Saturday, July 7, 2012
Toy Camera
Colour for Impact
"There are times when times when colours can make an emphatic statement, draw attention to particular elements in a composition, or create an air of flamboyance..."
John Hedgecoe
http://books.google.com/books?id=4cCD1RAVJZ0C&pg=PA78&lpg=PA76&ots=x5HQkPx6xp&dq=john+hedgecoe+color+contrast&output=html_text
The is a fairly common scene this afternoon with the temperature hovering around 100 and sunny "Hot Time Summer in the City" Frederick is in the midst of a heat wave that will likely subside come Tuesday.
The photo is intended to pick up the series of collie against the muted red brick background. Restaurants use color often to increase business.
Bulldog in Fedora & Churchill
As I walked to town this hot morning, I passed by this old iron dog that guards the porch of an office. I had removed my fedora to cool a bit in the shade. As I paused to admire him as I often do, I was reminded of the cigar store in town with a bulldog with a chapeau and cigar with the Union Jack background. I always associated that image with Winston Churchill whose indomitable "Bulldog" spirit was so decisive in WWII. The bulldog's face also reminds me a bit of Churchill and his character as the Nazis were to learn as he led Britain to stand firm against Hitler's Huns
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/11/WinstonChurchill_228x336.jpg
A Touch of Color
John Hedgecoe
I got this quick shot crossing Church at Market at about 10 am --snapped for an instant pause when the angle of the shot allowed the bouquet to conceal the angel mural to reduce clutter and emphasize the plain muted contrasting beige stucco around the bouquet. The little icon for walking signal present and interesting visual diversion secondary to the splash of pink
http://books.google.com/books?id=4cCD1RAVJZ0C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA76&ots=x5HQkPx6xp&dq=john+hedgecoe+color+contrast&output=html_text
Bright Color & Contrast
"Color contrast is most readily understood when you juxtapose the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow... "
John Holcombe
http://books.google.com/books?id=4cCD1RAVJZ0C&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=john+hedgecoe+color+contrast&source=bl&ots=x5HQkPx6xp&sig=Kar851IzmzLq-PYCiNcepV2hKVE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hmX4T8SANsnf0QGp9_z5Bg&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAA
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Sword of O'Carroll
O'Carroll's Sword
Oft has thou been in the great woof of war,
Oft giving battle, beheading high
princes.
Oft has thou gone a-raiding in the hands of kings of high judgments'
Oft has thou divided the spoil with a good king worthy of thee.
Oft where men of Leinster were hast thou been in a white hand,
Oft has thou been among kings, oft among great bands.
Many were there kings that wielded thee in fight,
Many a shield hast thou cleft in battle,
many a head and chest, many a fair skin.
Forty years without sorrow Enna of the noble hosts had thee,
Never was thou in a straight, but in the hands of a very fierce king.
Enna gave thee-'twas no niggardly gift- to his own son, to Dunling,
For thirty years in his possession, at last thou broughtest ruin on him.
Many a king upon a noble steed possessed
thee unto Dermot the kingly, the fierce:
Sixteen years was the time Dermot had thee.
At the feast of Alenn, Dermot the hardy-born bestowed thee,
Dermot, the noble king, gave thee to the man of Mairg, to Murigan.
Forty years stoutly thou wast in the hand of Alenn's high-king
With Murigan of mighty deeds thou never was a year without battle.
In Wexford Murigan, the king of Vikings, gave thee to Carroll:
While he was upon the yellow earth, Carroll gave thee to none.
Thy bright point was a crimson point in the battle of Odva of the foreigners,
When thou leftest Aed Finnlaith on his back in the battle of Odva of the noble routs.
Crimson was thy edge, it was seen at Belach Moon thou wast proved,
In the valorous battle of Alvy's plain throughout which the fighting raged.
Before thee the goodly host broke on a Thursday at Doon Ochtair,
When Aed the fierce and brilliant fell upon the hillside above Leafin.
Before thee the host broke on the day when Cealleadh was slain,
Flannagan's son, with numbers of troops, in high lofty great Tara.
Before thee they ebbed southward
in the battle of the Boyne of the rough feats,
When Cnogva fell, that lance of valor, at seeing thee, for dread of thee.
Thou wast furious, thou wast not weak, heroic was thy swift force,
When Aillil Frosach of Fal fell in front of the onset.
Thou never had a day of defeat with Carroll
of the beautiful garths (cattle enclosures),
He swore no lying oath, he went not against his word.
Thou never hadst a day of sorrow, many a night thou hadst abroad;
Thou hadst awaiting thee many a king with many a battle.
O sword of the kings of mighty fires, do not fear to be astray!
Thou shalt find thy man of craft, a lord worthy of thee.
Who shall henceforth possess thee, or to whom wilt thou deal ruin?
From the day that Carroll departed, with whom wilt thou be bedded?
Thou shalt not be neglected until thou come to the house of glorious Naas:
Where Fionn (mac Cumhaill) of the feasts is, they will hail thee with 'welcome'."
Oft has thou gone a-raiding in the hands of kings of high judgments'
Oft has thou divided the spoil with a good king worthy of thee.
Oft where men of Leinster were hast thou been in a white hand,
Oft has thou been among kings, oft among great bands.
Many were there kings that wielded thee in fight,
Many a shield hast thou cleft in battle,
many a head and chest, many a fair skin.
Forty years without sorrow Enna of the noble hosts had thee,
Never was thou in a straight, but in the hands of a very fierce king.
Enna gave thee-'twas no niggardly gift- to his own son, to Dunling,
For thirty years in his possession, at last thou broughtest ruin on him.
Many a king upon a noble steed possessed
thee unto Dermot the kingly, the fierce:
Sixteen years was the time Dermot had thee.
At the feast of Alenn, Dermot the hardy-born bestowed thee,
Dermot, the noble king, gave thee to the man of Mairg, to Murigan.
Forty years stoutly thou wast in the hand of Alenn's high-king
With Murigan of mighty deeds thou never was a year without battle.
In Wexford Murigan, the king of Vikings, gave thee to Carroll:
While he was upon the yellow earth, Carroll gave thee to none.
Thy bright point was a crimson point in the battle of Odva of the foreigners,
When thou leftest Aed Finnlaith on his back in the battle of Odva of the noble routs.
Crimson was thy edge, it was seen at Belach Moon thou wast proved,
In the valorous battle of Alvy's plain throughout which the fighting raged.
Before thee the goodly host broke on a Thursday at Doon Ochtair,
When Aed the fierce and brilliant fell upon the hillside above Leafin.
Before thee the host broke on the day when Cealleadh was slain,
Flannagan's son, with numbers of troops, in high lofty great Tara.
Before thee they ebbed southward
in the battle of the Boyne of the rough feats,
When Cnogva fell, that lance of valor, at seeing thee, for dread of thee.
Thou wast furious, thou wast not weak, heroic was thy swift force,
When Aillil Frosach of Fal fell in front of the onset.
Thou never had a day of defeat with Carroll
of the beautiful garths (cattle enclosures),
He swore no lying oath, he went not against his word.
Thou never hadst a day of sorrow, many a night thou hadst abroad;
Thou hadst awaiting thee many a king with many a battle.
O sword of the kings of mighty fires, do not fear to be astray!
Thou shalt find thy man of craft, a lord worthy of thee.
Who shall henceforth possess thee, or to whom wilt thou deal ruin?
From the day that Carroll departed, with whom wilt thou be bedded?
Thou shalt not be neglected until thou come to the house of glorious Naas:
Where Fionn (mac Cumhaill) of the feasts is, they will hail thee with 'welcome'."
Finis
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