Archive for the ‘Photography’ Category
Monday, June 7th, 2010
For those interested in all things historical, I’ve added a short article about the Brewster Stereo Photo Viewer to the new BBC “A History of the World” web site which acompanies the rather good Radio Four series, “A History of the World in a 100 Objects”.
The site and in particular my article about the viewer is here: Brewster 3D Viewer
The article on my on the main Parlington History site is here:
Artefacts Section
The idea is a naked attempt to push more visitors to the History site, as people keep telling me that the profile of the site is too low!
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Tags: BBC, History of the World, nineteenth century photography, Stereo Photos
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
I stated some months ago about offering prints of my photographic work on a new site called Parlington Gallery at www.parlington.biz. Initially the site was set up to display some local landscape paintings done by Anthony Christian who lives nearby, and to this date these are all that are on the site. I also suggested that a computer generated 3D model of the triumphal Arch was nearing completion; this has proved slightly problematic as the rendering side needs to be done in a series of tiles to make up the large image required for a paper print. The file sizes are in excess of 200MB so are quite unwieldily, and thus far the tiling keeps breaking down! So the print is on the blocks while the issue is resolved.
Tags: glass printing, Photography
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Day two of the 2010 election campaign, and as I drove up past a rather sinister looking Triumphal Arch, see picture above, I took a few moments out to grab a shot of it. I believe it was trying to tell me something, it was erected as a rejection of the policies of Lord North and the monarch George III, with their unpopular civil war against the American Colonialists. I would love to change the inscription to address the issue of the corrupt parliamentarians of our time, to: “Victory by the People of Britain over their Corrupt Political Class, 2010″.
Tags: American War of Independence, Daily Mail, Peter Hitchens, Photography, Triumphal Arch, UK Election, UKIP
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Friday, March 26th, 2010
Jackdaw Quarry
One of the great features of Yorkshire is the wide variety of quality stone which is to be found across the county, around Aberford on the Parlington Estate and on the north bank of the Cock Beck are numerous worked out old quarries, looking closely at the stone face you can often find the quarrying marks, holes drilled for explosives. Today the number of quarries is much less, but the size of them is far greater, the photograph of Jackdaw Quarry just off the A64 near Tadcaster is one such example. I recently took some pictures around the quarry and this one in particular I liked because of the intense cloud formation. The view is looking roughly south and is across a worked out part of the quarry.
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Tags: Clouds, limestone quarry, photographs, stone
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Yesterday I posted some pictures of Tewkesbury, which I believe set the scene in that part of the world, but remember local photographs of Parlington can hold up against most things. The picture here is of the driveway with a slight mist affecting the ground levels but the trees are dreamlike, and all is enhanced by a wild sky. The Triumphal Arch in the background just makes it for me!
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Tags: Beech Trees, Dramatic images, Parlington Drive
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Following the purchase of Manfrotto Pano head [Mentioned in an earlier post here] I am now busy producing exciting wide angle shots from locations around Yorkshire, and beyond. The picture above is a 17″ [42cms] wide reproduction of Lotherton Hall, resplendent in the thick coating of winter snow! Below is a detail view at 100% of the same image.
Tags: 3D, Lotherton Hall, panorama, Photography, three-d, Triumphal Arch
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Manfrotto 303 SPH Panoramic Head
Over the last few years I have had many people ask me about producing panoramas of the various parts of the Parlington Estate, some to show on the Parlington history site other to offer for sale. I have decided to be more pro-active and take some of my photography to a new level and offer various items for sale. To this end I have invested in a Manfrotto Panoramic Head for producing multi row panoramas. These will be available on http://www.parlington.biz in the near future, generally in giclée print versions up to A2 size. I will also be adding some of my photos from other parts of the country in due course.
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Tags: Manfrotto 303SPH, Panoramic photos, QuickTime VR
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