Sixth Challenge for the days ahead

Nice shot and a lovely place (y)


( A few nice stakes there too Ed :D)
 
It was a lovely weekend to get out around our village with a camera. Here is my first...

Cimg6858b.jpg


Jenny
 
Like your third a lot Jenny, I would be tempted to clone out the white bits at the top of the gate though and the white blob above the fence to the left.
 
Okay lets introduce an urban gateway :)

From my trip to Walthamstow on Sunday!

3304109663_f9743196af_o.jpg
 
whiteflyer said:
Only a snap on the way home from focus 2009.
Click to expand...

Theres something special about lychgates isnt there :)

heres the definition of one

A roofed gateway to a churchyard used originally as a resting place for a bier before burial
 
Dark Star said:
Okay lets introduce an urban gateway :)

From my trip to Walthamstow on Sunday!
Click to expand...

urban gritty gateway (y) Very nice, hdr too :)

Was going to take my gritty gate today, I pass it every day to work, but sadly it was raining!
 
EdBray said:
Like your third a lot Jenny, I would be tempted to clone out the white bits at the top of the gate though and the white blob above the fence to the left.
Click to expand...

Many thanks for your feedback, Ed. I agree with you and gave some consideration to cloning them out (cows, btw), but thought I may make a mess of it.

Anyway, I have given it a try and it does look better but it would probably look better if the dark bits were cloned out as well. However, there is too much of them to clone out naturally so I have left them in.

Note to self - ask the cows to move next time before I take the shot!

Jenny
 
BeHappy said:
Theres something special about lychgates isnt there :)

heres the definition of one

A roofed gateway to a churchyard used originally as a resting place for a bier before burial
Click to expand...

LOL, I also took a lychgate picture but decided not to use it after seeing Ed's!

I had no idea what lychgates were for. Was the roof to protect the coffin from the elements?

Jenny
 
jennyb said:
LOL, I also took a lychgate picture but decided not to use it after seeing Ed's!
Click to expand...

Well you should of done :)

jennyb said:
I had no idea what lychgates were for. Was the roof to protect the coffin from the elements?

Jenny
Click to expand...

I suppose so......dont lychgates sometimes have benches inside too?
 
jennyb said:
LOL, I also took a lychgate picture but decided not to use it after seeing Ed's!
Click to expand...

Post your Jenny love to see it

ED hasnt entered a Lytch Gate, think its mine where he told me I posted it twice, please edit your post Ed its confusing people ;)

I think it looks better without the white bits (y)

Like the Urban gateway John (y)
 
Just Dave said:
Post your Jenny love to see it

ED hasnt entered a Lytch Gate, think its mine where he told me I posted it twice, please edit your post Ed its confusing people ;)

I think it looks better without the white bits (y)

Like the Urban gateway John (y)
Click to expand...

Sorry, Dave. Yes, it is yours. Nice one too.

I've entered my three so I will skip the lychgate.

Jenny
 
I'm feeling a bit lonely - one urban image amongst all these lovely countryside shots :)

I do love a lychgate :) and looked it up based on jenny's query (just elaborating on Pat's definition) - this was all new to me :)

The word lych survived into modern English from the Old English or Saxon word for corpse mostly as an adjective in particular phrases or names, such as lych bell, the hand-bell rung before a corpse; lych way, the path along which a corpse was carried to burial (this in some districts was supposed to establish a right-of-way); lych owl, the screech owl, because its cry was a portent of death; and lyke-wake, a night watch over a corpse (see Lyke-Wake Dirge).

In the Middle Ages most people were buried in just shrouds rather than coffins, the dead were carried to the lych gate and placed on a bier, where the priest conducted the first part of the funeral service under its temporary shelter.
 
Dark Star said:

The word lych survived into modern English from the Old English or Saxon word for corpse mostly as an adjective in particular phrases or names, such as lych bell, the hand-bell rung before a corpse; lych way, the path along which a corpse was carried to burial ; lych owl, the screech owl, because its cry was a portent of death; and lyke-wake, a night watch over a corpse .
Click to expand...

Blimey I bet EdBray knew that already :p Thanks for expanding D Star
 
these are great Spider. Love them...especially No.2 (y)
 
Not new, so not for inclusion in the compo, but a couple of my favourite gateways.

Rhodes Old Gate

RhodesOldGate-1.jpg


Spinalonga, last European leper colony.

DSCF1364-1.jpg
 
Well, this is my first ever attempt at a challenge, so here goes...

They were taken today in the only available 30 mins of daylight time i've had all week, so please excuse the random nature of them...

1. Now I know this is a door fixing so may not qualify.

2009-02-26Gateways1.jpg


2. More conventional gate shot:

2009-02-26Gateways4.jpg


3. And a pano crop to finish:

2009-02-26-Gateways-3.jpg
 
Great set Rob (y) Love the DOF in No.2 and the simplicity of it. The train is a great interpretation of the theme :)
 
Well it's about time I gave this ago so heres my first entry.

3311877657_df1f28e3fd_o.jpg
 
WOW! Thats an impressive gate! Where is it exactly?
 
It's at the entrance to China Town here in Newcastle.
The light on it chages colour red blue and green quite a site.
 
Here's my attempts

Gated Tree
IMG_2420.jpg


Gateway to the field
IMG_2429.jpg


Gateway to the underworld
IMG_2438.jpg
 
Another nice set from jgs01. Like the gated tree best!


and I like your Rhodes gate Ed.(y)

Off to take a quick pic of a gate not far from my office. Suns shining and its a lovely day. Just need to find out how my new camera works :help: :LOL:
 
hepburn said:
At a guess, Ed's 5D mkII got it together with Pat's 400D and spawned a 40D. Don't tell her husband :LOL:
Click to expand...

LOL Heppers :LOL: :LOL: and wheres your canal shot gone silly. Judgings over the weekend :wacky:
 
Took these quickly on way back home today. I pass this on the way to work every day. :)
 
Theres some really good ones this week!

Well I've been waiting all week for inspiration to strike and.....nothing! Just a bad photography week I guess. Heres my efforts this week.:)

Anna

1. Gateway to the playground

IMG_6534web.jpg



2. Gateway to somewhere a bit yacky

IMG_6543web.jpg



3. Yes, its another lytch gate (i think?)..

IMG_6552web.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top