Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The fog makes some great images. The mist image on the Thames is almost Turneresq. With a bit of restore color desaturated a bit it could be a Turner image. On Sun, Nov 20, 2022 at 12:58 PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> wrote: > I have been in Fulham for the last month. One morning last week it was > very misty as I walked the dogs in Bishop's Park down by The Tideway. > So... Apologies that these are from my phone (-: > > Bishops Park is a park next to the former Palace of The Bishop of London > (now a museum). The Tideway is the stretch of the Thames which begins > next to Bishop's Park on which the Boat Race is run every spring . This > is the beginning of the course by the boat houses where the local rowing > clubs are based. > > A pair of fours approaches through the mist with their trainers/safety > boats following: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/BoatsonTideway-1-20221114_074621-02.jpeg.html > > > > The mist gave some beautiful shadows of the trees on the opposite bank > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Mist-2-20221114_075326.html > > > > By the Palace tare several number sets of stairs to allow passengers > from boats using the river to land. These are for the ferry which > crossed from one bank to the other. The ferry apparently cost one (old) > penny and was in use from the 1900s to about the mid-sixties and was > very popular with supporters going to the football at nearby Fulham FC > (Craven Cottage) > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/FerryCrossing_20221114_074214.jpg.html > > > > The embankment was built up in the late 19th Century and is in fact > mostly builders' rubble behind a granite wall. On top runs a beautiful > footpath which is part of the Thames Pathway which runs all along the > River and out into the country. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Foothpath_B_amp_W_20221114_074137-01.jpeg.html > > > > The bank used to have wharves and mooring points along it. They have now > been reclaimed but all along this stretch of the path there are odd bits > of industrial archaeology: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/Bollard_20221114_075621-02.jpeg.html > > > > > Thanks for looking and as ever your C&Cs are much appreciated. > > Peter > -- > > Dr. Peter Dzwig > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory at gmail.com