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Turner's Paddock

Discussion in 'Scenic, Architecture, and Travel' started by pdh, Feb 7, 2011.

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  1. pdh

    pdh Mu-43 Top Veteran

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    pdh, Feb 7, 2011
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  2. BBW

    BBW Super Moderator Emeritus

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    pdh, you already know how much I like this picture, but now I need do know why it's called Turner's Paddock? Not so much Turner's but a paddock?

    Love the light play and the toning you've chosen.
     
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  3. Streetshooter

    Streetshooter Administrator Emeritus

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    This photo reminds me of the Mississippi River. When I was younger I hitch hiked all across the states and slept on the bank of the river...
    When I awoke... I saw this scene almost exactly....

    freaky..... btw.... what's a Paddock?
     
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  4. BBW

    BBW Super Moderator Emeritus

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    Well a paddock is a place that horses are turned out..within a fenced area but there must be another meaning as well.
     
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  5. bilzmale

    bilzmale Mu-43 All-Pro

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    Paddock = field. Yes I wondered about the amount of water in the shot.
     
    bilzmale, Feb 7, 2011
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  6. pdh

    pdh Mu-43 Top Veteran

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    Thanks to all for looking and kind comments; I really like this image.

    This was taken at the Stourhead Estate in Wiltshire (Southern/Western UK) - a mostly 18th Century landscaped garden; The water in the image isn't a river, but a man-made lake, and I'd assume that the area that was flooded to make it in 1821 probably included Turner's Paddock, hence the name ... but I'm guessing.

    Stourhead Garden is a honey-pot for amateur snappers, it's full of interesting views and architectural oddities, and the main garden also has a lake; the garden is planted throughout with specimen trees and so come autumn there are great cascades of colour cladding the small valleys and hillsides surrounding the lake.
     
    pdh, Feb 8, 2011
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