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1. Andy B: Thanks for all the photos Jansold. I know we said to reduce the size of some of them but this one is too small. Long thin photos should be about 1000 across
Try to stick to about 800 x 600 or...
2. Bladup: You're right, Hindsight eh, i have been making the ones that look OK bigger though, and the 2 new pipers photo's i put on the other day i made really big for you [all the new ones i've done big], so ...
3. Andy B: No perhaps not but you should really be scanning at 150 to 300 DPI (dots per inch) which is what the scanner is capable of and save the large version for your own use. Then you have a backup of the o...
4. postman: Couldnt agree more ...
5. Bladup: Some look fine when you make them bigger but ones with sharper lines tend to look rubbish, i don't think it looks that small myself [all my first ones were only 400x300, all are now at least 500x360]...
6. Andy B: OK, don't zoom them if that's the size of the scans, like you say it won't improve them. You just wasted hours of time scanning... :(...
7. paulinelen: Passed through here yesterday - too busy to stop and take pictures, its a shame that there is nothing to say that they stones of interest
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8. Bladup: Will do, These are the size of the original scans [none are smaller though], i forgot to make them a bit bigger [it does blur ones like these though]. ...
9. Andy B: Kris has replied as follows:
The site is located in central New Mexico not far from the Kewa Indian Pueblo. Also know as the Santa Domingo Pueblo.
The photo I po...
10. TheCaptain: Beyond the circular enclosure, seen here directly below the top of Great Trowlesworthy Tor, can be seen the western, single stone row. ...
11. Andy B: Too small, crank it up a bit Bladup!...
12. Strawwalker: The war chariot was the Assyrians "fear weapon". The chariot was not successfully stopped, by infantry until the Greeks. The Greek Phalanx, dominated the battle field in ancient times. ...
13. Strawwalker: Again we see this temples and monuments are built 45 degrees from true north....
14. Strawwalker: Borsippa, was the site of Nabonidus's defeat at the hands of Cyrus....
15. Strawwalker: This famous stone stele, shows the fall of King Jehu, in bondage. Jehu was the King of the 10 tribes of Israel. ...
16. Strawwalker: A great Assyrian palace was built at Calah....
17. Strawwalker: Nineveh was one of the few major cities built on the Tigris River. All the great ancient cities of the region were built on the Euphrates. ...
18. Strawwalker: The original Ziggurats built by the Sumerians apparently had 7 stages, though many were later restored with only 4 steps. Also apparently the Sumerians built their Ziggurats with the corners and not ...
19. Strawwalker: THe Prophet Ezekiel wrote his prophecies while living near the region of Chebar ...
20. Sunny100: Yes, looks like a carving of a long thin cross damaged at the top and lower down. Like Andy says, it does seen to blend in with the fissures in the stone. I'm not that surprised really that its got a...
21. SolarMegalith: Thank you for the great contributions and welcome to Megalithic Portal!...
22. cerrig: Thanks Oldhenwife. It is quite involved, but with digital it's getting easier all the time, and once it's all set up and going, there's nothing much to do but stay out of the way....
23. Oldhenwife: It is indeed a magnificent image, congratulations, Cerrig. I wish I had the patience to achieve something even close to that!...
24. Martin_L: According to common translation the stone was erected for a male person called Sverker. (sth. like ~~ ""Vighjälm and Ödmund - they let raise the stone for Sverker - their good brother.”" )
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25. hobboy: Yeah could be for washing, it was away from the main site so could have been added after the original construction, allegedly 8000 years ago....
26. Andy B: Oo-er, another one. Great to see all these sites coming in from Northern Ireland, it's an area we've been lacking, thanks Ainsloch...
27. Andy B: The 'cross' is clearer on this view. Looks mainly like a natural fissure from here but someone could have added to it. Ainsloch could you post an enlargement of that part of the stone? I'm amazed it'...
28. ABH: Not sure of the central motif but looks like the sun shining on things but also faintly sexual and rather penetrative in nature! I know nothing about this stone or if my meanings are relevant but I wo...
29. ABH: Just done a Rune course and there are a few I don't recognise, will have to do some research, but then I learnt the Anglo Saxon fuþark. No bind runes here but interesting that there is a repetitive ...
30. ABH: Looks like a water feature to me. Probably for washing as it has an over flow bottom left and the right looks deeper. So take your water from the right do your washing on the left and then swill it w...
31. TheCaptain: I have no way of checking at the moment, but this looks to be a Gallic iron-age Stele rether than a simple menhir, which would have been worked and smoothed to shape, so in which case yes, it probabl...
32. Bladup: It's good to see a standing stone that isn't phallic, this certainly isn't one though, this image appeared in the random images when i was laughing at Pierre de Buléon....
33. Bladup: I've got a feeling his name might be william....
34. Bladup: Ha ha, will do!...
35. Bladup: It may have been seen as impregnating [fertilizing] the earth the other way round [or the sky the way it is], now we just F*%# the earth in other ways....
36. AngieLake: Ha!ha!!.. he looks as if he's happily sniffing the flowers here!...
37. Andy B: Fascinating photos, thanks, especially this one. The size is creeping down again though, you need to keep the excitement going......
38. Sunny100: It could have been either way I suppose. Great photo....
39. ogham: The locals say it is the wrong way up but I thought the same as you!...
40. Andy B: Now that is what you call a phallic stone!
Do you think it was really re-erected the wrong way up?...
41. Andy B: Thanks Kris, whereabouts is this roughly - which native american tribe does it come under?
The rock does striate naturally like this but it's an interesting shape....
42. Bladup: I'm glad my long thin one getting bigger makes you happy, oh errr, only joking - thanks for the advice....
43. Andy B: Hooray for bigger pictures! You can safely go to 1000 across for long thin ones like this....
44. TheCaptain: Fabulous stuff you are sending for us all to see Hamish...
45. AngieLake: Wow! this is a great photo... thanks Hamish. Would have marked it more than 10 if able. ;-)...
46. Andy B: More great archive photos, thanks John...
47. Bladup: Absolutely brilliant photo [and place], The light feels so right for the circle, What's next - The light and the kite?...
48. SolarMegalith: I always loved them, thank you for the photo....
49. alchemille: The only dolmen in Puy de Pauliac, Correze (19) LIMOUSIN is called Dolmen de Rochesseux. It s signposted and near a new parking. Impossible to miss. If you continue to the summit of the hill, you can...
50. Andy B: I just so happens I was researching this site on Geograph at the same time SolarM visited in person, there are two related stories see
http:...
51. ghostlly: Any idea why they call it Jenny's Lantern?...
52. Blingo_von_Trumpenstein: Aha ! National Museum of Wales' axe is definitely jadeite (tested as part of Projet Jade) and they have invited me to visit their geology department to have my potentially jadeite axes tested. So I s...
53. Andy B: Well he's left his handprint so we know it's a he and can get a rough match - does anyone know any demented (and not in a good way) stones enthusiasts who had black paint on their right hand?...
54. AngieLake: Beautiful Hamish!...
55. SolarMegalith: Volbers Huenensteine, one of my favorite German megalithic tombs which I have visited. Great photo, thank you for submitting it....
56. sem: I had the following reply this morning (less than 24hrs).
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I have forwarded your email
to the relevant people in Cadw - where scheduled monumen...
57. SimonBlackmore: Hamish has caught the sunlight at just the right angle to bring out the features - great!...
58. AngieLake: Ha!ha!!.. thanks for that Hamish. I'm obviously one of many with that idea... but shame to use that dear old chap from the fabulous 'Up' to represent old Rupert, eh?! ;-)
Another poss look-al...
59. mattchapman: cool !...
60. ogham: Fantastic place I wish I could of spent more time there exploring....
61. h_fenton: Brought here for AngieLake using the mysterious powers of the web http://www.vanityfair.com/online/...
62. AngieLake: I can't help thinking of Rebekah Brookes when I see this cartoon character! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/12/rebeka...
63. punkwitch: Gorgeous...
64. punkwitch: AMAZING!!!!...
65. punkwitch: I thought the tree looked different. Beautiful photo....
66. punkwitch: A favorite site of mine. Great photo...
67. punkwitch: My favorite too...
68. punkwitch: Very amospheric. Love this photo....
69. Runemage: Lovely image Cezary, it looks like an alchemical reaction in progress :-)...
70. SolarMegalith: Thank you. Wet stone surface and sun are the best possible conditions to photograph the rock carvings. ...
71. davidmorgan: I've had to turn my screen upside down to see this. I think it's because the brain is more used to light coming from above....
72. Bladup: A wonderful photo, and the water looks like mercury....
73. Bladup: Light, mysterious stones and the night sky, all coming together in this great photo, it shows the appeal of these places brilliantly....
74. fyrefly: Love this pic, wonderful place....
75. fyrefly: My most favourite place in the world....this is where my ancestors came from and I like to think they might have been involved in the creation of this site, who knows, lovely pic....
76. tiompan: Sometimes markings are seen in relief when side lighting is used ,or markings are rotated from their original viewing /photographed position . ...
77. SolarMegalith: I'm not sure I understand... btw yes, that was a low side lighting which I used to emphasize the motif....
78. theCaptain: snap !...
79. tiompan: illusion possibly due to the (side ?) lighting . If you rotate the image it should work out fine ....
80. Bladup: I see a round smiley face....
81. Martin_L: Perfectly lit, both the cist and the carvings.
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82. TheCaptain: Superb!...
83. Martin_L: Thanks for this magnificent view....
84. davidmorgan: That is one massive cairn!...
85. davidmorgan: Oh dear, optical illusion! I can't see this one the right way, it's in relief to me....
86. morgannwg: Great photo. It would be interesting to check out the orientation of the site and the porthole. Good to see it featured....
87. morgannwg: Being shorter and viewing from a lower base- I guess - I saw a female figure and the triangular mouth almost like Picasso's Woman Crying. Male or female, the suggestion of a figure is there to see.Th...
88. AngieLake: A bog warbler...? ;-) Like the quirky shape of this one....
89. Martin_L: Thank you Carol. Am very pleased you find the site looks good in the photo. ...
90. cazzyjane: Wonderful! :)...
91. h_fenton: Historic Scotland have excavated the area (before April 2013) around the base of the stone including the hole that it was set into....
92. Bladup: Thank you very much....
93. AngieLake: Lovely....
94. AngieLake: I don't care if I can't see the stones, this is a lovely photo!...
95. AngieLake: Lovely tones....
96. AngieLake: Nice composition....
97. Andy B: Got it, thanks. If anyone else has any photos they think would work in a 'long thin' format (as seen the top of the page) please email them over and I'll start a new set....
98. postman: I'd love for that to happen, I certainly do have a less cropped version of it and about 500 more besides. i'm not sure i'm computer savvy enough to email a picture as ive never done before , but I wi...
99. golux: The RCAHMS link above seems to be not working. Correct link -
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/sea...
100. Bladup: Thanks Andy, i'll look into it....
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