Slate
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Looking down the gorge from the lower bridge, Falls of Bruar . I’m particularly impressed by the colours and the smooth glistening rocks. This area is rich in geology (an extension of the Loch Tay fault?): there’s a lot of limestone and other metamorphic sedimentary rocks (layered slate, possibly some schist) and a bit of red sandstone nearby, all folded making rakish angles. Taken on the Shen Hao 5×4” large-format camera with Fuji Velvia (old RVP emulsion) film.
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Withered passion fruit leaves fallen on slate paving
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Ever wished that you’d do something so monumental with your life that someone might someday make a movie about you? No I’m not like that, I like the irony of doing everyday things in a Tee-shirt that has some well dressed chap asserting to the world that this movie will get made. I know the white clip on piece at the bottom is supposed to be the date but for two reasons I swapped it with where the Director’s name usually goes. 1. From a communication point of view I wanted “A movie about me” and “Someday” next to each other. 2. I wanted a white space where the wearer could write their favourite Director’s name in permanent marker. Hell I wasn’t gonna decide who Directed all your movies, / Mattman
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Oil painting on canvas (original sold) I painted this scene of an Irish village several years ago, adapted from an old photograph dating from probably the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. The man with the cart is probably a trader, the young woman looks on while the elderly folk take in the sun and watch the activity in the village. Interesting to see the various buildings, from poor thatched cottages to well built stone (shops?) and wealthy mansions. In Ireland today, many of these building would still exist. I live in an old cottage which once had a thatched roof and probably looked pretty much like the one in the painting. The slate roofs can still be seen in some places and the shops and stores still look very much the same… double glazed windows replace the old wooden frames and inside its very modern but walk through any old Irish village or town and you will see that the old buildings are still there. Driving through an old village is a nightmare… the road is narrow and will swerve because, as in this painting, a building could jut out into the road. Slow down world!! Bring back the donkey and cart, I say!!! :-)
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woke up this morning / with my pillow black and indigo silence of unbleached tides / whisper of slate rain / echoed as i tear the last drop / black and indigo then i remembered / the love affair last night / moleskin and mont blanc i did not dream last night / and i’m still here… . o8.3o.2oo8 / acrylic on canvas / 36”x48” .
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waiting… wet and cold… / i love rain. . o9.16.2oo8 / acrylic on canvas / 24”x24” .
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Why I love rocks…
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the steps leading up to the entrance to the front doorway of our home … a little icy this morning … must get the rock salt down pronto!
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Typical houses built from local slate, in the Lake District of England. I uploaded this image months ago. I always liked the shot, but it was ruined by the washed out sky (see the original image below). I thought I might try to improve the shot by adding a sky. I hope you like the effect. BEST VIEWED LARGER Click on Lakeland to view all my Lake District shots. Featured in : # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE Group : 19 Feb 09 / Featured in : Dimensions Group : 8 Mar 09 / Featured in : Cottage Style Group : 13 Mar 09
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The wafer rolls provide an explosion of chocolate just before you counteract it with the rich taste of a freshly made cappuccino. Mmm… don’t forget to wipe that cream moustache from your upper lip! Technical Details Camera: Nikon D3 / Lens: Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 PC Nikkor / ISO: 200 / Exposure: 1/250 sec at f/16 / Flash: Bowens White Umbrella / Post Processing: Lightroom 2, Photoshop CS3 © 2009 John Hooton Photography
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A humorous slogan in a slick design, about that darn idiot box.
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Slaters Bridge in Little Langdale is one of the English Lake District national parks iconic views. It’s an old stone packhorse bridge in a lovely setting which took slate miners over the River Brathay on their return to Langdale after a hard day’s work. / 3 shot HDR tonemapped image. / Shot with a Nikon D200 and 18-70mm lens. /
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Slaters Bridge in Little Langdale is one of the English Lake District national parks iconic views. It’s an old stone packhorse bridge in a lovely setting which took slate miners over the River Brathay on their return to Langdale after a hard day’s work. / This was shot looking over the bridge. / 3 shot HDR tonemapped image. / Shot with a Nikon D200 and 18-70mm lens. /
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Slaters Bridge in Little Langdale is one of the English Lake District national parks iconic views. It’s an old stone packhorse bridge in a lovely setting which took slate miners over the River Brathay on their return to Langdale after a hard day’s work. / 3 shot HDR tonemapped image. / Shot with a Nikon D200 and 18-70mm lens. /
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The Brathay is a river of north-west England. Its name comes from Old Norse and means broad river. It rises at a point 1289 feet (393 m) above sea level near the Three Shire Stone at the highest point of Wrynose Pass (grid reference NY277028) in the Lake District. Its catchment area includes the northern flanks of Wetherlam, Great Carrs and others of the Furness Fells, as well as a substantial area of the Langdale Fells. / The small stream at the top of Wrynose quickly gathers pace as it descends some 930 feet (283 m) in a distance of about two miles (3.2 km), running roughly parallel to, and south of, the Wrynose Pass road. Before flowing into Little Langdale Tarn it subsumes the outflow from Blea Tarn. Little Langdale Tarn is also replenished by the Greenburn Beck. The Brathay drains Little Langdale Tarn at its eastern side. It continues in an easterly direction, over Colwith Force where it falls 40 feet (12 m), before turning north and flowing into the tarn of Elterwater at an elevation of 187 feet (57 m) above sea level. Elterwater is also replenished by the Great Langdale Beck. / The Brathay drains Elterwater and flows for about half a mile (0.8 km) in a south-easterly direction to Skelwith Force where it descends 15 feet (4.6 m). Passing under the A593 road at Skelwith Bridge, and continues in an easterly direction, to the hamlet of Clappersgate. After another quarter of a mile (400 m) it joins the River Rothay close to Croft Lodge south-west of Ambleside before flowing into the northern end of Windermere. / This shot was taken very close to Elterwater. / 3 shot HDR tonemapped image / shot with a Nikon D200 and Sigma 10-20mm lens /
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Taken at Kirkstone Pass Lake District / when I was visiting Cynthiab’s daughter with her… / nikon D90~ / 1 raw image in photomatix then edited in PSCS4 / then slight orton effect added
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Deene Park Northants / Nikon D90 ~
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I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest bluebells to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines~ / Nikon D90
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Large view best :) / This flamingo beauty was having a nap… / Coton Northants / Nikon D90~
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watercolour 18” x 24” Arches cold pressed paper Paul is the skipper of this Dory, and he has gently brought it to rest against the wooden dock for mooring. He waits with his “baby” while the sun sets and his passengers enjoy taking photos of the rare caribou on this remote shore of the Slate Islands. / The Slate Islands are a paradise off the shore of Terrace Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior.
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National Slate Museum workshop This is where the workers produced the metal components for all sorts of machines and equipment used at Gilfach Ddu. It’s a very good example of how self-sufficient these workshops were. This, too, is the highest room in the Museum — the height is necessary to house the 9.5 metre-high furnace, the crane and jib. Nikon D300 / HDR (5 shots) handheld / 18-200mm / Photomatix Pro3 / PP in PS CS3
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Dinorwig Quarry closed in 1969. Today – rather than fashioning wagons and forging rails – the workshops tell a very special story: the story of the Welsh slate industry. The Workshops and Buildings are designed as though quarrymen and engineers have just put down their tools and left the courtyard for home. / The National Slate Museum at Llanberis invested a £1.6 million lottery grant into bringing back to life the inheritance of the north Wales slate industry, which roofed the industrial revolution. Now, with imaginative interpretation, the remarkable relics of the slate industry can be understood and enjoyed by the many thousands of visitors to this stunning countryside, on the flanks of Snowdon. / The Museum originally opened to the public in 1972. Many of the sites former quarrymen and engineers were employed to present their craft, while equipment was collected from other Welsh quarries. In later years the quarry’s incline was restore to its former glory, and the Museum re-opened in 1999 with new unique features and facilities. In 2005, the National Slate Museum scooped the Wales Tourist Board’s prestigious ‘Sense of Place Award’. History of Slate / Harnessing the latest 21st century technology, it tells the story of the quarry’s development as pictures, words and music combine in a fascinating introduction to the quarryman’s world. People have been quarrying slate in north Wales for over 1,800 years. Slates were used to build parts of the Roman fort in Segontium in Caernarfon, and in Edward I’s castle at Conwy. But it was with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century that the slate industry really took off. / As small villages such as Manchester exploded into large towns and then cities with the coming of mills and factories, there was an enormous demand for slates to roof the long terraces of houses built as homes for the workers – as well as the foundries and factories themselves. In 1787 the ‘Great New Quarry’ of Dinorwig was opened on the slopes between the present village of Dinorwig and Llyn Peris. By the 1870s Dinorwig quarry employed over 3,000 men. Slate had become one of Wales’s most important industries / Wales produced over four-fifths of all British slates in this period, with Caernarfonshire the biggest producer among all Welsh counties. In 1882 the county’s quarries produced over 280,000 tons of finished roofing slates, and in 1898 the slate trade in Wales as a whole reached its peak with 17,000 men producing 485,000 tons of slate. / It’s a story full of hope and magic as well as sadness and poverty. There are regular showings of the To Steal a Mountain presentation in Welsh, French and German as well as English. Nikon D300 / HDR 5 shots, handheld on rail / Photmatix Pro3 / 18-200mm lens / PP in PS SC3
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