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Unless otherwise stated, this image is the copyright of the submitter. Contact them for permission to reproduce it. |  | | Description | South-western half of the chamber. 9 out of 11 eleven capstones are preserved, but often fallen into the chamber as a result of the historic destruction attempts. Drywalling and all other smaller stones as usual robbed. April 2008 |
| Posted Comments: Thingy
(2010-02-05) | Martin, I've just realised I'm viewing these as you're posting them, and they get better by the minute. Superb set! | Martin L
(2010-02-05) | Thank you very much Thingy, unfortunately the sites were rather disturbed in historic times, and as the neolithic architects used the available glacial erratic boulders with only one flattened surface (towards the inside), it often looks a bit clumsy when being in this halfway destroyed state making it often somewhat difficult to show the great original structure. Have to go there again with my tent-pole tripod extension. Would be interesting to get a better view on the kerbstones. | Thingy
(2010-02-06) | I agree Martin, it needs an 'overview' to put everything in context. I use a modified film lighting stand to get up high and can reach 10.5m - nightmare on a windy day! | Martin L
(2010-02-06) | Interesting info Thingy. Will have a look for film lighting stands....10,5 m would be great, but most probably be difficult in the forests here. Often it is even difficult to get a height of 4m without touching parts of trees. And even at this low height i am always scared a bit, but luckily did not crash the camera so far. Did you have a look at the stunning Kite Aerial Pictures of Hamish Fenton? | Thingy
(2010-02-06) | Martin, I can get to 10.5m only when I'm at full stretch too (I'm 6'2'' tall, with ape-like arms). I used to use a cheap lighting stand easily available in any photo/video store. These come with a screw attachment that fits a camera's standard tripod thread. However, they don't have as high a reach as a professional film lighting stand, which also has the advantage of being sturdier and much lighter - but costly. Look for a second-hand one as I did - it also had a 600W Arri light on top - bargain! Pro stands don't have screw threads & so need some modding to fit a camera. I went to the extra effort because the greater height allows room for error, especially when shooting a large site. I have come close to destroying the camera many times because if you lose control, there is no way to recover from the power of gravity. I suppose it's just a matter of time before I do it. Hamish's kite pics are fantastic, perfect for the very high-level stuff. But I'm not sure I'd have the patience to keep recovering the kite after every shot to see if I'd got it right. | Martin L
(2010-02-09) | Thingy, thanks again for info, i have ordered a very affordable film lighting stand now. Hopefully this is more easy to handle then my current tent-pole equipment. Regarding KAP: Hamish Fenton uses a camera with programmable intervalometer, so he must not recover the kite after every shot. Anyway: good luck for not crashing your camera ;-) |
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