Darren Turners - Project 366

[Kev Pugh]

Very Nice Daz, would look better for me without that big thing on the right tho'

 

[Darren Turner]

agreed KK

9th March 2012
Fungus / mushroom growing on an old cut down & rotting tree

10th March 2012
its a little grim outside today so i thought a spot of camera porn was on the cards.

Here is a list of my current camera gear as shown in todays photo

Canon EOS 40D – Gripped DSLR
Canon EOS 7D DSLR
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
Sigma AF 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM
Canon Speedlite 430EX II Flash
Fujifilm X10

photo taken with my Samsung galaxy s2 mobile phone

 

[adrian jordin]

You travel light, I see

 

[Darren Turner]

11th March 2012
Spring Welsh Lambs

12th March 2012
Old Bare Tree

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Let me be the first to say it: Aw!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

That's a good reason why I don't eat lamb!
Look at the little thing!

 

[Darren Turner]

aint he a cute........awwwwwwwwww

Gonna have a rant now.......... how come as a chef i can buy New Zeland lamb far far cheaper than i can welsh lamb for the restaurant and the field surrounding the hotel are heaved out with these little cuteys.........!!

Daz

 

[Dan Cattermole]

How Bizzare Darren! I didn't know that, and I wouldn't know why!

 

[Glen Roberts]

Where's the mint sauce??? ;-)

 

[Darren Turner]

13th March 2012
cat on top of a tomb in the local graveyard in Dolgellau

 

[Darren Turner]

14th March 2012
Launderette in the town of Dolgellau in south snowdonia

15th March 2012
lovebirds near the liverbirds on the banks of the river mersey in liverpool

 

[Pete Askew]

Love the Launderette shot Daz. Sort of mid-west meets wales!

 

[Kev Pugh]

Daz am waiting to see Compo, Cleggy and Foggy appear, I know you be in a different country but it has that feel, and good in B&W..doesn't look very busy,

 

[Darren Turner]

welcome to Dolgellau..........IT NEVER BUSY ......... hahaha

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Great shots. Love the laundrette one, and the cat is a monster!

 

[Darren Turner]

16th March 2012

The Cistercian abbey of Cymer was founded in 1198-9 under the patronage of Maredudd ap Cynan, a grandson of Owain Gwynedd. The first monks came from Abbey Cwmhir in Powys, which was a daughter house of Whitland in Dyfed, itself founded by monks from Clairvaux, the mother house in Burgundy.

The monks farmed sheep on the local hills and on lands in Lleyn, and were involved in mining and metallurgy. They also kept a notable stud, rendering high-quality horses to Llywelyn ap Iorwerth. But the abbey was never especially wealthy, and after the wars of the 13th century its economic position declined further. However, it did possess a very large and fine silver gilt chalice and paten, which must have been hidden on the mountainside at the Dissolution. They were rediscovered in the 19th century and are now in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. At the Dissolution in 1536 the abbey was worth only L51 (roughly L16,500 in today's terms).

This poverty is reflected in the abbey buildings. Only the church survives to any height. It consists of an aisled nave just over 30m long. The monks probably intended to build the normal crossing with two transepts and a chancel to the east, but this was never done and the present east wall and chancel area seems to be a compromise arrangement. In a normal Cistercian church the tower would have been over the central crossing, but since no crossing was built, when the tower was added in the 14th century, it was put at the west end.

Cistercian churches were normally beautifully proportioned but not richly decorated. This one is especially plain, but there is some attractive carving on the sedile on the south wall of the chancel, and a little survives on the severe east window. The small putlog holes to support scaffolding would have been covered by plaster.

The monastic buildings to the south were never extensive, and it is possible that some of the domestic quarters around the cloisters might have been of timer. Monasteries were laid out to a standard pattern, traditional to each order. The cloister, the chapter house and dining hall are all in their normal positions around a square on the south side, and their planning anticipates the unfulfilled enlargement of the church. It is possible that the present farmhouse incorporates part of the monastic guesthouse, and there may have been sheds on the river associated with the abbey's agricultural or industrial business.

 

[Darren Turner]

17th March 2012
Diamante owl book mark, playing around with macro settings on my Fuji X10

18th March 2012
old latch on a garden gate i spotted when walking the dog earlier

 

[Kev Pugh]

Macro on the X10 is pretty good init Daz. like the latch, nice find

 

[Darren Turner]

i havent really used Macro setting KK, but will defo be having more of a play i think

 

[Pete Askew]

Very nice Darren. I do like the PP on the latch.