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Flora at Hardwick Hall, 6th April 2012

Mushroom Shaped Yew

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Photographs taken at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire Friday 6th April 2012. Website here
There are improvements at Hardwick Hall this year: a new visitors centre, including shops, snackery and the Barn Restaurant. The improvements cost in the region of £6.5m The new car park is huge too.

Hardwick Hall - West Front - A seven Shot HDR image

Hardwick Hall - South Elevation - A view from the stable-yard

Hardwick Hall - East Elevation - A view not previously available from this position

Door - No Access

Oak leaves in relief - Information Board

Stable Door, love the colour

Stairway to Barn Loft - Helpers Rest Room

Lily of the valley

Bridle

Caption on stable wall

Caption on stable wall

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Moon photographed Sunday 1st April 2012, Weston on Trent, hand held 1/320 @ f5.6 ISO 200. Nikkor lens 55-300mm. Effective focal length 450mm. Nice crater detail at the terminator, this is where the dark and light parts meet. The image is about a 50% crop out of the original image.

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Members of the HotHouse Big Band and Screaming Kicks. The latter band are giving concerts in New York for ten days beginning Sunday 1st April 2012.

A challenge to get any images at all in All Saints' Church. Many shot at ISO 6400. Slight noise reduction in Camera Raw. Collage created in Picasa, so some of the images have been "trimmed" by that programme.

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Lambs at Calke Abbey, taken on Saturday 31st march 2012.

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General shots taken at Carsington Water on Wednesday 28th March 2012

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Pussy Willow shot at Carsington Water on Wednesday 28th March 2012

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Its that time of the year when we start to see ladybirds. Lots of them in the garden. Photographs taken Tuesday 27th March 2012.

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Juxtaposition of The Moon and Jupiter on the evening of 26th march 2012 at 22:52:56 hours at Weston on Trent.

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It's all in the detail, Kedleston Hall, Sunday 25th March 2012.

External Column - North Front

Marble Hall - Paster Moulding

Marble Hall - Column

Marble Hall - Plaster Moulding

Marble Hall - Plaster Moulding

Pottery Urn

Pottery Urn 

Chest - Corner Reinforcement

Chest - Hinge

Chest - Corner Reinforcement

Silver Clasp and Sharkskin - Cutlery Container

Silver Foot and Sharkskin - Cutlery Container

On Cast Iron Fireplace

Marble Hall Column

Seat for mounting on an elephant

On Fireplace in the Billiard Room

Grisaille panel "Edward the Black Prince serving supper to his prisoner the French king"
Bagio Rebecca 1735 - 1808
Grisaille is a term for a painting executed entirely in monochrome or near-monochrome.