I know it is a bit of a cheat and I should have made the effort to get a photo of a real butterfly, but I do rather like the effect of the sun glinting off this sculpture.
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Chatsworth – More from the Exhibition
Some more sculptures from the ‘Beyond Limits‘ exhibition:
Engine of Evolution by Mark Quinn
Stairs by Lynn Chadwick
Butterflies by Manolo Valdes
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
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100 Photos 32 :: Clean Fresh Water
I am not quite sure why but I really like this photo. I was trying to take it quickly to avoid the two children being in the photo. As you can see it didn’t quite focus on anything and the shutter speed was rather slow so the children made it into the photo [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2010
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Chatsworth – Beyond Limits
The temporary sculpture I mentioned in my last Blog post is part of the Sotheby’s ‘Beyond Limits’ exhibition at Chatsworth. The exhibition is a display of modern sculpture set against the backdrop of Chatsworth house and estate. When I visited, the exhibits were in the process of being set up in preparation for the exhibition [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2010
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PhotoHunt – Hanging
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
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York Minster – New Stonework
An area at the back of the minster was displaying some new stonework and a board near to the carvings informed that:
New stonework copies the original stone and this is carried out by our 24 Masons, Carvers and Apprentices.
Occasionally the removed carving is too decayed to see what it used to be. When this [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2010
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Chirk Castle – Statues
Dotted around the garden were several bronze nymphs that had been created by Andrea Carlo Lucchesi. The one pictured here is rather reminiscent of Eve because there was a snake beneath her foot.
There is also a very prominent statue of Hercules (by Van Nost) set before the backdrop of the castle. You can’t see the [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2010
