FALLING APPLES This is a digitally enhanced picture of part of the Heritage Town of Cashel in Tipperary Ireland. The shot is of a new swanky office block ( owned by a law firm). The picture is meant to be ambiguous, are we looking down or are we looking up, is it a dark sky above us or a deep pool below? Why are there apples? There’s an old Irish legend about wealth being like a Golden Apple from the sun, so on another level is this picture about golden apples falling from the sky or money being wasted as it is cast into the water? If it is the latter then it echoes the Celtic practice of casting precious objects into bog holes as offerings to the gods to maintain fertility and prosperity. (The Derry na Flan horde of gold and silver was found just a few miles from here so the legend has some basis in archaeology ). If you look carefully the apples look like they might drop into a letterbox in the pool, maybe that signifies that the booty will end up not in the communal pond but in the lawyer’s pocket…
Country Church in Tennessee
This is the same barn that I posted with the forgotten truck.
A barn surrounded and hidden by trees, bushes and vines.
A fantasy piece of a waterfall and train
An old warehouse Central Colchester County Nova Scotia. A strong wind provided the dramatic motion to the grass and leaves, while the sunset provided the vivid lighting of this scene. Photograph taken October 2007
The oldest of the huts still standing in the Alpine National Park
An ominous sky sets the atmosphere for a building of significance…
Old Victorian Mock Tudor House England / /
Beautiful lights on Niagara Falls.
My … NECK!
This old house, or what remains of it, is beside the road between Grenfell and Young. It’s obviously seen better days, but now it is at the mercy of time, wind and weather.
Old building the Lavendar fields Norfolk
Building on the waters edge at the bottom of Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada
Big sky – western farm buildings with clouds, Bridger Teton National Forest, Idaho
Do over version: I photographed this scene while standing on the Pont de Rennes Pedestrian Bridge in Rochester, NY. / The building are RG&E (Rochester Gas and Electric). / The tall building is the Kodak headquarters. Nikon D80 18-135mm, ISO200
Whilst on holiday last year in Jersey, one of the channel islands, it was announced at breakfast in our hotel that because of the high tide in St. Brelades, the morning’s sand castle competition for the children would be held on the next bay over, Ouaisne. This is because the wall is further back and there would most likely be some beach still available. The only way to go to Ouaisne bay, with the tide so high, was to walk over the headland that separates the two bays, through the forest, and down the rocky path. They would need some adult helpers. I volunteered to go and help, however, when we got there the tide was up to the wall as well. The sand castle competition was a bust. On our way back through the forest and along the path, the kids noticed an old stone doorway at the top of a very high sloping hil, up among the trees and brush. No one knew what it was and the kids were excited about this mysterious discovery. It was like the secret garden or something like that. We climbed the hill and through the undergrowth there to discover this wonderful piece of history, standing here hidden by the trees, and covered with ivy. It was exciting even to me. What was this place? I took a few pictures which didn’t come out very well and I decided that next year I would come and capture this beauty better. Everyone I asked had no idea what it was. There is a doorway and the ruins of what once were walls. There is also a adjacent trench made from granite as well that leads to an open top round turret of sorts. These are the pictures that I took this year, using the HDR process. I am also happy to announce that I have discovered what these ruins are, but you will have to wait for the next of my photos to find out what it is. HE HE HE HE! This is a HDR image combining 6 bracketed shots, using Photomatix Pro for Macs, and adjusting some tones and lighting in Enhance Details as part of Tone Mapping. Canon EOS-1Ds Mark ll / 17-35 wide angle zoom lens / f/8 / 1/8, 1/13, 1/20, 1/30, 1/50, 1/80 / ISO 100 / !!
There was a small opening where I could peek into this building. I could not get the entire scene in the shot from the vantage point. There is a level below this where a bunch of weeds and plants are growing.
Sunken living room…includes pool! Taken along the highway to Winnipeg, near Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada. Canon Rebel Xti / ISO 400 / f/5.6 / Exp. 1/1250 sec / Focal Length 80 mm
This grist mill’s reflection is captured in the pond which used to drive the mill’s water wheel centuries ago. The drabness of the wooden structure is offset by the muted colors of the surrounding fall foliage. The pond’s calmness offers a soothing perspective on an otherwise old building with rich history. The mill is located on Yates Millpond, North Carolina. This photo was taken with a Nikon D700 using a 24mm-70mm aspherical lens.
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