Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's very kind. Peter On 20/11/2022 20:09, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig