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Somehow I don't think these have seen a lot of use lately.
Taken at Tirpentwys local nature reserve, Pontypool
16.10.2015. Granite steps - Market Jew Street, Penzance.
The name Market Jew comes from the Cornish "Marghus Yow" meaning 'Thursday market'.
The steps were made famous by Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 film, "The Battleship Potemkin." From the bottom, as in this photo, one can see only the steps. From the top one sees only the landings.
The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is located in the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. It was named after Jerry and Margaret Nerman, who are prominent collectors of contemporary art in the area.
I had to visit the museum because it was so close by, and it open after 5pm on Fridays. It turned out to be time well spent. After checking out the art, do not miss the gift shop!
These are the steps at the back of the Podium shopping centre. Think the guy at the top of the steps thought I was a bit odd and he scuttled off!
This is the lower level "path" from the upper dells to the "Giant's Bathtub", located at Matthiessen State Park.
It was still a bit foggy at the time of this picture.
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Fantasy steps partly constructed from artificial stone on an iron or steel substructure. They are still perfectly useable. Made for Isaac Holden by French specialists around 1870. Holden Park, Oakworth.
I've done a lot of work on this piece since I posted the last step in the process. I've finished the flesh and hair on the figures, put in an under-coat on the deck of the catamaran, finished the fish and started on the waves.
You'll also notice I've made a good start on the rocks and foliage on the island in the background, as well as the beach. This part needs a little more detail.
Stay tuned for more progress reports in the coming weeks.
These dragon/serpent carvings adorned the steps leading up into the Hall of the Eminent Favour, the showpiece of the Changling Tomb.
www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/31254.htm
Beijing, China.
Phone 4 - Photograph taken with the camera on an iPhone 4.
Camera - The native camera app was used with the HDR option.
Filterstorm - Opened the photograph in the native Photos app on my iPad3. Copied the image, opened the Filterstorm app, pasted the contents of the clipboard, and saved a copy of the image to the Camera Roll. This manoeuvre simplified the subsequent processing by having this copy as the most recent image in the Camera Roll.
Snapseed - Image cropped to square format.
HandyPhoto - Retouched a weed in the lower right corner.
Frontview - Trapezoidal crop applied to change the apparent perspective.
Photoshop Touch - Image re-sized to 1936 x 1936 pixels.
Snapseed - Structure and Ambience filters applied. Overall lighting adjustments carried out.
Photoshop Express - Noise reduction and Sharpening filters applied with manual settings.
ExifEditor - EXIF data from the original photograph transferred to the final image.
(Filed as 20130730_iPad3 005 Filterstorm-Snapseed-HandyPhoto-Frontview-PSTouch-PSExpress-ExifEditor.JPG)
This is a beautiful, windy, serene, quiet and desolate area, Snake River Canyon with Owyhee Mountain Range in the horizon.
I was in serene solitude, enjoying it all... Nearest human habitation is a small village called Kuna, Idaho, which is 22 miles to the North and Mountain Home AFB, 20 miles to the East. Both on Idaho State Highway 69, aka, Western Heritage Scenic Byway, which is, indeed, beautiful with wide expansive vista.
I was taking in the beautiful otherworldly scenic view and was also hoping to get a glimpse of a nesting pair of Raptors and the like as it also happens to be the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area, dedicated to famous conservationist, Morely Nelson. Every now and then I could hear the call of a Falcon but could not spot one.
Then came this 4x4, in there this young Love-Birds with an entourage of 4 Photographers/assistants. I had the feeling that it was an Engagement Photo Shoot as couples in romantic settings like to be left alone and nobody comes this far with 4 photographers/assistants just to hang-out and take romantic pics! Couples simply take "Selfies" with their i-Phones!!! So I greeted them with a smile and "Engagement (photo shoot)?" He replied with a smile "Just to hang out".
But I sure felt the moment right, about some time into the (Yet-to-be-declared-Engagement) Photo-Shoot, on the other side of the ledge, he proposed to her !!!! He got on his knees and all, proposed to her and then even added "You still have time to back out of it " as photographers were clicking away to their hearts-content... She was totally surprised, exclaimed something, which I could not hear in high-wind, but she did happily accept, judging from the smiles and hugs from my vantage point!!!
Later, on their way out, as we exchanged pleasantries and I congratulated the couple, he admitted to me with a grin, that he didn't tell me when they arrived, so "not to ruin the moment" (and the surprise).
This is something that I will always remember, the moment and the beauty of it all! What are the chances of something like this happening in such an area when one is on vacation and was there for a few hours only...? Lucky and Sweet indeed! May be a Good Omen too!
Thanks to my good friend Dan Alban, who grew up in Nampa, Idaho, for recommending this place, Swan Falls Dam, Idaho, among other places in Idaho for me to see! And for his family's generous and wonderful hospitality!
Idaho is really beautiful, especially Snake River Valley and Gorge area and up in the Pine Forested Mountain areas such as Idaho City and the High Desert country. And the beautiful, absolutely beautiful Sunsets! I will upload more pics later.
Video here youtu.be/sLHJpj-m-Qg
More info : Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_Nelson_Snake_River_Birds_of_...
the concrete steps lead from the sidewalk up to the house. they lean to the left because tree roots grew under them and torqued them
This was a lockdown project. These steps are directly outside my back door, and they have always been a bit boring to look at, especially in the winter. Well not this winter!
Uploaded for the December colours photo competition on iPlymouth. Thanks for looking.
These are nice little blocks to make! I'm trying to get the full range of values in each of the three color groups so it doesn't get to look boring.
Fontana della Barcaccia (Fountain of the Old Boat) is a Baroque fresh-water fountain in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, Italy, just below the Spanish Steps. It is so named because it is in the shape of a half-sunken ship with water overflowing its bows. The fountain was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and was completed in 1627 by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
The shape was chosen because, prior to the river walls being built, the Tiber often flooded and in 1598 there was a particularly bad flooding and the Piazza di Spagna was flooded up to a metre. Once the water withdrew, a boat was left behind in the square.
Rome, Italy '13
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Two types of mammal footprints climb the steps designed by Philip Tilden this monumental classical garden stairway, made entirely made of York stone, with 125 steps, were in much the same theatrical spirit as the twin swimming pool.
Stone. Broad flight of 125 shallow steps up hillside, with stone terracing to each side. Lower stages of flight flanked at intervals by 3 pairs of low, swagged stone plinths with convex
tops, and rams head to each corner. Towards top, steps flanked by rusticated stone walls, the bases of twin Roman temples which were sadly removed on Sir Herbert Baker's advice soon after erection. Below each temple base, a platform formerly containing a cistern, into which extend stone lion masks, from Verona, spouted water. See also item 3 & 6/8 (Country Life Vol. LIII,19.5.1923.)
Grade: II
Date Listed: 29 December 1966
English Heritage Building ID: 175585
OS Grid Reference: TR1017834996
OS Grid Coordinates: 610178, 134996
Latitude/Longitude: 51.0758, 0.9990
Location: B2067, Lympne, Kent CT21 4PD