The old Lithuania capital Trakai, lake GALVĖ, near VILNIUS
Eilean Donan Castle, winter 2007
Romance depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, romantic exploits etc Eilean Donan castle bathing in the early afternoon light _As one of the most iconic images of Scotland, Eilean Donan is recognised all around the world. Situated on an island at the point where three great sea lochs meet, and surrounded by some majestic scenery, it is little wonder that the castle is now one of the most important attractions in the Scottish highlands. Although first inhabited around the 6th century, the first fortified castle was built in the mid 13th century and stood guard over the lands of Kintail. Since then, at least four different versions of the castle have been built and re-built as the feudal history of Scotland unfolded through the centuries. Partially destroyed in a Jacobite uprising in 1719, Eilean Donan lay in ruins for the best part of 200 years until Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap bought the island in 1911 and proceeded to restore the castle to its former glory. After 20 years of toil and labour the castle was re-opened in 1932_ / http://www.eileandonancastle.com/
After the storm… captured just after the storm had hit the bay – Mamiya 330 Pro, 65mm
A new approach for me – Thought I would try some fantasy matte work. / / This is a collaboration effort where Susan Davies provided the base image of Castell Coch and Rose Moxon kindly created the 3D dragons that I used in this composition. Thank you both – I couldn’t have created this without you guys. / I am quite pleased with the result I reached here – and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did creating it. / / I have prepared a step by step guide to how I got this effect, and you can read it here / /
Airbrushed and mixed media My Work Was Featured In Fantasy Art / (Thanks Everyone) Read the Collaboration of Written Work by Tony Hedger Part 2 of 2 / The way to get there is many in choice, / But a good first step is the inner voice. / By air, or water, by earth or fire, / Fairyland is your hearts desire. There you are free, all you can be, / And everything is real. / You could sit for a while, / Upon a sundial, / And chase the rays of the light, / You could float on the air, / Without any care, / Or fly with butterfly wings. / Buzz with the bees, and fly through the trees, / Float down with the falling leaves. You could go on a boat, / Through sparkling waters, / Made out of the shell of a tortoise. / Sit in the ring where the fairies all sing, / Drink, dance, fairy fling. / Diddle on the fiddle, play fairy in the middle, / Sparkle, shine, drink buttercup wine. / T’is close, you must believe, / Just follow the voice from within. Excerpt from poem, To Journey to Fairyland / By Joannda Riche Created in Photoshop, hand created images and mixed media. Most Popular Purchases of This Image / Mounted Prints / Greeting Cards For Part 1 in the Series Click Here You can contact Carrie at: carrie@carrieglennstudios.com and please visit Carrie Glenn Studios /
Princeton, NJ – May 2008 – Taken as an HDR
The Grass Really Is Greener…. 20×24 Mixed Media “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda Featured in First Things / (Thanks Everyone!) Featured in Don’t Fence Me In / (Thanks Heather and Lisa) Featured In Live, Love, Dream / (Thanks Bamgirl) Featured in Dream & Fantasy / (Thanks Ana & Hal) Featured in Core [C.O.R.E] / (Thanks theyellowfury & Ushna ) Winner of the Today’s Best award, June 24th, 2008, at Zazzle You can contact Carrie at: carrie@carrieglennstudios.com and please visit Carrie Glenn Studios /
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Dawn’s website / Zazzle / / /
As one of the most iconic images of Scotland, Eilean Donan is recognised all around the world. Situated on an island at the point where three great sea lochs meet, and surrounded by some majestic scenery, it is little wonder that the castle is now one of the most visited and important attractions in the Scottish highlands. Although first inhabited around the 6th century, the first fortified castle was built in the mid 13th century and stood guard over the lands of Kintail. Since then, at least four different versions of the castle have been built and re-built as the feudal history of Scotland unfolded through the centuries. Partially destroyed in a Jacobite uprising in 1719, Eilean Donan lay in ruins for the best part of 200 years until Lieutenant Colonel John MacRae-Gilstrap bought the island in 1911 and proceeded to restore the castle to its former glory. After 20 years of toil and labour the castle was re-opened in 1932
The defensive Tower house of Smailholm, just over the Scottish border, near Kelso. The tower was built in the mid 1400’s at a time when lawlessness and violent bands of reivers, ravaged the lands both sides of the English-Scottish border. And a solitary white swan, resides below the Tower Even today, the landscape is lonely, and you can easily imagine the starkness of those dark days. Dreary dull, grey, original digital photograph. / Lots of photoshop layers and borrowed sunset from my bonny Northumberland, Budle Bay photo. Inversion and refining with digital painting….. it would have been easier to conventionally paint this!!
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” ~Matthew 7:7 Photomanipulation created in Photoshop CS2. Stock Credits: / Door by almudena-stock / Woman by Lisajen-stock
A local landmark in the Huddersfield area is Castle Hill. I shot it in a snow storm with flash and slow shutter speed
Watercolour painting of Filey, North Yorkshire, UK / Standard water colour paper
mjranum-stock.deviantart.com / lunebleu-stock.deviantart.com Something kinda out of norm for me… / Doing a bit of an experiment for myself… this image has been digitally watermarked and if stolen or used without my permission can be tracked online ©Claudia McKinney 2009
A Turneresque depiction of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland Nikon D200 / F22 1/50 ISO100 / 7 exposures +/-3 / Processed in Photomatix / Edited in Photoshop Featured in: /
Dover Castle in the evening sun. / Created in Photoshop using an HDR photo of the castle (+/- 3EV) / and adding the skys. The whole image was overlaid with textures to give the ‘Old Masterly” look.
Featured in Ancient Ruins and Relics Group November – 30 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Castle Magic Group October – 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Communities Group October – 19 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in JPG Cast-Offs Group October – 13 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in All Castles Around The World Group Agoust – 25 – 2009 Challenge Winner in All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes & Rivers Group – Calm As The Mirror Challenge Agoust – 20 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in The Male Photographer Group Agoust – 18 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers Group Agoust – 15 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Castel Toblino – Trentino – Italy Renowned for the romantic legends associated with it, and as the pleasure retreat of the episcopal court, Castel Toblino is a rare example, in Trentino, of lake fortification. / It was probably a prehistoric fort and Roman site, on an island in the middle of the lake which, due to the lowering of the water level later became a peninsula. It is a very old site, once occupied by a small temple dedicated to the worship of the Fates, as recorded in the rare 3rd century epigraph (walled under the northern portico of the castle). Its original religious function was soon replaced by a military function, given its strategic position. In the 13th century the castle passed from the hands of the lords of Toblino into those of the lords of Campo, who owned the castle bearing the same name in the Giudicarie (Castel Campo). Later on, the castle fell into the hands of the church of Trento (1495) and the Cardinal Bernardo Clesio had the place restored and rebuilt (1536-1537) on Renaissance lines, to become a lord´s residence: it was decorated by some of the artists working at the Magno Palazzo of the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento. The prevailing 16th century elements are due to the subsequent transformations (courtyard portico and loggia, round arches) ordered by Gian Gaudenzio Madruzzo. All that remains of the Medieval castle layout are the wall to the west, a turret to the north-west of the present enclosure and the 20 meter high cylindrical tower, which may be considered a keep, strengthening the fortifications closing the summit of the fortified rock. Lake of Toblino This valley bottom lake has marsh vegetation (in particular ) and lacustrine (a few samples of “lamineto” of the ninfea gialla type); At certain points of the shore there are willow groves. The site includes the surrounding hills, where holm oaks woods grow(Celtidi australis-Quercetum ilicis). Nikon Coolpix 990
Blaise Castle done in black and white for a new group, England, in black and white, / This Castle was my playground as a child, I live just across the road from the estate, in fact I still play up there now and go 2-3 times a week, most of my family call it Dawn’s castle hehe I wish haha. / Dawn’s website / Zazzle / / /
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