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Posted by rikita on Aug 3, 2010, 8:12pm

Posted by kimby on Aug 4, 2010, 9:58pm

lovely, rikita.
was it SHOT in black & white, or edited that way after the fact?

Posted by bixaorellana on Aug 5, 2010, 4:52am

The benches themselves are beautiful, but I love the composition, with the not-immediately-noticed group of people sort of suggesting a story.

Posted by rikita on Aug 5, 2010, 8:01pm

edited afterwards - I don't know if it is even possible to shoot pictures with a digital camera in black and white right away? I thought they are all taken in colour and then you can turn them black and white afterwards?

Posted by rikita on Aug 5, 2010, 8:02pm

the group of people actually belong to a wedding that took place inside a church i wanted to visit - and couldn't, because of said wedding.

Posted by kimby on Aug 6, 2010, 8:16pm

Aug 4, 2010, 9:58pm, kimby wrote:

was it SHOT in black & white, or edited that way after the fact?

Aug 5, 2010, 8:01pm, rikita wrote:

edited afterwards - I don't know if it is even possible to shoot pictures with a digital camera in black and white right away?

My simple digital camera has settings to take a picture in color, black and white or sepia.
I really don't know if the end result would be better than taking it in color and using my simple photo editing software to tone down the color to black and white. I wouldn't be able to create a sepia image without that setting though, my software is too basic. Just what came with Windows.

Posted by kimby on Aug 6, 2010, 8:24pm

Aug 5, 2010, 8:02pm, rikita wrote:

the group of people actually belong to a wedding that took place inside a church i wanted to visit - and couldn't, because of said wedding.

Those kind of pictures are often the best. How long would you have lingered in that square if you hadn't been waiting to enter the church? Long enough for the benches to catch your artistic eye? Or would you have barreled right past them in haste to get inside and missed that fine photo op?

We had a similar situation somewhere in Europe. Could not get into a church because of a funeral. Wandered into the adjacent cemetery while waiting and found a freshly dug grave. As we headed back to the church, the hearse - an ancient car with flowers over its hood - pulled up in front of the doors, the deceased was loaded inside, and the procession began to the cemetery with everyone following the hearse on foot.

It was a lovely picture, but exists only in my mind. My usually bold husband would not let me take it, despite my promise to be discreet, for fear of being disrespectful. Funny how those moments become pictures you remember longer than the ones you actually take...

Posted by kerouac2 on Oct 4, 2010, 7:18pm

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 3, 2010, 7:38am

Posted by kimby on Dec 5, 2010, 8:03am

I LOVE the bricks peeking out from the stucco on that one, bixa.

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2010, 9:10am

Thanks, Kimby. Isn't it odd how they're exposed on the same side of all the windows?

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 5, 2010, 7:11pm

Posted by tod2 on Dec 6, 2010, 5:30am

Ooo! A gate within a gate - What a lovely old rambling photograph!

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 8, 2010, 5:53am

Thanks, Tod!

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Posted by kerouac2 on Dec 8, 2010, 8:48pm

To change from your lush warmth...

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Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 8, 2010, 10:10pm

Perfect together!

Great picture, by the way.

Posted by tod2 on Dec 13, 2010, 2:09pm

Brilliant Kerouac!

Posted by bixaorellana on Dec 29, 2010, 7:12pm

Posted by kerouac2 on Mar 7, 2011, 5:23pm

Posted by kimby on Mar 11, 2011, 5:35pm

What are those things, K2? The ends of rods tying the walls together?

Posted by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2011, 6:13pm

I'm not sure, but that was my first idea as well. Even though decorative elements have always been popular, two or three hundred years ago they were never added with no useful purpose.

Posted by onlymark on Mar 11, 2011, 7:04pm

Using my mechanical, d.i.y and blacksmithing knowledge I'd categorically state the following - the metal loop inserted through the wall requires a method of fixing it externally. These are similar to 'split pins' found securing castellated nuts in mechanical shafts, tapered pins securing a cart wheel to a wooden axle and load spreading plates securing retaining walls.

So, the small metal loop you can just see the end of requires a pin to stop it being pulled back inside the wall.
These are tapped through the loop, as evidenced by the very top of the pin having a flat area, with the very bottom two 'legs' being close to each other and parallel, no space between them.
The wide central area spreads out the load across several bricks and is far lighter than having a solid metal plate, plus more attractive.
Once inserted the legs are 'split' and folded up, not only to assist in spreading the load, but also to stop the pin being extracted easily or by accident.

If these were on different buildings it's possible they were made by different blacksmiths, each having their own design. If on the same building then probably by the same blacksmith who wanted to show his versatility and as a signature to set him apart from others.
The last one, the third is slightly different in that the pin was inserted and tapped down, the legs split, but then the two 'arms' were bent back up and inserted into the loop from the bottom as a bit of an optical illusion.

As each builder had his own way of doing things, as each master thatcher finished off a roof in a particular way, disguising a functional thing in a more decorative way, blacksmiths all had their own way of doing the same thing, or making the same thing, and weren't averse to not only showing off but attempting to make a functional item into something more aesthetically pleasing.

Here endeth the lesson, resume as normal and I'll test you on this first thing in the morning.
Don't forget to bring in not only your homework from last week but a juicy green apple for my lunch.
Dismiss.

Posted by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2011, 7:07pm

They were all on the same building.

Posted by cheerypeabrain on Mar 11, 2011, 7:37pm

Some gates at Sissinghurst gardens...

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Posted by onlymark on Mar 11, 2011, 9:10pm

And just on a point of accuracy and after a bit of research, wrought iron stopped being made commercially in the USA in 1969. In the UK it lasted until 1973 or 1974.
Anything after that was often from re-cycled scrap or a mild steel lookalike.

Posted by kerouac2 on Mar 12, 2011, 12:19pm

Posted by casimira on Mar 29, 2011, 2:19pm

What great shots good people!!! Bixa, #71 surely is Patina material,I adore that pic!!!

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Posted by kimby on Apr 15, 2011, 5:39pm

In a hillside cemetery in Wallace, Idaho.

Posted by bixaorellana on Jul 11, 2011, 6:50am

Posted by bixaorellana on Aug 27, 2011, 1:36am


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