autofantasia's photos with the keyword: mystery
Beware The Mechanic
26 Oct 2014 |
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Since visiting the water tower located at Lovesome Hill for a recent shoot, I've discovered that it actually features in a track by Rebekah Findlay: a singer songwriter based in North Yorkshire.
The song, not surprisinly, is entitled "Lovesome Hill" and appears on her second album "Improvising Around The Sun".
It's a rather sinister tale, which apparently takes its inspiration from a rumour that a murderer did actually live at Lovesome Hill for many years before being caught.
I don't know how true this is, but he was apparently known as 'The Mechanic' and it's also claimed his ghost can often be seen stood by or even atop the tower.
Not sure I'll go back up there again!
Now, if I've not scared you off with that tale and you want to know more ...
This creation was produced for The Sunday Challenge and published on 26 October to try and satisfy the theme of Spooky/Halloween .
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Apparently, when Rebekah was recording her first album she would pass this place every time on the way to the studio. The actual song "Lovesome Hill" was written behind the steering wheel developing over a few months of journeys back and forth.
www.rebekahfindlay.co.uk
The main image of the tower as seen in the shot was taken by me. However, I deleted the grey sky, which surrounded it that day as I wanted something a little more dramatic. I also flipped the tower horizontally and repositioned it somewhat to give me a little more space above.
Here's the original image pretty much as it came out the camera. The only changes being that I've resized it and added my watermark and a fine line border.
www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/35625607
The lightning background I've used to gve the scene a sense of drama was taken by Mathias Krumbholz. Entitled "Thunderstorm near Pritzerbe (Germany)" it needs to be attributed as:
"Lightning Pritzerbe 01 (MK)" by Mathias Krumbholz - Own work. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lightning_Pritzerbe_01_(MK).jpg#mediaviewer/File:Lightning_Pritzerbe_01_(MK).jpg
You can see more of his work by following the link below:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photos_by_Leviathan1983
Finally, the rain texture was developed by me from an image I found online entitled "misc rain element png by dbszabo1". Check it out here ...
dbszabo1.deviantart.com/art/misc-rain-element-png-309954950
I took his original work and produced a new image using several copies of it merged together, but smaller in size and with another layer produced going in the other direction to give the effect of a blustery night.
And there you go, that's how it was done. What's that you say, what about 'The Mechanic' ... well all I can say is he wasn't on the shot when I uploaded it!
DSC 7907 - Copy
26 Oct 2014 |
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Here's the original image which was used as a basis for Beware The Mechanic pretty much as it came out the camera. The only changes being that I've resized it and added my watermark and a fine line border.
You can see the final creation in the notes or click through by using the link below:
www.ipernity.com/doc/autofantasia/35620327
The Grey Tower - Pt. II
20 Oct 2014 |
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Here's another shot of the strange looking water tower located at Lovesome Hill on the outskirts of Northallerton.
This was taken for the recent Sunday Challenge , which had the theme of grey , but in the end I opted for a different shot.
The Grey Tower
19 Oct 2014 |
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This week's Sunday Challenge was the colour grey/gray.
I took it that it was okay to have some colour in the shot as long as either the subject was grey or the overall look of the image as a whole was grey, hence the fact that there's some green in the foreground of the shot I decided to use.
This tower is somewhat of a mystery, to me at least. It stands in a field just a few hundred yards away from the A167 between Northallerton and Darlington, but I have no idea what it is.
I've often passed it whilst driving, but from the road you can only see the top third or so of it and it is quite difficult to judge the scale of it. However, as you can see from this shot it is rather large and the fact that there's a door on the far side and windows on the central structure would suggest that access to the top is possible, most likely via a spiral staircase.
And it appears to be made from almost entirely concrete, hence the predominantly grey tones, but as I say I've absolutely no idea what its purpose is.
EDIT: Now identified as the Lovesome Hill water tower ... thanks Ann!
Lotus Eclat - Details Unknown
16 Sep 2014 |
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Spotted in Northallerton, this is a bit of a mystery car as far as I'm concerned.
It sat like this to my knowledge for nearly two years, but recently it disappeared.
The badge says Lotus and it looks kind of 'Espritesque', but I'm pretty sure it's a kit car.
Anyone out there know for sure what it is?
UPDATE: 18/09/14: Now identified as a Lotus Eclat!
Lotus Eclat - Details Unknown
16 Sep 2014 |
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Spotted in Northallerton, this is a bit of a mystery car as far as I'm concerned.
It sat like this to my knowledge for nearly two years, but recently it disappeared.
The badge says Lotus and it looks kind of 'Espritesque', but I'm pretty sure it's a kit car.
Anyone out there know for sure what it is?
UPDATE: 18/09/14: Now identified as a Lotus Eclat!
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