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		<name>Alan Rolfe</name>
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	<updated>2008-07-05T00:05:13Z</updated>
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				Spirit of Adventure
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				..and now for something completely different. As a break from my short series of my trip to Utah and Arizona, this is the first image edited on my new iMac! This was taken last weekend at the delightful little Perrygrove Railway, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean. The 15in gauge railway is around ¾ mile long and presently has three steam locomotives, although a fourth is almost ready. It was built by the Exmoor Steam Railway in 1993 and can pull a train of up to 100 people. It weighs around 4¾ tons. More about the Perrygrove Railway here.
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		<updated>2008-07-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Moki Dugway
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				Happy Independence Day to our American friends! A further image from my trip to Utah and Arizona. I've now left behind the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and I was heading south into Arizona to fulfill a long-held ambition to visit Monument Valley. I'd spent the past 3 hrs or so travelling along the flattish top of Cedar Mesa (part of the gigantic Colorado Plateau (even though I'm in Utah at that point) when I was suddenly confronted by a 1100ft drop down on to the "valley" floor. Signs some 23 miles previously had warned me of "10% grades" and "narrow gravel road" with 3 miles of hairpin bends and a "maximum speed of 5mph" but these has somehow had failed to register! Peering over the edge, I could see a dirt track just snaking down the near vertical face and then the paved road going on beyond into the distance. So, the only way was down! Luckily, traffic was light so I just enjoyed the ride with just a few "white knuckle moments" on some of the higher bends. The Moki Dugway was constructed in 1958 by Texas Zinc, a mining company, to transport uranium ore from the "Happy Jack" mine in Fry Canyon, UT. to the processing mill in Mexican Hat. This shot, mainly for the record, was taken around 1/3rd of the way down. The paved road can just be seen just over centre left. Good fun! More information on the Moki Dugway here and also some other photos (not mine!)
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		<updated>2008-07-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Balanced Rock
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				Oops! Meant post this yesterday! Another from Arches National Park. I really wanted to give you a slightly different view of this but I'm still moving things from the Windows PC to the Mac and I can't find what I wanted. However, have a look at the image I wanted to show you in my own gallery and you've see me and a well as a different view of the rock. No peeping at the other images there as it will spoil the surprises here! That was taken with my wireless remote control and my including human (well, me!), it helps give it a sense of scale. What I like about this image is the fabulous sky.
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		<updated>2008-07-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Shaffer Trail
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				Continuing my short series of images from last September's trip to Utah and Arizona. This is from Canyonlands National Park which is very close to Arches National Park near Moab in Utah. This is the Shaffer Trail from the WHite Rim Trail. To give you a sense of scale, see if you can spot the car on the dirt road! To give you a clue, follow the trail from the bottom centre towards the top left. Just on the right hand turn before the road swings left out of view before behind the rock buff, you may see a white open top jeep!
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		<updated>2008-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Go on - slip!
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				Or "The Bride wore Nikes"! I was going to call this a "fun shot" but this couple selfishly ruined an evening's shoot for photographers from the US, Germany, South Africa, Canada and the UK by standing in front of a magnificent panorama of Cathedral Rock, Sedona, it was anything but fun! Fancy getting married in the evening anyway. I thought it best to get married early in the day, in any case, because if the marriage does not work out, you've not wasted all day! Notice how I have carefully used a selective soft focus on the happy couple. Some people may call this "out of focus" rather unkindly! This was taken in the same seesion as last Thurday's "Cathedral Rock" shot. Please refer back to that for some additional notes which you may find amusing!
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		<updated>2008-06-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Taking the shot
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				As promised yesterday, here's a shot of my "proper"camera taking yesterday's shot. The tripod was nearly as low as i could get it and I'm using a wonderful cheap (under £15!) wireless remote to fire the shutter. Prominent in this view is some idiot's camera bag (mine! I did not notice it when peering through the angle finder!) plus a few other photosgraphers. Thank goodness for the clone tool!
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		<updated>2008-06-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Courthouse Towers
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				Another from Arches National Park, Utah. A violent thunderstorm the night before had left these puddles which dry up within less than a day so you have to get out there and make the most of them. The only trouble is that there are around 50 other photographers trying to do the same and the better puddles had already been "bagged"! I've cloned out the photographers that were in my sight! Tomorrow, I'll show a shot showing how I took this shot! I'm still working on moving my Windows PC to an iMAC and it's a bit of steep learning curve. I'm swopping from one to the other until I've got the iMAC set up properly. Please bear with me if I'm a bit quiet for the next week or so but I will keep posting and I'll try to comment on your images. If anyone has any advice regarding a MAC, I'd welcome it!
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		<updated>2008-06-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Arches National Park, Utah
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				I had two whole days in the Park and there is just so much fabulous scenery, I never even got as far as the arches themselves!
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		<updated>2008-06-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Cathedral Rock, Sedona
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				This is going to be a short series of images from my trip to Utah and Arizona last September. These are two of my favourite US states (not that I've been to all that many really!) but I've visited all those west of the Rockies - several times! I'm in the middle of going from a Windows PC to an iMAC and it's a bit of steep learning curve. I'm swopping from one to the other until I've got the iMAC set up properly. Please bear with me if I'm a bit quiet for the next week or so but I will keep posting and I'll try to comment on your images. If anyone has any advice regarding a MAC, I'd welcome it! Update: Taken just after the bride and groom from 30 June upload had passed across the stepping stones. I really wanted a view more to the right to use the stepping stones as a lead in but it would have included the couple in the image. Luckily hiding behind the bush at this point is the violinist and the official conducting the marriage ceremony .
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		<updated>2008-06-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Hinton Ampner Church
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				My final image from my visit to Hinton Ampner House. This is a gate from the vegetable garden into the main part of the gardens. Just a reminder that all my past Shutterchance images can be seen on my own web site.
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		<updated>2008-06-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Summer breezes
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				Anotehr from my afternoon at the National Trust's Hinton Ampner House. I was attracted to the wild grasses (reminded me of home!) and the red flowers. I've no idea what they are but they looked pretty as they shimmering in the sun caught by the light afternoon breezes. 
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		<updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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				Albert Memorial - the top!
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				Continuing my short series of images from a few hours in west london a week last Saturday, this is the very top of the Albert Memorial. This makes me think more of the top say, of a cathedral overseas somewhere rather than in London! I saw the memorial a few years ago when the covers finally came off after an extended period of renovation and then the gold was really bright. Even now, it still sparkles. Taken using my 28-135mm lens at maximum length.
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		<updated>2008-06-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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