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The building in the foreground is a hotel and the white expanse in the extreme foreground is the frozen lake (Pleso means mountain lake in Slovakian. Strba is the name of the village below the High Tatras). / Original pic specs: Pentax K10D, 1/250 sec, f8, zoom set at 50mm, ISO 320
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A view northwards from St. Cadoc’s Point, near Harlyn Bay, Cornwall. Among the flowers in the foreground are the pink Thrift (Armeria maritima) and Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria). Both these plants carpet the coastal cliffs in Cornwall at around this time of the year (May). The area of the North Cornwall coast from Padstow to Hartland Point was feared by mariners as a graveyard for ships. / Original photo: Pentax K 10D, zoom lens at 18 mm, 1/30 sec, f 9, ISO 200, exposure bias -0.7.
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Part of the cascade at Golitha Falls, near St. Neot, Bodmin Moor. / Pentax K 10D, 1/50 sec, f 5.6, ISO 400, 50 mm prime lens, flash fill-in.
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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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Protecting against high tide at the Taw/Torridge estuary, Appledore, North Devon. / Pentax K10D, 1/200 sec, f 5.6, ISO 100, zoom lens set at 28 mm, HDR, 3 exp., +/- 2ev.
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Pentire Head, North Cornwall, UK on an October evening. HDR. Pentax K 10D.
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Another photo of Pentire Head, North Cornwall, UK, taken in October. The pools of light are in Port Isaac Bay. / 1/400 sec, f 16, ISO 320, 95 mm lens.
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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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Another HDR picture of Port Isaac Bay and Pentire Head.
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The town of Beaujeu is the main town from which the prosperous Beaujolais wine region NW of the city of Lyon derives its name. The region is stunningly beautiful and not just after tasting the principal product! Well worth a detour…
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This fort lies at the end of the city of Birgu (Vittoriosa) on the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. It was the chief defensive military edifice of the Order of St. John before the Great Siege (1565). Interestingly enough it was not defended during the major battle because the Grand Master (La Valette) decided that it would not provide a good example to the local inhabitants if the knights were relatively safely esconced in this fort while the locals were left to defend themselves as best they could. It later became a major British naval HQ and suffered more than 50 direct hits during the last war; great mirth ensued when it was reported by the enemy that HMS St. Angelo had been sunk. Apologies if any of the above is incorrect – I am relying on memories of a conducted tour more than 30 years ago! Please feel free to let me know and I will correct them.
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The Camel River at Enfield Park, Camelford, North Cornwall, UK. / Pentax K10D, 1/25 sec, f 8, ISO 320, zoom set at 28 mm.
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The Tatra mountains near Poprad, Slovakia. Unfortunately a fierce wind a few years ago devastated the trees in this region; nevertheless the view is still magnificent.
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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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QE2
by M G PettettThe QE2 berthed in the Grand Harbour, Malta in a nine-hour stopover on the 18th November 2008. This was its last voyage, on its way from Southampton to Dubai, where it is destined to become a hotel.
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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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Just after dawn on a late November morning. Taken from the ramparts of the Citadel at the capital, Victoria.
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The village of Zebbuġ, in Gozo (Maltese archipelago) lit by the first rays of the dawn. Taken from the Citadel ramparts, Victoria (the capital). Pentax K 10D.
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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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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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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 beautiful village in the title is on the edge of Bodmin Moor in central Cornwall, UK. Picture taken in early March. Pentax K10D. Photomatix/Serif PhotoPlus used to create this HDR picture.
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This church in North Cornwall is famous for its association with Thomas Hardy. Before he became a famous poet and author he was an architect, and in 1870 was assigned to survey this church prior to its restoration. While there he met his future wife, Emma Gifford, who was the sister-in-law of the vicar. This church owes much to his efforts, as it was in a terrible state before he arrived. There are many similarities (and some differences) between his real-life circumstances and those in his book “A Pair of Blue Eyes”.
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This church is situated in a very isolated spot near the cliffs of North Cornwall. It dates from the 12th century, but there was almost certainly a church on this site in the 10th century dedicated to St. Gennys or St. Genesius. There were many such holy men who came over to Cornwall from Wales and Ireland in the first millennium – they would set up in such a spot near a source of water (for baptism as well as nourishment) and hold services in the open air. They would often live as hermits, and in time the water source would become a “holy well” of which there are many in Cornwall, one being located very close to this church.
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