Wiseman
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Wiseman
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This beautiful baby, which the locals called a “Bolo”, lived with a family I met just outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Caught this with my zoom. Noticed nature intertwined with man made landscape…parallel electricity wires. The fog helped to hide all other elements in the landscape. A few seconds later this fleeting moment was lost as the magpie took flight. Photo Taken: 21-Apr-2007 / Time: Early Morning / Conditions: Fog lifting / / / / / / / / / Some other minimalist art: / / / / / / /
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Characterful Indian wise man.
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I love going out to the Wisemans Ferry area, esp. on a crisp wintery morning. In this case the fog was very heavy and it took a long time to lift, hence the title “Good morning sunshine”. Photo Taken: 21-April-2007 / Time: 9 am, / Conditions: Foggy and cool / / / / / / / / / Some other images from the area: / / / / / / / / /
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© C J Lewis. Art work 12” x 14” in watercolour using Guitar watercolours on Chelsea Artists Water Colour paper 176 gsm. JANUARY 2009 FEATURED IN Patchwork group THIS PAINTING IS BEST VIEWED LARGE You can see the video Great Southern Land here – A Journey With Art In Oils (Even though this one is watercolour…it starts off the video by the use of the road) with music in a storyline. Australia as named by Pedro Fernandez de Quiros (1565-1615) – Portugese born explorer in the service of Spain who made important discoveries in the Pacific. Quiros gave the name ‘Australia Del Espiritu Santo (Australia of the Spiritual Saint) to the Great Southern Continent…the nation of Australia today. / MCN:C20E8-4116B-DB45E
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taken into wisemans bridge , wales
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taken again by shaun at wisemans bridge wales
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This is where our adventure started – at the old slip rail fence at the start of the walk up Devine’s Hill on convict built Old Great North Road at Wiseman’s Ferry NSW This artwork can be repoduced in any form from cards to framed print & posters – this is just an example of what can be done … ALSO IN THIS LINE
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We walked only a very small portion of the old Great North Road (convict built between 1826 & 1836) up Devine’s Hill near Wiseman’s Ferry. The original road extended 240 km from Sydney to the Hunter Valley (through Wiseman’s Ferry, Wollombi etc). This section has been closed to vehicular traffic although you can walk or pedal this part. I could feel the pain of each of the unfortunate convicts who worked this section as life would have been unbearable cutting through this sandstone and then stacking it to form the huge walls that hold the road together – beautifully built with huge drain systems running alongside the huge cliffs and under the road. Nikon D80, 18-55 mm lens, hand held, auto setting.
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This is a very interesting structure – part natural and part man made. There are numerous stories that surround this spot – it is rumoured that convicts where hung from a tree through the hole in the roof of this cave but this has recently been denied. Another story is that the supervisor or overseer would have sat inside this cave where he would have been commanded a magnificent view of the road below and the work of his men. Regardless of what the true story is it is still a magnificent piece of art and thankfully it has been preserved for future generations to admire and respect the work done by the convicts of this era. ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS LINE
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Just an example of one of the many convict built drains that run underneath the Great North Road at Wiseman’s Ferry in NSW. On the far side of the road are gutters cut out of the rock – these gutters channel the water into rock culverts underneath the road and out through these drains. Well designed and well built by convict chain gangs in the 1830s.
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One of the five convict built stone buttresses built to help support the Great North Road in this particular spot where the wall is 10 metres high. Up to 700 convicts worked on the road at any one time. They were involved in initially clearing the timber, blasting, cutting and shaping the stone to fit each individual wall, shifting the stones into place and constructing culverts and drains. From literature, some of the blocks weighed up to 660 kg in weight and no mortar was used in the construction – they were simply precisely stacked. On Devine’s Hill (where these photos were taken) the stone was quarried from the huge cliffs near the road, using jumper bars and gunpowder. Over its whole length of 240 kms the convicts built 33 timber decked bridges with the same stone foundations and walls as can be seen in the wall. Unfortunately only a few of these bridges remain.
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Just another example of the how the wall was constructed along the Great North Road – in this particular area near the Quarry on Devine’s Hill you can see the curve and height of the wall – imagine the work involved in cutting each stone to the required shape and size to create this particular section. Usually the convicts involved in the construction of the Great North Road were repeat offenders and rather than keep them locked in prison, they were put to work to build roads in remote areas. Chain gangs were formed and these men worked in leg-irons, with an iron collar around each ankle that was joined together by a length of chain. These leg-irons weighed up to 6 kgs and could only be put on or removed by a blacksmith. On completion of their Iron Gang work these men were then transferred to a Road Party, where they basically did the same work but without the restriction of the irons. These parties consisted of between 50-60 men and were assigned an overseer. Nikon D80, 18-55 mm lens, hand held, night landscape setting.
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There is nothing so beautiful as the sun slowly sinking and throwing off magical lights amongst the winter trees, casting a golden, shimmery glow on the landscape. Taken in late June on the Hawkesbury River at Wiseman’s Ferry NSW. This shot was taken by Phil Woodman with a Nikon D70S using a Sigma 50-500 mm lens. / /
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Portrait of a False-Clown Anemonefish, Amphiprion ocellaris This host anemone’s amazing golden is unfortunately caused by bleaching. Similar to corals, when the water gets too warm the symbiotic algae in the anemone is expelled. Layang Layang, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
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A lot of people see Religious symbols in many things. i saw what looks like one lone Wise Man and the guiding star on the side of a Yard Haul can
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Clarke’s Anemonefish, Amphiprion clarkii Layang, Layang, Borneo
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Wiseman’s Bridge has a beach for those who like their seaside a bit more interesting. As the picture shows, the beach changes from large rocks to sand in a few metres. / A walk along the track of an old railway line takes you westwards, through a short tunnel to the quiet beach at Coppet Hall, where another short tunnel connects with Saundersfoot. / Taken with my D300 18-50 Sigma lens, then processed in Capture One and NX2.
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Wiseman’s ferry NSW
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Taken at the early hours of the day, where its not that busy yet. / The ferry is used to get vehicles across the Hawkesbury River NSW. Best viewed Larger Canon 20D / Canon 18 -55 mm efs / F22@ 2 seconds / ISO 100 / /
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Early morning while the mist was still hanging on the water of the MacDonald River. I liked the contrast of the “dead” tree with the soft pastels across the river. Nikon D90 18-200mm lens
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Early morning at Wisemans Ferry (Macdonald River) Sydney NSW. It is early morning rising to catch the ferry across the river and take some wonderful photos if there is a mist around. Nikon D90 18-200 lens. 1.250 sec. f7.1 ISO 250 / Focal length 48.0mm Featured in D90 Users Group
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