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[BillF]

 

Went to the Ravilious exhibition in London last weekend - quite wonderful. Particularly taken by this picture of one of my favourite parts of Britain (it shows the Westbury White Horse carved into the chalk dip slope on one of the beautifully curvaceous hills in Wiltshire). 

In the 1970s I bought a photograph by Fay Godwin from this series after climbing up to the Westbury horse:

[A Lark Ascending]

In the 1970s I bought a photograph by Fay Godwin from this series after climbing up to the Westbury horse:

Nice photos. I'm trying to work out which part of the horse is in the photo. The only curved bit on the Westbury is the tail:

and that goes downhill rather than up.

Could the photo be from the Eddington horse just over the border in Oxfordshire?

Or one of the others.

Puzzled as I can't get my head round where the photo fits on the Westbury.

(Sorry, I'm a bit obsessed with those horses - memories of travelling to Cornwall in the  early 60s when you'd see them on the journey.)

At least she didn't do the Cerne Abbas giant!  

(Edit: now why didn't I just look it up on Google?...it is Uffington - http://www.younggallerysalisbury.co.uk/art-comes-in-many-shapes-and-sizes/)

(Edit 2: Noticed you said you climbed up the Westbury, not that the photo was Westbury...just too eager to ramble on about white horses. I will not, however, mention the Andorran White Horse that Northerners have plagiarised in North Yorkshire)

Edited August 24, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

One of my favourite places - Wheal Coates near St. Agnes in Cornwall.

And the amazing transformations of the sea there every fraction of a second:

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[BillF]

Some more Fay Godwin:  Pennine views from a book with Ted Hughes:

 

 

Edited August 24, 2015 by BillF

[A Lark Ascending]

I'm not familiar with Godwin but those images are very striking. I see from linking to that last one it's from around Hebden Bridge. 

I like this one again from Wiltshire:

And this one is iconic for that part of the world:

 

Edited August 24, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[HutchFan]

Those Godwin pix look like ECM covers.

JK. They're striking images.

Edited August 24, 2015 by HutchFan

[BillF]

Blackburn in the 1980s

The Blackburn mills before industry moved abroad

[A Lark Ascending]

Some touristy snaps from London:

Three honeypots in one.

The old and the new.

Can't say I care much for the Albert Memorial but there's something appealing about its glitter contrasted against the blue and cloud of late afternoon. 

London Bridge Station - Hedge Fund London under construction. 

Edited August 26, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Cyril]

The largest ice caves in the world (Werfen near Salzburg)

 

[Hardbopjazz]

Lower Manhattan

[BillF]

Bus stop shelter, Aral, Kazakhstan

[Hardbopjazz]

St. Patricks NYC.. 

[Shawn]

The Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.  I took this photo on an intensely sunny afternoon but after playing around with filters for a little bit I came up with this kind of film noir look.  One accidental effect that was cool is the Orpheum sign on the top of the building looks like it is illuminated but it's actually just getting struck by the sunlight.  

[Hardbopjazz]

The Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.  I took this photo on an intensely sunny afternoon but after playing around with filters for a little bit I came up with this kind of film noir look.  One accidental effect that was cool is the Orpheum sign on the top of the building looks like it is illuminated but it's actually just getting struck by the sunlight.  

Nice

[A Lark Ascending]

The Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.  I took this photo on an intensely sunny afternoon but after playing around with filters for a little bit I came up with this kind of film noir look.  One accidental effect that was cool is the Orpheum sign on the top of the building looks like it is illuminated but it's actually just getting struck by the sunlight.  

Nice

Beautiful shot.

[Cyril]

 A giant plastic six- pack on a sculpture of dolphins in Vancouver to make a point about ocean littering and pollution.

[A Lark Ascending]

Recently chosen as Britain's ugliest building and winning something called "The Carbuncle Cup". 

Can't say it upsets me too much though that skyline does seem a bit higgledy-piggledy. 

I get more upset by what goes on in the buildings. 

[Hardbopjazz]

 A giant plastic six- pack on a sculpture of dolphins in Vancouver to make a point about ocean littering and pollution.

Yup, like these. Us humans have to remember we are the stewards of blue planet. We far too often forget.

[Hardbopjazz]

I can't remember where this is in Manhattan. It was a really humid day and I wanted to jump in the fountain to cool off a bit. 

[Shawn]

[A Lark Ascending]

I can't remember where this is in Manhattan. It was a really humid day and I wanted to jump in the fountain to cool off a bit. 

Nice shot. 

[A Lark Ascending]

Cotopaxi, Ecuador

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/sep/05/the-20-photographs-of-the-week

 

Edited September 6, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Cyril]

Moon Hoon

http://www.mixedgrill.nl/2015/08/29/gebouw-met-twee-manen/

 

[A Lark Ascending]

New stone monument found by Durrington Walls near Stonehenge. 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/07/stonehenge-archaeology-ritual-arena-neolithic-monument

Picture would make a nice album cover.

Liked that one too. 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/10/stonehenge-teeming-chapels-shrines-archaeology-research

Edited September 7, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[A Lark Ascending]

One I took at the weekend - The tropical storm Grace over the far-eastern Atlantic, as seen from the International Space Station

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And one from my gap year:

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Edited September 8, 2015 by A Lark Ascending