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The old Shot Tower, has been enclosed, and is now part of a Shopping Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Camera: Canon EOS 20D

The famous Baptistry Window in the new Coventry Cathedral, that rose from the ruins of the old, Medieval Cathedral , destroyed by German Bombers in the second world war. For those that do not know, and some don't, Coventry is a City in the Midlands, England. The window was designed by John Piper. It was completed in 1962. The new St Michael's Cathedral, built next to the remains of the old, was designed by Basil Spence. The selection of Basil Spence for the work was a result of a competition held in 1950 to find an architect for the new Coventry Cathedral; his design was chosen from over two hundred submitted. Spence (later knighted for this work) insisted that instead of re-building the old cathedral it should be kept in r...

Standing majestically on the banks of River Yamuna, the Taj Mahal is synonymous to love and romance. The name "Taj Mahal" was derived from the name of Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and means "Crown Palace". The purity of the white marble, the exquisite ornamentation, precious gemstones used and its picturesque location, all make a visit to the Taj Mahal gain a place amongst the most sought-after tours in the world. However, until you know the love story behind the construction of the Taj Mahal, the beauty of the same would not enliven in your heart and mind and instead would come up as just another beautiful building/monument. It is the love behind this outstanding monument that has given a life to this monument. Come and explore the ...

The Great Wall of China. Chairman Mao said that you were only a Man, once you had walked on the Great Wall. Viewing it for the first time is an awesome sight, and if you avoid the crowds it is magical to take a stroll along the ramparts, from guardhouse to guardhouse, across the mountain ridge. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 20D !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.6663090.1.lp,375x360,b,s,VGhlIExvbmcgTWFyY2g%3D.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6663090.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Christmas tree lights. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.36134193.9990/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,s,transparent.png!

High flying, amongst the clouds over Europe, in an old bi-plane !

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A gold bauble on a Christmas tree. Happy Holidays ! Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in the Group: Focus and Lighting !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11148392.1462/fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

A straw stuffed figure of Santa Claus (and Mrs Claus !). Seen at Baddesley Clinton Moated House and Gardens, Warwickshire, England. Camera: Canon PowerShot S95 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.36551153.3088/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

This is a photo of an attendant at the entrance of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, Australia, The Waterwall at the entrance marks the beginning of the Water Trail. The Waterwall runs separately to the moat system, with its own water holding tank and treatment plant. Rain water is pumped from underground tanks into the Waterwall holding tank and then through a treatment plant to the Waterwall head. The water cascades down the glass, before flowing back into the holding tank to repeat the cycle. The constant flow creates a natural filter between the bustle of the city and the calm seclusion and ambience of the Gallery. At the time when the gallery opened, Victoria was an independent colony for just ten years, but in...

Muted spring colours, seen in the Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, England. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.47614626.8593/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

Westonbirt, The National Arboretum,(England) is one of the largest and oldest tree collections in the world. The arboretum is home to over 16,000 rare and beautiful trees and shrubs, all laid out over 600 glorious, easy-to-stroll Cotswold acres. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.97903300.9429/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

A Great Horned Owl seen in the Cotswolds, England. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.64578673.9294/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

Close up view of one of the Lions in the Ngorongoro Crater Game Reserve, Tanzania, Africa. ( It was raining when I took this photo, and that is why the Lion is having a "bad hair day " !! ) The Lion is the largest of the 3 big cats in Africa. Prides consist of 6 to a dozen females and thir cubs, with one or more dominant males. Most of the hunting is dome by the females, but normally the males will be the first to eat after a "kill". They seize their prey by the throat and suffocating it. Photo taken on a Canon EOS 20D. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6464753.1.lp,375x360,b,s,VGhlIExpb24gS2luZw%3D%3D.jpg! !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.6464753.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. The stacks have been formed by erosion, and are all different heights and thicknesses. A number have fallen over entirely as waves continually erode their bases. A 50-metre tall Apostle collapsed on July 3, 2005. Although it was initially thought that one of the Twelve Apostles fell on September 25, 2009 it was later revealed that it was one of the smaller stacks known as The Three Sisters. Other well-known features in Port Campbell National Park created by erosion are the London Arch, Loch Ard Gorge and...

The Cloisters at Durham Cathedral, North East England. Camera: Canon EOS 20D Featured in the group "Redbubble Boomers" !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.12360741.7814/fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Travelling towards the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean. Off the coast of the Norwegian Island, Svalbard Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.52100134.2231/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

Reflections in the moat around an English Country Manor House in Warwickshire. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in the group "Preserving History" !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.29392996.8121/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

A cold november evening on the south coast of England. But a wonderful sunset, watched by a few people walking along the pebble beach in Brighton. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II. !http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.6568718.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6568718.1.lp,375x360,b,s,QnJpZ2h0b24gQmVhY2ggLSBXYXRjaGluZyB0aGUgc3Vuc2V0Lg%3D%3D.jpg!

St Mary's Church, Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England. There has been a church standing on this site in Lower Slaughter since the 13th century. Canon EOS 5D The present church of St Mary's was rebuilt in 1867 when the earlier church fell into dis-repair. St Marys' is designed on the Early English architecture by Benjamin Ferrey who also carried out much of the restoration work on Wells Cathedral. The interior is rather plain but retains some of the original 13th century arches. There are stained glass windows in the north, west and east walls.The memorials are mostly dedicated to the Whitmore family who lived in the manor house next door. The tower contains six bells dating from 1450 to 1867. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II ...

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead, England. Work began on the project in 1994 and cost £1 million. It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with wings measuring 54 metres (177 ft) across. The wings themselves are not planar, but are angled 3.5º forward, which Gormley used to create "a sense of embrace". It stands on a hill on the southern edge of Low Fell, overlooking the A1 and A167 roads into Tyneside, and the East Coast Main Line rail route, south of the site of Team Colliery. Photograph taken with a Canon EOS 20D. !http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.6331367.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih0.redbubbl...

The island of Thudufushi in the Maldives is host to some wonderful sunsets. Camera : Canon Ixus 750 !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.7023228.1.lp,375x360,b,s,R29sZGVuIEJhbGw%3D.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7023228.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Interior view of the dome above the entrance hall in Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England. Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, 15 miles (24 km) north of York. It is a private residence, the home of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a true castle, but this term is also used for English country houses erected on the site of a former military castle. It is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional "Brideshead", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited and a two-hour 2008 remake for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England group of heritage houses. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih1.redbubble.net/ima...

Two Adelie Penguins march past on the beach, King George Island, Antarctica. Photo taken on a Canon EOS 20D !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6222794.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6222794.1.papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.v4.jpg!

Close up of a Red Poppy, seen in the Winterbourne House and Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in the group "A place to call home" !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.32601190.1284/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,transparent.png!

A large metal wheel candle holder, over the dining table in the main Hall at Packwood. Much-restored Tudor house, park and garden with notable topiary, Packwood House and Gardens, near Lapworth, England. The culmination of a lifetime of dreams: salvaged objects and exotic pieces come together in a Jacobean meets Edwardian style. Beautiful, homely, warm and welcoming. We can't put it better than a visitor in the 1920s did: A house to dream of, a garden to dream in. The house was originally built in the 16th century, yet its interiors were extensively restored between the First and Second World Wars by Graham Baron Ash to create a fascinating 20th-century evocation of domestic Tudor architecture. Packwood House contains a fine collecti...

Curious and beautiful weathered iceberg in Hornsund, Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle. This photo was taken from the deck of the ex ice-breaker Polar Star. Camera was a Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in Groups, such as "Superbly Visual"

Close up of Telegraph Wires, seen near Alice Springs, Australia. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.229148582.9059/fp,220x200,black,off_white,box20,s,ffffff-pad,220x200,ffffff.jpg!

Detail of an exhibit at the RAF Museum, Cosford, England. As tourist attractions go, the RAF Museum, Cosford, is one of Shropshire's biggest, pulling in more than 200,000 visitors per year, and it's also the county's only national museum. Open throughout the year, the museum is free to enter. The new £12.5m National Cold War Exhibition, opened in February 2007, displays some of the latest aviation technology and offers an insight into the tense superpower stand-off during much of the 20th Century. The new hangar is the world's first permanent exhibition dedicated to the Cold War. Inside you'll find 17 aircraft, military transport, missiles, memorabilia and interactive zones. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Featured in the Low Light Gr...

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. The stacks have been formed by erosion, and are all different heights and thicknesses. A number have fallen over entirely as waves continually erode their bases. A 50-metre tall Apostle collapsed on July 3, 2005. Although it was initially thought that one of the Twelve Apostles fell on September 25, 2009 it was later revealed that it was one of the smaller stacks knowns as The Three Sisters. Other well-known features in Port Campbell National Park created by erosion are the London Arch, Loch Ard Gorge...

A fractal, looking a lot like a Cosmic Eye !

Tewkesbury Abbey - Vaulted Ceiling Detail of the vaulted ceiling in one of of the side chapel`s inTewkesbury Abbey (offically the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Tewkesbury) The Abbey is a large and magnificent parish church in a small market town just 10 miles north of Gloucester., England. Built in the early 1100s, the abbey church boasts the largest Norman tower in the world and the largest exterior arch in Britain. Its interior is a breathtaking combination of stout Norman pillars and round arches with Decorated Gothic lierne vaulting and gilded bosses. Surrounding the chancel are a number of high-quality monuments and chantry chapels to some of Tewkesbury's greatest patrons, including the Fitzhamons, De Clares, Despensers, ...

The Windmill at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, England. The windmill is from Danzey Green in Warwickshire. The earliest recorded mill on that site was in 1560. This mill was constructed in the mid-19th century and was moved to Avoncroft in 1969. Camera : Canon EOS 20D !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.192162384.4099/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

Coventry Cathedral, in the West Midlands, England. This baptistery window is one of the most impressive in England. The stained-glass window was designed by John Piper and created by Patrick Reyntiens and has a total of 195 panels. The original Gothic Cathedral was bombed on the night of November 14th, 1940, during the second world war and destroyed. A new Cathedral rose from the ashes, linked to the ruins of the old shell, architect Sir Basil Spence. Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.108670741.9124/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) is a 1,040+ seat thrust stage theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the British playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is located in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon – Shakespeare's birthplace – in the English Midlands, beside the River Avon. The Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres re-opened in November 2010 after undergoing a major renovation . The Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres are on the western bank of the River Avon, with the adjacent Bancroft Gardens providing a scenic riverside setting. The Rooftop Restaurant and Bar overlooks both the river and the Bancroft Gardens. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.84104818.1232/fp,550x550,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!

A young Giraffe in the Serengeti Game Reserve, Tanzania, Africa. To bend down and reach the water hole, a giraffe has to splay its legs before lowering its neck ! A male Giraffe can grow to 5.5 metres (18ft) although females are usually smaller.They prefer open country to woodland, although its main food is leaves, especially from the yops of acacia trees, which it grasps with its amazing 45 cm (18inch) tongue. Photo taken with a Canon EOS 20D. !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6736426.1.lp,375x360,b,s,U2hlIHN0b29wcyB0byBjb25xdWVy.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6736426.1.fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.jpg!