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Porthleven is a town, civil parish and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom, near Helston. It is the most southerly port on the island of Great Britain[1] and was originally developed as a harbour of refuge, when this part of the Cornish coastline was recognised as a black spot for wrecks in days of sail. Nearby Loe Bar was particularly infamous, with swimmers and surfers being warned off the area to this day.

Red pom pom dahlia macro.

Lovely petals that resemble heart shapes at certain angles.

Lacking time and inspiration for photography of late so have been playing in Phortoshop to try and hone a few skills.

This is my latest 'effort' a combination of three images.

Image 1: The basic image was shot @ Wrest Park Gardens in 2008 and consisted of a stone statue of a Greek God.

The Greek God was removed in full and the sky blended back in where the Statue was originally using 'Clone Stamp Tool'

The statue of the boy and the Spitfire (Images 2 & 3) was taken this month at The Imperial War Museum, these were painstakingly cut out in Photoshop using the 'Quick Selection Tool' as both the backgrounds on these were very boring.

The statue of the boy was adjusted using 'Lens Correction' to adjust the angle in order that it sat on top of the stone plinh at a more suitable angle as bothe this and the original image were shot at totally different heights.

All images were then adjusted with levels to bring the images closer together in exposure and lighting, hope these look ok? finally the original image was enhanced to bring out the colours.

Thoughts anyone?

Another autumn shot from me, love the colours at this time of year.

Taken at Ashridge Estate, in the middle of the woods with the sun streaming though the trees from behind throwing shadows across a carpet of reddy brown leaves.

First post for nearly two weeks!

Popped to Avebury Stone Circle at the weekend as I was in the area whilst away on jollys!

Stunning place that unfortunately I didn't have the time to explore to it's fullest.

From Wikipedia:
Avebury is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles which is located around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, south west England. Unique amongst megalithic monuments, Avebury contains the largest stone circle in Europe, and is one of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain. It is currently used as both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary Pagans.

Constructed around 2600 BCE,[1] during the Neolithic, or 'New Stone Age', the monument comprises a large henge, surrounded by a bank and a ditch. Inside this henge is a large outer stone circle, with two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is not known, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremonial usage. The Avebury monument was a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.

By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman occupation. During the Early Mediaeval, a village first began to be built around the monument, which eventually extended into it. In the Late Mediaeval and Early Modern periods, locals destroyed many of the standing stones around the henge, both for religious and practical reasons. The antiquarians John Aubrey and William Stukeley however took an interest in Avebury during the 17th century, and recorded much of the site before its destruction. Archaeological investigation followed in the 20th century, led primarily by Alexander Keiller, who oversaw a project of reconstructing much of the monument.

Avebury is owned and run by the National Trust, a charitable organisation who keep it open to the public.[2] It has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument,[3] as well as a World Heritage Site, in the latter capacity being seen as a part of the wider prehistoric landscape of Wiltshire known as Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites.[4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avebury

or

beta.nationaltrust.org.uk/avebury/