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The autumn light has been very beautiful lately.
Two layers of gum over cyanotype. Image is about 7in. x 10in. Printed on Fabriano HP 300lb.
In the days when roads were in even worse condition than we find them today many travellers tried to keep to the higher groundwhere this allowed a more direct route and there were a lot of tracks and paths across the Derbyshire and Yorkshire moors. In 1697 and Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. There was no defined standard and the survivors show a great variety in lettering and size. Some incorporate a pointing hand alongside the place name.
This example is on Beeley Moor and points the way to Bakewell and Sheffield.
An 18thC Guide Stoop near Edensor. This side shows a hand pointing east and is marked 'Bakewell Rode' and the date 1709.
Two other faces are marked 'Sheffield Rode' and 'Chesterfield Rode'.
Pentax 67 | Takumar 105/2.4 | Konica Centuria Pro 400 | Epson V750
I am awfully in love with this old Konica film and just bought the rest I could find at a decent price. It's too bad so many great emulsions have gone the way of the Dodo. I have to say I definitely prefer the look of this stuff to Pro400H or Portra400 personally... It sort of has the best qualities of both of those to me. Guess I"ll have to mae it last.
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"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
Details: Pose - Roquai …. DollCoco avi with: Catwa hair, belt by LaGyo, older skirt by Emo-tions, many, many lovely gacha items from (at least) DRD, Enfant Terrible, ieqed, target bow by A&D, quivers by someone I'll look up… I do love to accessorize!
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In 1697 during the reign of William III an Act was passed which decreed that in the more remote parts, where two or more paths intersected, the local Surveyors were to erect guideposts or guide stoops showing the way to the nearest market town. After all these years the inscription on the stoop has been weathered away.
"Cliff Dwellers"
Peregrine Falcons of New Jersey
The Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache". As is typical of bird-eating raptors, Peregrine Falcons are sexually dimorphic, females being considerably larger than males. The Peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over 200 mph during its characteristic hunting stoop (high speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a National Geographic TV program, the highest measured speed of a Peregrine Falcon is 242 mph.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon
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Made a last min stop to Thimble to get some newness, now on the stoop hangin out. Had to match my clothes 😈
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"Stoop, angels,
hither from the skies!
There is no holier
spot of ground,
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned."
{Ode by Henry Timrod}
Details: Pose - Roquai …. DollCoco avi with: Catwa hair, belt by LaGyo, older skirt by Emo-tions, many, many lovely gacha items from (at least) DRD, Enfant Terrible, ieqed, target bow by A&D, quivers by someone I'll look up… I do love to accessorize!
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This photo is part of a survey of all my shoes, old and new, perfect and worn out. Warts and all as Cromwell said.
A guide stoop on Gibbet Moor, east of Chesterfield. Though Chesterfield is spelt:
CHESTE
RFEILD
ROAD
on the stoop!
The guide stoops were introduced after 1709 to guide travellers on their way between the towns and villages. Many routes in those days crossed bleak, desolate moorland.