Friday 31 August 2012

The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012 - Helping Dad

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012 - 31082012012

Photomatix HDR CS5 www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

There is no other event like this anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year from both the UK and abroad.


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Thursday 30 August 2012

The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012 - Bring your Boots!

The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012 - Big Line up

Via Flickr:
The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012.
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography). www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

There is no other event like this anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year from both the UK and abroad.


Please contact me if you wish to use my photographs - either for non-profit or commercial use. All my images are © all rights reserved and are not to be used without my permission. All my photographs are copyright protected and may not be used in any manner without my consent.

The Great Dorset Steam Fair - Glorious Mud!

Via Flickr:
The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012.
Photomatix HDR CS5 PAP (Pole Aerial Photography). www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

There is no other event like this anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year from both the UK and abroad.


Please contact me if you wish to use my photographs - either for non-profit or commercial use. All my images are © all rights reserved and are not to be used without my permission. All my photographs are copyright protected and may not be used in any manner without my consent.

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Man at Work!

Man at Work! by LLAP Dorset
Man at Work!, a photo by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Camelot Canford Cliffs Poole Dorset.
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

What more can you ask, lovely weather, no wind and a great cup of tea!

Monday 27 August 2012

The Great Dorset Steam Fair - 031

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Photomaix Pro - CS5 - HDR

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La Fontanella - Branksome Park

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Locally renowned and unique Italian style property built around a gated courtyard and set in just under an acre of grounds.
La Fontanella, Martello Road, Branksome Park, BH13 7DQ £1,850,000
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com
This property is not seen from the road as it’s surrounded by tall pine trees with a steep drive up to the house. Not an easy shot to take but after finding a spot in some bushes with the owner’s permission I took these shots. One of the Estate Agents pet hates is having next doors property in the shot!

Hillier Gardens - Lovely place to visit

Via Flickr:
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Romsey Hampshire.

Finished: Their biggest planting project to take place there for many years.Landscape Architects & Garden Designers - Julia Fogg & Anny Evason.

PAP (Pole Aerial Photography).
www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com
Third visit this year, plants are starting to grow and blossom before autumn sets in. On today’s shoot the sun was not kind and wouldn’t come out! Looking forward to the next shoot when the trees change colour in the autumn.

Sunday 26 August 2012

The Great Dorset Steam Fair - 30082008018

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair is a typically British event offering a unique blend of nostalgia and entertainment. The world’s largest heritage and cultural event showcasing our national industrial, agricultural and leisure history. Visitors are invited to come and soak up the special festival atmosphere whether just for the day or for the full five days camping on site. There is no other event like this anywhere in the world which is why over 200,000 visitors attend each year from both the UK and abroad.

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Pole Aerial Photography


Pole Aerial Photography a video by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
At Work, 50ft (15m) in action at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - Hampshire.

The Great Dorset Steam Fair - 28082008328

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Please contact me if you wish to use my photographs - either for non-profit or commercial use. All my images are © all rights reserved and are not to be used without my permission. All my photographs are copyright protected and may not be used in any manner without my consent.

Hillier Gardens - Lovely place to visit

Via Flickr:
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Romsey Hampshire.

Finished: Their biggest planting project to take place there for many years.Landscape Architects & Garden Designers - Julia Fogg & Anny Evason.

PAP (Pole Aerial Photography).
www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com
Third visit this year, plants are starting to grow and blossom before autumn sets in. On today’s shoot the sun was not kind and wouldn’t come out! Looking forward to the next shoot when the trees change colour in the autumn.

La Fontanella - Branksome Park

Via Flickr:
Locally renowned and unique Italian style property built around a gated courtyard and set in just under an acre of grounds.
La Fontanella, Martello Road, Branksome Park, BH13 7DQ £1,850,000
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com
This property is not seen from the road as it’s surrounded by tall pine trees with a steep drive up to the house. Not an easy shot to take but after finding a spot in some bushes with the owner’s permission I took these shots. One of the Estate Agents pet hates is having next doors property in the shot!

Saturday 25 August 2012

Photomatix HDR - CS5

Yanks at DorchesterWaterloo in Wiltshire?On Guard DutyArmed Forces Day 30th June 2012Tommy"Ready - Aim - Fire!"
Practice makes perfectThe Crown - Blanford ForumThe CrownThe Haunted PubSun SetChurch Ruin
Platform 1 - Shillingstone StationThunderbird House in Poole!Sun going down at Bowleaze Cove

Photomatix HDR - CS5, a set on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Photomatix Pro 4.2 (32 bit) I love it! Cheaper on Amazon and you upgrade for free. It’s really easy to use but you still need to tweak it a bit on Photoshop.

Secret Dorset

Tyneham HouseWash House - TynehamRadar Station - TynehamMuseum Cottage - TynehamCoachman Cottage - TynehamRAF Brandy Bay - Tyneham
Radar Camp - TynehamThe Great House

Secret Dorset, a set on Flickr.

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Being a great lover of local history there are many place in Dorset that have a story to tell, while some have a secret not to tell. These photographs have a history but not much of story or do you know the full story?

Hillier Gardens - Centenary Border

Via Flickr:
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens Romsey Hampshire.

Finished: Their biggest planting project to take place there for many years.Landscape Architects & Garden Designers - Julia Fogg & Anny Evason.

PAP (Pole Aerial Photography).
www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com
Third visit this year, plants are starting to grow and blossom before autumn sets in. On today’s shoot the sun was not kind and wouldn’t come out! Looking forward to the next shoot when the trees change colour in the autumn.

Friday 24 August 2012

Hillier Gardens HDR

Hillier Gardens HDR by LLAP Dorset
Hillier Gardens HDR, a photo by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - Centenary Border Romsey Hampshire.
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

Renewed Centenary Border is now fully open to the public. Third visit this year, plants are starting to grow and blossom before autumn sets in. On today’s shoot the sun was not kind and wouldn’t come out! Looking forward to the next shoot when the trees change colour in the autumn.

Centenary Border Revisited

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Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - Centenary Border Romsey Hampshire.
PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevelaerialphotography.com

Renewed Centenary Border is now fully open to the public. Third visit this year, plants are starting to grow and blossom before autumn sets in. On today’s shoot the sun was not kind and wouldn’t come out! Looking forward to the next shoot when the trees change colour in the autumn.

Sir Harold Hillier Gardens - CENTENARY BORDER 2009

Via Flickr:
May 5th 2009 PAP (Pole Aerial Photography) www.lowlevewlaerialphotography.com

Originally planted in 1964 by the late Sir Harold Hillier to celebrate 100 years of his family business, this Border has seen several changes over the past 45 years. What started with roses and many conifers changed to contain more shrubs and herbaceous plants, the grass path was widened and planting refreshed, in the past decade, the background shrubs had matured to such an extent that they took most of the light, water and nutrients, thus it was time to replant the Border.

Tuesday 21 August 2012

Tarrant Rushton St Mary

Tarrant Rushton St Mary by LLAP Dorset
Tarrant Rushton St Mary, a photo by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
St Mary's Tarrant Rushton Dorset.

HDR Photomatix CS5
This is a 12th century Norman building - mainly of flint. Marks around the squint are said to have been made by lepers from the nearby medieval leper hospital of St Leonard.

3 Heroes


3 Heroes a video by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
iPhone 4S iMovie

Grandchildren came to stay for the week so we had some fun making a trailer for a movie.

Monday 20 August 2012

3 Heroes


3 Heroes a video by LLAP Dorset on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
iPhone 4S iMovie

Grandchildren came to stay for the week so we had some fun making a trailer for a movie.

Sunday 19 August 2012

09 Days to for The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2012

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The Great Dorset Steam Fair 2008 - 30082008099
Photomatix Pro - CS5 - HDR

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Saturday 18 August 2012

Shroton (Iwerne Courtney) Summers Day

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iPhone 4S HDR Blending CS5 Photomatix - Landscape - View from Hambledon Hill Dorset.

Shroton, also known as Iwerne Courtney, is situated in a wide valley reached by a lane which loops off the main Blandford to Shaftesbury road. It has changed little and, sitting in the church, you can imagine the 300 Clubmen cursing and quarrelling in the pews through the long summer night nearly 350 years ago.

Briefly, if you are not a student of history, the Clubmen were country folk, often generalled by clergy, who had grown weary of the battles between Cavaliers and Roundheads, which damaged their lands and ruined the crops. Few of them knew the merits of the quarrel between King and Parliament but, armed with clubs, pitchforks and scythe blades, they took issue with both sides. Their only uniform was a white cockade. They took a battering wherever they defended their land and, finally, some of them became entrenched on Hambledon Hill, led by the Rev. Bravel of Compton Abbas.

Cromwell sent 50 dragoons to drag the Clubmen from Hambledon Hill in 1645. Cromwell's dragoons overcame them and chased 300 of them down the slopes to be locked up in Shroton church. It is said that some escaped by sliding down the hill on their bottoms, amongst them 4 clergy. Oliver Cromwell decided that they were 'poor silly creatures' and the Clubmen were released next day and went home, having had enough of battle. Later, a more modern army mustered on the Hill under General Wolfe and used it as a training ground for their assault on Quebec.

The Great War

War Horse in ColourSomme MemorialWar HorseWW1 19166th Inniskilling DragoonsUnknown Soldiers
WW1 1917Armed Forces Day 30th June 2012TommyStanding TallWar Graves at PozieresSoldiers of the Great War
15,000 GravesDouamont OssuaryOssuaryWar ScarsMuslim GravesFrench Graves
The SommeBattle of Verdun

The Great War, a set on Flickr.

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World War I (WWI), which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war in Europe began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
This is a collection of photographs of my Grand fathers and my personal visit to the Battlefields of France.