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On the edge of the Simpson Desert, Molly Clarke who now lives in Alice Springs set about restoring the station for travellers to enjoy and learn about our early Australian history. / The propery now has a heritage listing and visitors have camping facilies on site. / Taken on Fuji S2 Pro
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This Austin A70 is a permanent feature amongst the gum-trees on my father-in-law’s top paddock. You can tell how long it’s been sitting there by the branches growing in, around and over its body! Location: Kangaroo Island, South Australia All artwork is copyright© to Stephen Mitchell All Rights Reserved. / You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify my photography, writing, and artwork without my express consent.
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B&W of Carter Shields cabin located in the Cades Cove area of the Smoky Mountains
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Taken near Natimuk, Victoria. This is my all time favourite shot…so far! / Camera: Nikon D40X / Also see Also see my: Oil Rig photos / Lighthouse photos Grinder photos / Acheivements / 125th Dimboola A&P society show – 2nd place
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Sales of this Design? – 1 sale so far :) / / / / / ’’Asian Series’ card by Karin Taylor Tang Court Trio came about through my research on the history and culture of the Chinese people. During the Tang period in China, art, literature and music flourished, and female musicians were in abundance. I find their traditional garments beautiful, artworks in themselves.
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The Sydney Heritage Fleet brought the 3 masted, steel hulled James Craig to dock at historical Williamstown. Built in 1874, it carried cargo around the world, until it was abandoned in favor of the steam revolution and sunk in 1932. Restored in 1972.
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Two sales of this image – one laminated print and one matted print. This image placed 3rd in the Nov ‘08 Route 66 avatar challenge. ROUTE 66 IMAGE COLLECTION Good food! ~ Cool atmosphere! ~ Lots of fun! Located on Route 66 in Williams, Arizona, Twisters is an family-owned authentic 1950’s soda fountain. Step back in time when you stop in for a burger and shake. While you are bopping to those 50s tunes, you might even want to try the “Route 66 Beer Float” or perhaps the “Cherry Phosphate”. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ *Please don’t copy or download this image. My photos may NOT be reproduced and/or used in any form without my written permission. If you want this photograph, I would be honored for you to purchase it. ©2008-2009 Patricia Montgomery | Bucks Mountain Galleries | All rights reserved.
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The former Bank Of Victoria in Ford Street, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia.
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Storm signals off the coast of Venice as I travel to my hotel in a water taxi and view one of the most memorable events of my trip white light coming through a wall of gray clouds creating a visual effect on a small island off of Venice.
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The Rotunda was started in 1739, the year of Thomas Wentworth’s death and completed by his son William Wentworth in 1742. It is a round Ionick temple, based on the temple of Hercules at Tivoli, near Rome. / I remember visiting this in the grounds of Stainborough Castle, South Yorkshire with my Dad when i was about 9 or 10 years old and went back this weekend to find restoration has been started, as i remember it was in a bad state with no roof and overgrown with trees and no door so you could walk inside, as you can see it has had some much needed care and attention.
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This is another shot taken on our wee hol. This is from Lanercost Priory. Lanercost Priory is near Brampton which is a short distanc off the A69. Which is also a short distance from Carlisle. Lanercost was visited by William Wallace but it wasn’t a social visit. Now depending on which side of the border your from Mr Wallace may or may not be someone you would hold any respect for. However; Lanercost Priory wasn’t bankrupted by Mr Wallace. That was achieved by King Edward the 1st & he was supposed to be the good guy if you were from the south side. / I met two charming ladies when I was taking this shot, sadly I didn’t get there names. They walked through the shot as it was being taken. As the shutter speed was 3 seconds long they only made a ghost appearance. I took a second shot & this is the 2nd without the ghosts. I deleted the ghost image & now wish I hadn’t. It added to the shot. / One of the ladies produces a church magazine & if the lady in question would like to publish this image let me know. I can send you a low res copy free. / I must also mention Historic England, the lady at the reception was fabulous & enthusiastic. She was very helpful & well informed. She asked me if I was a Pro photographer; I answered honestly & said no. She didn’t ask me if I hoped or aspired to be. /
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Tynemouth Priory was founded early in the 7th century. / In 800 the Danes plundered Tynemouth Priory. / Afterwards the monks strengthened the fortifications sufficiently to prevent / the Danes from succeeding when they attacked again in 832. / However, in 865 the church and monastery were destroyed by the Danes. / At the same time, the nuns of St Hilda, who had come there for safety, were massacred. The priory was again plundered by the Danes in 870. / / The priory was destroyed by the Danes in 875. / The small parish church of St Mary remained. / This Chapel is behind the Blue door. / When entering it is truly stepping back in time.
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A timeless scene captured in the wonders of dr5 black and white film processing. The Scituate Reservoir is the largest body of fresh water in Rhode Island. The road over the dam that keeps the water within the reservoir has some of the most beautiful views in inland Rhode Island. This historic look was acheived by aiming an antique AGFA Clack camera directly into the sun. No digital manipulation was employed. (c) Paul Lavallee 2007 /
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The Colosseum in Rome, Italy during a sunrise.
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Gaia, goddess of the Earth / Your children when combined / Provide the seed to give life birth / As we know life defined / / Inseparable three children are / Mountain, Sea, and the Sky / For if these three became afar / Earth’s life would surely die / / Your children share each others gifts / Exchange these gifts all day / Rotated in unending shifts / So life on Earth can stay / / The Gaia hypothesis is an ecological hypothesis that proposes that living and nonliving parts of the earth are a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism. / / Named after the Greek Earth goddess, this hypothesis postulates that all living things have a regulatory effect on the Earth’s environment that promotes life overall. / / This fractal artwork depicts this infinite symbiotic relationships that make Gaia, or our Mother Earth, the living and sustainable planet that it is. I have provided cutaways of the artwork below to view as I narrate the significance of that particular segment of the artwork. The cutaways are at 33% to give you an idea as to the complexity of the artwork. / / First, the overall shape of the artwork is not completely round. It is ever so slightly elliptical, as is the Earth, which has a greater circumference around the equator than it does across the poles. This is due to the fact that our Mother Earth is not a big rock, but rather fluid and alive under her thin skin called her crust, which itself floats around the globe as moving tectonic islands. Being fluid within, the centrifugal force of the earth’s own rotation causes the elliptical bulge on the plane of the equator. / / The lines in the artwork are continuous, with no beginning or end. This represents the symbiotic and cyclic nature of the Gaia hypothesis, whereas, all parts of Gaia are both dependent and interconnected to one another. We will follow these lines as I continue to describe the artwork. / / Water – The True Ambrosia / / When scientists go looking for life in the cosmos today, they consider first a planet’s ability to sustain liquid water. It is surmised by science today, that usually where you find liquid water, you will have a high probability of finding life. This is the key feature of our Gaia, the water planet, comprising 70% of the planets surface. / / In Greek mythology, Gaia gave birth to Pontus (the Sea). / Our own bodies are composed just like the earth, as we are about 70% water, and 30% solids. Water is found in all living organisms we know of on Earth. Our oceans also play a key role in the creation and sustainability of our protective atmosphere, pumping massive amounts of oxygen into the air. Water is the life blood of Gaia. / / Land – The Incubator / / Where water meets land becomes an ideal place to spark evolution and create the larger and more complex living organisms that inhabit land, sea, and sky. Warmed by land’s ability to absorb and retain solar energy in the form of heat, water becomes an ideal incubator for beneficial microorganisms. These microorganisms then evolve into more complex cellular life forms. So as in the artwork, where water mixes with minerals of the land, the tree of life roots down to bear it’s many varieties of life. / / In Greek mythology, Gaia gave birth to Ourea (the Mountains). / We can find most of the natural minerals of the earth within the solids content of our own bodies. We are as tied to the land as we are to the water. / / Tree of Life – The Mixer / / Life branches out, and an unlimited number of new life forms are created, with each of them forming their own ‘tree of life’ in the process and starting the cycle anew. This also represents the ‘core’ of the Gaia… an infinitely small point in a singularity where gravity is equalized, magnetism is equalized, and even space is equalized. The point at which energies, gravitational and electromagnetic, instantaneously become exact opposites of their previous energy states, this in turn creating enormous amounts of feedback energy in the process, starting the cycle anew. / / Breath of Life – The Exchanger / / Vegetation exhaling it’s life’s by-products as beneficial gases for the atmosphere, and at the same time, breathing in the by-products of the atmosphere as beneficial compounds to fuel it’s growth. Energy for this entire process is provided courtesy of our local star. This is also the exchange that provides breathable air for most of the animal branch of evolution. / / In Greek mythology, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky). / All life on Gaia, breathe life from the atmosphere, as much as they do from her water. / / Lung of Life – The Chemical Matrix / / Complex chemical reactions between particles of water, minerals, and gases are fueled by the sun high in the atmosphere creating a transport for water in the form of clouds. The clouds allow water to overcome the problems with gravity that would otherwise imprison it to the seas, and allows water to return back to the higher land, where in turn it nourishes life along the entire course of it’s trip back to the sea. Now the cycle of life on the living planet has come full cycle and is ready to begin another, yet unique, cycle. / / Shield of Life – The Force Field / / Gaia has two forms of shielding that protect life. The first is her electromagnetic gravitational field, that forms a protective envelope around Gaia as she travels through space, deflecting harmful solar radiation by conducting it around herself. The second is the atmosphere itself, being dense enough to incinerate most of the objects that we encounter on our journey before they can reach the surface. The atmosphere also provides the filter that allows a beneficial amount of solar energy to penetrate the atmosphere, while deflecting the greater amount of harmful solar particles and wavelengths of light back out into space. / / All of these components of Gaia are interconnected and dependent on one another. Because of this fact, Gaia, by definition, should be classified as a single living organism. An organism dependent of the health of all its components to guarantee the organisms health as a whole. / / The original artwork is 6000×6000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. The gradient was created in ApoMap, a gradient editor commonly used with Apophysis. The fractal was created as a transparency and then used as a separate layer in Photoshop. The background gradient was created in Photoshop. / /
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This cameo was in a dark corner, but I couldn’t bypass it! Have fiddled in PS and blended a second photo of pebbles to add to the aged look. FEATURED in For the love of Jesus Group June 2009 Landscapes Trees Cards EOD Rusty Flowers Architecture Macro CatchAll DM
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MUCH BETTER VIEWING EXPERIENCE VIEWED LARGER Yesd me hanging over that bannister again ! and yes I am infatuated with this staircase, but it has so many different angles to view it Thanks for dropping in your viewings,comments and if i’m lucky FAVOURITES are greatly appreciated. The Queen Victoria Building is currently undergoing a facelift at $37.5 / million , one of the features is upgrading the paintwork to victorian period colours. This image shows “The Grand Staircase* of Sydneys Grand Queen Victoria Building, and is an example of how grand old buildings can be restored ans still be used as money making concerns, in this case a grand shopping experience The Queen Victoria Building, now affectionately known as the QVB, was designed by George McRae and completed in 1898, replacing the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen – stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists – in a worthwhile project. Originally, a concert hall, coffee shops, offices, showrooms, warehouses and a wide variety of tradespeople, such as tailors, mercers, hairdressers and florists, were accommodated. The QVB fills an entire city block bound by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. The dominant feature is the mighty centre dome, consisting of an inner glass dome and an exterior copper- sheathed dome. Glorious stained glass windows and splendid / architecture endure throughout the building and an original 19th century staircase sits alongside the dome. Every detail has been faithfully restored, including arches, pillars, balustrades and the intricate tiled floors thus maintaining the integrity of the building. / The visual message of Sydney’s coat of arms, on the cartwheel stained glass window, is that the beehive depicts business, the sailing ship – trade, and the dolphins – the harbour. Panel 1, on the left hand side, represents the Council of the City of Sydney, and symbols of architecture, while the letters I.G.B. on panel 3, on the right, represent Ipoh Gardens Berhad, the Malaysian company who restored the QVB. The symbols are of property developers – the builders. The bottom central panel represents the heraldic symbol of a finished building and the joining of two hands denotes the fusing of two cultures. There are many interesting and charming exhibitions and attractions throughout the building, along with portraits of the Queen. There is also a letter from Queen Elizabeth II to the Citizens of Sydney to be opened and read by the Lord Mayor of Sydney in the year 2085. Outside the QVB, on Town Hall Place, facing The Town Hall are the Royal Wishing Well and Queen Victoria’s statue. For More Information : http://www.ipoh.com.au/IPOH/QVB/me.get?site.sectionshow&PAGE134 Equipment – Nikon D300 Sigma 10-20mm lens / Technique : HDR 5 Bracketted images See Also
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The dawning of a new day at the Queenscliff pier. Built between 1884 and 1889, it is of great historical significance, as referenced here Pentax K20D Camera. S.Speed – 10Sec @f27- ISO 200 / Edited in ACDSeePro3. My Bubblesite showcases images in their categories.
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Helenium Autumnale / Nikon D40, Nikkor 55-200mm lens / August 2009 / The Orton Effect, first attempt La Masion Chenier, historical gardens and home built in 1756, at the confluence of the rivers: riviere-du-Chene and riviere-des-Mille Isles, located in St-Eustache, Quebec CANADA Heleniums are hardy perinneal flowering plants native to North America that grow in late summer and autumn. Common names include sneezeweed, helen’s flower, and dogtooth daisy. .
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A more subdued “layered with textures” treatment. Taken at Toronto’s historic Brickworks.
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Kensington Market is one of Toronto’s oldest, multicultural neighbourhoods dating back to the late 1800’s. Every Saturday they have an open air market and the place becomes a zoo with wall-to-wall people.
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the covered bridge at Meem’s Bottom in Mt. Jackson, VA is framed nicely by the changing foliage. I convertedto black and white, then added about 6 layers of textures to it. / /
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FEATURED IN IMAGEWRITING (2/24) PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP PLEASE VIEW LARGE. / I was directed by long time citizens of this quiet old railroad town of North Bend, BC to another very old local heritage home that sits right beside the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks. It’s a house that is definitely time-worn and no doubt full of stories, family memories and a rich history spanning many decades. I expected to find this house empty like Mr. Lee’s old home…but a light glowed warmly in the front porch, a bird cage hung by the front door and a vase full of flowers sat cheerily in the window. I couldn’t help but think of that very old song that both Tom Jones and Johnny Cash made famous….to name but a few! _“The old home town looks the same, / As I step down from the train, / And there to meet me is my mama and my papa. / Down the road I look, and there comes Mary, / Hair of gold and lips like cherries. / It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home. The old house is still standing, / Though the paint is cracked and dry, / And there’s the old oak tree that I used to play on. / Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary, / Hair of gold and lips like cherries. / It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home. Yes, they’ll all come to see me, / Arms reaching, smiling sweetly. / It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home. Then I awake and look around me, / At the four gray walls that surround me, / And I realize that I was only dreaming. / For there’s a guard, and there’s a sad old padre, / Arm in arm, we’ll walk at daybreak. / Again, I’ll touch the green, green grass of home. Yes, they’ll all come to see me / In the shade of the old oak tree, / As they lay me ‘neath the green, green grass of home.”_ / (written by Claude “Curly” Purman, Jr. in the early 1960’s.) / / layers and textural effects applied in CS4
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