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The Struggle, a narrow road which runs from Ambleside, beside Lake Windermere, to the top of the Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Cumbria, Uk, Gb
The sculpture "garden" at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach features four unusual pieces of art. They are four young people who appear to be literally embedded in stone! Only parts of the bodies can be seen, with the hands of each reaching upward over their heads. The sculptures are two sided, and the backs feature the reverse of the body parts. While they are almost a little disturbing, and at the same time, some parts are almost a bit erotic, they are fascinating. They have been outdoors for decades now, and the weathering is becoming noticeable.
It is obvious that these were castings done of actual young people. I've often wondered who they were!
The photo was processed for dramatic effect. The original pic of the art is in comments.
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Photograph taken around at 09:51am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of almost 350 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
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Nikon D7000 Focal length: 10mm Shutter speed: 1/125s Aperture: f/16.0 Iso200 Hand held. RAW 14-bit Size L (4928 x 3264) Lossless compressed file. Manual exposure Auto white balance. Colour space: Adobe RGB. Matrix metering.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM.UV filter. Nikon GP-1 GPS
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LONGITUDE: W 2d 56m 20.12s
ALTITUDE: 344.0m
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I love this spot about half way up The Struggle out of Ambleside. I have photographed it before but it is one of those places I want to do more with.
This is my second (proper) version, shot as a 3 frame panoramic on the Olympus OM-D E-M5mkII/12m f2.0 combination as opposed to the Nikon D800E/12-24 that I used previously for a single frame capture, although this time I moved further back to set the hut into it's scene more than my previous version which I think has worked better.
Taken at the top of Kirkstone Pass on Sunday. Looking down "The Struggle" which leads down to Ambleside.
The narrow road running from Kirkstone Pass down to Lake Windermere rejoices in the name of The Struggle. I remembered that I'd seen Highland cows in a field there a few years ago, so went looking for them again. Sure enough they're still there. This image isn't cropped. I was close enough to be able to compose this just the way it is. Such beautiful animals!
Heading up The Struggle to Kirkstone Pass this morning and I pulled over to quickly get a photograph as I was appreciating the dramatic sky!
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Photograph taken around at 09:51am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of almost 350 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
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Nikon D7000 Focal length: 10mm Shutter speed: 1/125s Aperture: f/16.0 Iso200 Hand held. RAW 14-bit Size L (4928 x 3264) Lossless compressed file. Manual exposure Auto white balance. Colour space: Adobe RGB. Matrix metering.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM.UV filter. Nikon GP-1 GPS
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LATITUDE: N 54d 26m 59.98s
LONGITUDE: W 2d 56m 20.12s
ALTITUDE: 344.0m
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It was a dreary morning driving The Struggle to Ambleside when there were a few attempts by the sun to break through the clouds. I was fortunate to be near one of the rare parking areas along The Struggle. The sun "was" highlighting this tree, but by the time I reached to stone wall the moment was gone. This image has just a hint of sunlight, which was quickly gone and I was dashing back to the car as the rain resumed.
Low clouds, intermittent rain and some sunshine . . . it appears to be a good day to be repeating my visit to Lingmoor Fell. :-)
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Photograph taken around at 09:50am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of 345 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
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Nikon D7000 10mm 1/125s f/16.0 iso200 RAW (14-bit) AF-S single point focus. Manual exposure. Centre weighted metering. Auto white balance.Auto Active D-lighting.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM. Jessops 72mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D11 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL15 batteries. Digi-Chip Speed Pro 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC card. Hoodman HGEC soft eyepiece cup. Optech Tripod Strap. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
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LATITUDE: N 54d 26m 59.84s
LONGITUDE: W 2d 56m 20.04s
ALTITUDE: 345.0m
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Opening the fridge to find that there's NOTHING to eat is literally THE WORST!
#TheStruggle
#FirstWorldProblems
(Fridge is a vintage 90's Barbie piece my hubby found in a lot on EBay, including much of the food pictured as well!) Other pieces are a mixture of MegaHouse and re-ment.
"Whatever
the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.”
~ Diane Westlake ~
“Whatever
I am offered in devotion with a pure heart - a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water - I accept with joy.” ~ Bhagavad Gita ~
"Whatever
has been going on these past few days, I'm not sure whether I've just come down the steps to the leaf carpet, or whether I'm climbing back up the stairs, "leafing" behind soft, colorful memories." ~ Antoinette Ledzian ~
“Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.” ~ anon ~
In the seventeenth century, horse drawn coaches plied this unpaved road from Penrith. It was a struggle for the horses to make the ascent from Brothers Water to the top of the pass, and passengers were required to pile out of the coach and walk to the top. Hence the road along this section became known as The Struggle. Once reaching the zenith of the pass, the descent into Windermere was a swift and hair-raising one as the horses plunged along the narrow, steep and winding road. There was little time to enjoy the stunning views over the Troutbeck valley.
Half way up the struggle on the way to Kirkstone Inn we parked up for a break and to admire the view.
This road runs from the Kirkstone Pass down to Ambleside in the Lake District and is aptly named 'The Struggle'. In this photo it can be seen winding westwards before it drops down to Ambleside.
A sign near the Kirkstone Pass Inn points motorists to 'Ambleside via The Struggle'.
I took this photo (original below) on my recent Lake District holiday and had pretty much written it off as dull, despite the bull being very handsome. I've been playing a bit with post processing recently, though, and I quite liked the results of this one. I know the purists say that everything should be done in the camera - and I admire people who can do this - but there's so much fun to be had these days!
The last sunrays of the day break through the cloud over the northern end of Windermere and Ambleside on a late November day.
I saw this unfold infront of me as I came over the Kirkstone Pass on the way home and just had time to grab a few versions (all panoramics) before it was gone. This was the first of the set.
Toma Rosandić. National Museum of Serbia (Народни музеј Србије / Narodni muzej Srbije), Republic Square, Belgrade, Serbia. Трг републике, Београд, Србија.
Grizfolk's first single to be released tonight worldwide, Troublemaker. Here is a portrait I shot of the band in June.
Strobist Info: You tell me :)
Troublemaker - itun.es/us/lh4R8
On Saturday, May, 21, 2016, I pulled out an album that I have not played since 1989 when I bought it and recorded it to cassette tape. It's still got its original plastic shrink-wrapping which revealed that I bought the album from Phonosound in Sandton, South Africa for the princely sum of ZAR 22.50.
"Eet Kreef" (which translates as "Eat Crayfish") by Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band was a seminal album in South African music history and was front and centre of the Voëlvry movement (literally "free as a bird" but here meaning outlawed) which rocked conservative Afrikaner culture to the core in 1988, and without which Afrikaans rock music, as we know it today, simply wouldn't exist.
A lot has been written about Voëlvry - its intrigues and legacies - and I'm not going to repeat any of that here. But feel free to take a look at something I blogged back in 2008.
Between the album cover and the shrink-wrapping I found some original Voëlvry stickers that I saved back in 1989. They are similar to the original lapel badges that I also have in my collection of Voëlvry memorabilia.
Historic times - glad I was there :-)
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Photograph taken at 09:50am on September 6th 2012 off Kirkstone Pass at a height of 345 metres at the summit of a road so windy and tricky they named it 'The Struggle', past Glenridding and heading towards Ambleside and Lake Windermere, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England.
Nikon D7000 10mm 1/250s f/11.0 iso200 raw (14Bit). Handheld. Manual focus. manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM. Jessops UV filter. Nikon MB-D11 battery grip. Hoodman H-EYEN22S Hood eye eye cup. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit
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LATITUDE: N 54d 26m 59.83s
LONGITUDE: W 2d 56m 20.02s
ALTITUDE: 344.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE SIZE: 32.30MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) SIZE: 12.35MB
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Herdwick sheep are as much a part of the Lake District as the dry stone walls. It's hard to imagine one without the other. They have incredibly appealing faces and, not surprisingly, are the inspiration for the giftware sold by The Herdy Company: www.herdy.co.uk/shop. This one was wandering by the side of the road called The Struggle, between Kirkstone Pass and Ambleside, when I accosted her and proffered my 'hoof'. :))
On Saturday, May, 21, 2016, I pulled out an album that I have not played since 1989 when I bought it and recorded it to cassette tape. It's still got its original plastic shrink-wrapping which revealed that I bought the album from Phonosound in Sandton, South Africa for the princely sum of ZAR 22.50.
"Eet Kreef" (which translates as "Eat Crayfish") by Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band was a seminal album in South African music history and was front and centre of the Voëlvry movement (literally "free as a bird" but here meaning outlawed) which rocked conservative Afrikaner culture to the core in 1988, and without which Afrikaans rock music, as we know it today, simply wouldn't exist.
A lot has been written about Voëlvry - its intrigues and legacies - and I'm not going to repeat any of that here. But feel free to take a look at something I blogged back in 2008.
Between the album cover and the shrink-wrapping I found some original Voëlvry stickers that I saved back in 1989. They are similar to the original lapel badges that I also have in my collection of Voëlvry memorabilia.
Historic times - glad I was there :-)