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27 creative works found
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Pentire Head, North Cornwall, UK on an October evening. HDR. Pentax K 10D.
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The picture is of a small island called Fungus Rock. It lies just off the coast near Dwejra on the western side of the island of Gozo, part of the Maltese archipelago. A rare plant grows there, prized for its medicinal qualities – so much so that the Knights of St. John forbade anyone to collect it on penalty of death and mounted a guard to keep trespassers away. Probably for this reason the Maltese call this rock “The General’s Rock”. The title means northwest in Maltese and that’s where this November storm was coming from, when this picture was taken near sunset. Tourists used to visiting in Summer might be interested in a somewhat different view of the place! Pentax K 10D.
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The domes of the Parish Church at Paola, a part of the large connurbation around Valletta, the capital of Malta. HDR.
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The road bridge at Lydford Gorge, West Devon. / Median photo: Pentax K 10D, 1/13 sec, f 3.5, ISO 100, zoom lens set at 18 mm. HDR image, 3 exposures, 2 ev apart.
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Another HDR picture of Port Isaac Bay and Pentire Head.
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One of the defensive fortifications of the bastions surrounding Valletta, the capital of Malta. Now converted into an exhibition centre and to other functions. Fujifilm F50fd.
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This spectacular waterfall in Lydford Gorge, West Devon, is 90 ft high (the photo only shows a portion of it) and is so called because the legend says that if you fall into the river but see a lady dressed in white standing in the fall you will not drown! / Median photo: Pentax K 10D, 1/20 ec, f 7.1, ISO 100, zoom lens set at 18 mm. / HDR, 3 exposures, 2 ev apart.
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Just after dawn on a late November morning. Taken from the ramparts of the Citadel at the capital, Victoria.
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Another view of the fort, this time in daylight. When the Knights of St. John came to Malta from Rhodes in 1530 they chose this fort as their main military stronghold. There was probably a Phoenicean temple to Astarte on this site before the fort was built, but the date of construction of the original fort is unknown. It was almost certainly ancient when the Knghts arrived. The creek where the yachts are moored was the scene of a pitched battle during the Great Siege of Malta (1565). The Turks who had overrun Senglea on the left, tried to swim across and mount an attack on the fort, but were stopped by the Maltese who dived into the water from the fort side and cut them to pieces in a hand-to-hand battle. / These creeks form part of the Grand Harbour, one of the finest in the Mediterranean. The peninsula of Valletta (the capital) lies shaded in the background. Pentax K 10D
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A riot of Bougainvillea (the paper flower) cascading over the wall of a house in the village Qala, Gozo (one of the Maltese islands). Fascinating to see such profusion when these plants will only grow in a greenhouse in the UK.. You can often turn a corner here and almost be bowled over by the intense colours displayed before you! HDR.
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The town of Cospicua (Bormla to the Maltese) celebrates its feast day (festa) on the 8th December (the feast of the Immaculate Conception) and here it is on that day in all its splendour. Pentax K 10D.
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Just liked the patterns on this wall, and the shapes created by the primitive stone steps leading up the side of this old farmhouse to the roof. Pentax K 10D.
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The facade of the De Paule Philharmonic Society’s premises in Paola, Malta, decorated for Christmas 2008. These band clubs are very popular in Maltese society – apart from providing the musical accompaniment to the celebrations of the feast of the town or village’s patron saint, they take part in or provide many other social functions. The premises are often elaborately decorated for the major feasts. Pentax K10D.
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This square contains the imposing baroque church dedicated to the same saint, and finished in 1693, while the statue of this saint, St. Nicholas of Bari, was finished in 1732. Taken on a January night. Pentax K10D.
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This river runs through Lydford Gorge (National Trust) in West Devon. / Median photo: Pentax K 10D, 1/4 sec, f 6.3, ISO 200, zoom lens set at 24 mm. / HDR, 3 exposures, 2 ev apart.
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Torridge estuary, North Devon, on a quiet evening in early September. / Pentax K10 D, 1/30 sec, f 18, ISO 100, zoom lens set at 28 mm, polarising filter, and HDR at 2 ev intervals.
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Taken from Appledore, North Devon, on a quiet Sunday evening. / Pentax K10D, 1/125 sec, f 16, ISO 100, zoom lens set at 160 mm, HDR, +/- 2ev.
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Rocky Valley, North Cornwall, UK on an early October afternoon. / 1/320 sec, f 16, ISO 400, zoom at 50 mm, HDR from 1 shot.
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Autumn in Enfield Park, Camelford, North Cornwall, UK. / HDR, 3 photos 2 ev apart, Pentax K 10 D, 1/125 sec, f 11, ISO 320, zoom set at 31 mm.
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The parvis of the little church at Dingli, a small rural village near the western coast of the island of Malta. An HDR picture taken on a rainy November evening.
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This magnificent November sunset over the village of Qala in Gozo, Maltese islands had to be seen to be believed. Those who might think this is overdone are invited to come and see for themselves! HDR. Pentax K 10D.
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The doorway of this ancient Gozitan farmhouse is bathed in light so warm it might first have been filtered through honey. The owners have restored this facade in keeping with its character; the little personal touches brushing only lightly against the weight of history hidden behind these massive walls.
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A typical village in Gozo (Maltese archipelago). Large church around which cluster the squat, flat-roofed, limestone-built houses; a patchwork of tiny fields on the village boundary; rubble walls, prickly pear and brown fertile earth everywhere. / The name is pronounced “show-key-ya”. Pentax K 10D.
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A typical view in a Maltese village – church bell tower and cupola, balcony, weathered limestone, brilliant sunshine and a cloudless deep-blue sky backdrop. Pentax K 10D.
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