 feet high and 105 wide) is a harder to access. While the colorful sandstone is always beautiful, sunset light makes it glow.
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Candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Love his glasses hanging there - enjoy!
The spectacled owl's spectacular vocalizations are low and distinctively vibrato; their eyes have the mesmerizing appearance that they are wearing spectacles. Not often seen, they hunt at night in the tropical rainforests of southern Mexico, central and south America.
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