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[BillF]

Present-day artist Peter Doig is continuing the tradition:

[A Lark Ascending]

I like that - the buildings just showing through the tangle of twigs. Reminds me of Germany - though it says he comes from Edinburgh and lives in Trinidad. I doubt it's Trinidad!

[BillF]

  On 5/29/2015 at 7:35 AM, A Lark Ascending said:

I like that - the buildings just showing through the tangle of twigs. Reminds me of Germany - though it says he comes from Edinburgh and lives in Trinidad. I doubt it's Trinidad!

He has also lived in Canada:

[jazzbo]

Harar, Ethiopia

[BillF]

  On 5/28/2015 at 10:46 AM, A Lark Ascending said:

Better put up a picture before we get in trouble:

How about this?

"The Poll Tax Riots" by Dexter Dalwood.

[BillF]

Route 83 in South Dakota

[BillF]

Mount Sinabung volcano erupts, Sumatra

[A Lark Ascending]

  On 5/31/2015 at 2:03 PM, BillF said:

Route 83 in South Dakota

Nah. That's Lincolnshire.

[Head Man]

  On 5/31/2015 at 2:03 PM, BillF said:

Route 83 in South Dakota

I'm sure Don Draper was driving on that in the last episode of Mad Men.....

[Chuck Nessa]

Central City as it appeared 15 years ago:

[BFrank]

Whitehall on Wednesday, waiting for the Queen's procession to open Parliament.

[Chuck Nessa]

We have other queens in our Whitehall.

[JSngry]

[BillF]

End of my street, 100+ years ago.

(The only jazz I was listening to at the time was the Bolden cylinder.)

[HutchFan]

Union earthworks below Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 1864.

Shortly after the battle at Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman's Union forces defeated the Confederates in Atlanta, burned the city to the ground, and began his famous march to the sea.

Kennesaw Mountain is now a National Battlefield Park, about a mile from my home.

Incidentally, my great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, joining the Union Army in Pennsylvania. He was a bandmaster. According to my mom, who's done quite a bit of genealogical research, he was recognized as being the youngest bandmaster in the Union Army.

[jazzbo]

Hydros Island, Greece

[A Lark Ascending]

  On 6/1/2015 at 2:08 PM, HutchFan said:

Union earthworks below Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 1864.

Shortly after the battle at Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman's Union forces defeated the Confederates in Atlanta, burned the city to the ground, and began his famous march to the sea.

Kennesaw Mountain is now a National Battlefield Park, about a mile from my home.

Incidentally, my great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, joining the Union Army in Pennsylvania. He was a bandmaster. According to my mom, who's done quite a bit of genealogical research, he was recognized as being the youngest bandmaster in the Union Army.

One of my retirement plans is to do a tour of some of these battlefields.

[A Lark Ascending]

  On 6/1/2015 at 12:31 AM, BFrank said:

Whitehall on Wednesday, waiting for the Queen's procession to open Parliament.

Nice panoramic.

Here's one I did underneath the Menin Gate in Ypres last Oct:

And one from the Eiffel Tower:

[BFrank]

Nice!

I'm constantly amazed at how well (and easily) the iPhone shoots Pano shots.

[A Lark Ascending]

I think it's magic! I struggle keeping level - when it starts going above or below the line I try and correct and send it even further out of synch. Normally takes me a few goes.

Amazed how few blurs you get. I suppose it must be possible to have someone on the start of the shot and have them run round to the end before you have got there. Used to be a standard trick on those big school panorama shots.

Edited June 1, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[JSngry]

[HutchFan]

  On 6/1/2015 at 4:41 PM, A Lark Ascending said:

Union earthworks below Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 1864.

Shortly after the battle at Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman's Union forces defeated the Confederates in Atlanta, burned the city to the ground, and began his famous march to the sea.

Kennesaw Mountain is now a National Battlefield Park, about a mile from my home.

Incidentally, my great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, joining the Union Army in Pennsylvania. He was a bandmaster. According to my mom, who's done quite a bit of genealogical research, he was recognized as being the youngest bandmaster in the Union Army.

One of my retirement plans is to do a tour of some of these battlefields.

If you ever make it to Kennesaw Mountain (or any of the battlefield parks in Georgia), let me know. You're welcome to drop by the house and stay a while.

We'll uncork a bottle of wine, listen to some jazz, and discuss Civil War history.

Edited June 1, 2015 by HutchFan

[A Lark Ascending]

What a nice offer, HutchFan. It will be a year or so before anything materialises. The next year will be tied up in relocating within Britain.

A different kind of English landscape:

Not quite Babylon...well, maybe in the Rasta sense of the word...

Edited June 1, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[BFrank]

  On 6/1/2015 at 6:13 PM, A Lark Ascending said:

I think it's magic! I struggle keeping level - when it starts going above or below the line I try and correct and send it even further out of synch. Normally takes me a few goes.

Amazed how few blurs you get. I suppose it must be possible to have someone on the start of the shot and have them run round to the end before you have got there. Used to be a standard trick on those big school panorama shots.

Yes, keeping the horizon line straight can be a challenge. And you do get some odd effects when there is movement in the scene, like the animal and the girls in the left side of this S. Kensington shot.

[BillF]

Traffic jam, Beijing