A large bee seeking food in a relative of the artichoke... The Scottish Weed... uh, Thistle.
This is a collection of images obtained via the following tools: Canon G-2 Digital Camera and PhotoShop
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A moderate collection of images from my no longer recent (June - August 2002) trip (and my last with that department of Lockheed Martin) to the UK. Images have been reduced to ~25% of original size.
Located west of Ripon, North Yorkshire.
A large bee seeking food in a relative of the artichoke...
The Scottish Weed... uh, Thistle.
One of the residents of the Water Gardens.
A view of Fountains Abbey and part of the Water Gardens,
taken from the heights of a spot known as Anne Boleyn's
Seat.
The main abbey buildings, from the walk-way near the water
gardens.
(Approximately at the left-most bend in the previous
image)
Another winged resident of the Abbey grounds.
A view, from just inside the main gate,
across the bailey, of Warwick Castle.
The clouds are not real.
This is one of the few times I did major PhotoShop work on
one of the trip images.
Compare to the raw image at right:
The Collegiate Church of St. Mary, visible from the top of
one of the towers of Warwick Castle.
Located about eight miles to the southwest of Warwick.
Shakespeare's Birthplace.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage.
Visible on the hill from the A1 highway. Unfortunately, the best overall views of the Castle require one to be floating in air.
Beneath the Spreading Chestnut Tree...
Well, I don't think it is a chestnut, but if that doesn't
qualify for "spreading" I don't know what does
The outer bailey / horse grounds of a rich man's toy
castle.
The Keep.
A view from the outer bailey, through a gate, and across
the inner bailey, to the core of the castle.
A fountain located in the midst of the inner bailey.
According to the guide books, Venus must have been carved
from an illustration;
her legs are of different lengths were she to stand up
straight.
Located in the base of the fountain, three of the "Lustful
Beasts" surrounding Venus.
I found it somewhat curious that, according to the guide
book, these are replacements carved from descriptions of
the lost originals. Yet, a mantlepiece of family
Arms did not have the broken hind legs of the dog
supporters repaired for "lack of information".
Just how much documentation do you need to patch a missing
dog leg?!
A very
large owl.
A demonstration of Falconry was scheduled for the day I
visited, but we had massive rain storms roll in and out all
day. It seems that it rained at the hour of each demo.
You can judge the size of the owl in the thumbnail to the
right.
Yes, they do use that trite saying in the guide book, and other souvenirs.
Located a few miles south of Bolsover, and also on a hill such that it is visible from the A1. Hardwick, Chatsworth, and Bolsover were all properties of the same extended family.
Hardwick New Hall. Taken from atop the ruins of Hardwick
Old Hall (though both had been under construction in
parallel).
Photography is not permitted inside the New Hall, hence the
few images presented here, and the Old Hall is truly a mass
of open ruins with little to recommend itself to
presentation.
A Foxglove plant, from the gardens of Hardwick New
Hall.
As mentioned under Bolsover, it had been raining on and
off, raindrops are beaded upon the plant.
Another rain-drenched flower.
I am a bit proud of how well these flowers turned out, as I
was using "macro" mode with no camera support, or flash, on
a dim day.
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