ISSUE # 14 * MAY 2014
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NORTHERN LANDSCAPE
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PHOTOGRAPHY TUTORIAL #14 - TYPES OF LENS
NORTHERN WINDS: FIVE REASONS WHY WOMEN LOVE DESIGNER BAGS MONTHLY CHALLENGES THIS IS (HI)STORY! MERSEA ISLAND, ESSEX
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Lofoten Aurora by kernuak
Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights over mountains, viewed from near Ă˜rsnes in the Lofoten Islands of Norway.
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FROM THE EDITOR “To the infinity and beyond!” As many of you might know, this is not my sentence but Buzz Lightyear’s. With that sentence I want to make ground for what can be happening in the next times. I can reveal that right now I am getting closer and closer of getting this magazine out in the world in paper format! A lot will be defined and decided during this summer. Right now printed copies are already possible but they have to be ordered via e-mail to us and are quite expensive. How would it be if you could just order a printed copy on our website or even buy it at some shop? What do you say about that?
Editor Chief João Figueiredo
Test readers Charles Kosina, Alyson Kosina
Graphic Artist João Figueiredo
Tutorial by João Figueiredo
Web site www.northernlandscape.org
E-mail contact info@northernlandscape.org
Featured artists in this issue Your Editor Chief
kernuak Irina Chuckowree
João Figueiredo
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INDEX 02 About the cover 03 From the editor & technical data 06 Northern winds - Five reasons why women love designer bags 13 Theme Challenge April ~ Dry landscapes 22 NLM photo tutorial #14 - Types of lens 28 Featured Work Challenge ~ March 38 This is (Hi)story - Mersea Island, Essex 50 The BIG Challenge ~ April 58 Having coffee with kernuak + his Featured works 74 Northern Landscape: Some facts 79 Back cover artist 80 Back cover 4 • Northern Landscape Magazine
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Norden winds
Five reasons why women love designer bags Cheer up man all over the world! There has actually been a lot of people wondering about this, women included and I have managed to gather some interesting points about this issue. Are you ready? Let the outrage beggin!
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or ages man from all over the world could not understand the mystery around women and hand bags. This has been according common sense, one of the universe’s biggest and most well kept secrets. Finally – after ages of scientific and accurate research and a lot of philosophical debate – we found some answers! Just kidding people! This is an article a woman wrote about this subject that I found while doing some research and I thought it would be a great article to include here. Ladies and gentleman, Jewell Eleanor who writes for the ezinearticles.com will now have the word.
that’s the primary thing most designers think when designing any apparel or accessory for women. Simply put, fashion for a woman is a way of exploring herself and of giving her a unique edge that enhances her reputation. The main purpose of every fashion item is to portray an image. Handbags are one such important accessory, without which the overall persona always remains incomplete for a woman. Wearing a designer handbag is not just a status symbol. For a woman, every item in her attire holds a meaning. Whether you are a caring husband or a loving son, here are five things you should know about women’s designer handbags!
‘What does fashion mean for women?’ Well,
19th century bags and pouches of the Sioux. This proves that hand bag fashion and fascination does not come from the modern times... Northern Landscape Magazine • 7
1. Style This is pretty obvious. A handbag holds the miraculous power to change the way you look. A stylish and glamorous designer bag can make a simple outfit look gorgeous and trendy. Every different look demands a different style of bag. 2. Easiness of carrying Yes, handbags are supposed to be exquisite. At the same time, the purpose the handbags serve matters too. Even for designer bags, the functionality it offers should be considered before you buy it. Even though women do not admit it, they are not fans of something only classy on the outside and not that useful otherwise.
the status of the woman. Some handbag brands cater solely to such demands, where designer handbags are more of a showcase item than a utility. 4. Fabric The material the bag is made of holds as much value as the design. You don’t want it to get torn or the color to fade. Every woman probably dreams of having a handbag that could shine the same and look the same forever. 5. Size There is a perfect size for every handbag for every purpose. Size matters, as the right size can complement your appearance.
3. Status symbol It is quite simple. The newer the design of the bag, the more is it supposed to complement
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These are a few attributes that women seek in a handbag. When they actually go out to buy a new bag, they may think of a thousand more. She wants the perfect bag for the perfect occasion. What’s more, today there are tons of handbags to choose from. There are plenty of different designer houses manufacturing some of the most desirable designer handbags for women. With the trends and varieties available, can you imagine the options available to the fashion conscious woman?
Original article: http://ezinearticles.com/?5Reasons-Why-Women-Love-DesignerBags&id=8483454
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lezvee As a child I had a little instamatic camera and experimented with unusual shots which didn’t always work! I now live in the south west area of the UK in close proximity to Dartmoor and am especially interested in photos with reflections although I like all scenes with water. Other interests are flowers and animals, both wild and domesticated, and also ancient ruins. I am retired having reached a very grand age (well – over sixty, anyway!). I joined Red Bubble in 2011. Since then my interest in photography has increased and I am enjoying sharing my pictures with other photographers around the world. In 2013 I finally realised my dream of visiting Australia and New Zealand. Whilst there I purchased a Pentax camera so have been able to expand my portfolio of flower macros among other new and exciting subjects. Recently I became co-host with my sister in Australia of three groups: Plants at Risk, Kings Park and The Windows Group, and co-host with Nicole W in Dilapidated Buildings group and also help out with Light Up My Life Group. In April 2014 I became co-host of A Nikon UK Group.
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OTHELLO TUNNELS BY CHARLES KOSINA
MARS ON EARTH - CHELTENHAM BADLANDS, ONTARIO, CANADA BY GEORGIA MIZULEVA
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DUN AENGUS FORT, INISHMORE, ARAN ISLANDS BY GEORGE ROW
POULNABRONE DOLMEN - THE BURREN - IRELAND BY ARIE KOENE
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OPEN FIELD BY MANON BOILY
BLACKDOWN VIEW BY KERNUAK
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“YOU TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND.....” BY NANCY RICHARD
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LAYERED HILLS IN EARLY MORNING MIST, ALGONQUIN PARK, ON BY GERDA GRICE
DOWNTOWN TALKEETNA BY GRAEME HYDE
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TYPES OF LENS If you expect me to tell you right away what to buy, stop reading! The point with this tutorial is not to tell you what to do but to let you know what choices you have and how to choose! As always, your own personal goals and wallet will help you better to decide...
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TUTORIAL #14
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ust bought your first DSLR, had fun with it and now you feel that you are ready for the next step? Is the next step buying a new lens to your camera? Welcome aboard! In this tutorial I will try to explain in a very simple and basic way what lens are, what to consider when buying a new one and the different lens types. The reason why I will not be going nuts on details is both because my time is limited and because you should feel encouraged to do that by yourself, according to your own interest.
FIRST THINGS FIRST... If you have read the intro to this tutorial you must have noticed that I don’t mention compact cameras. This is because this tutorial is not for people who have one and are interested in keep on using them instead of a DSLR. Why? Because you can’t change the lens, as simple as that. A DSLR camera is a larger camera that pros and serious amateurs use. They cost more then compact cameras and you must buy a camera body, and one or more lenses. Usually they are sold in packages (a camera body with a standard 50mm lens) but you can also buy both in separate. According to Wikipedia, a camera lens “is an optical lens or assembly of lenses used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.”
WHAT LENSES EXIST?
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Prime and zoom: Many people don’t talk about this but there are basically two types of lens in the market. All the others descend from there. No, this is not “scien-
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tific” proved, but generally speaking it works like this. So, as I was saying, we have zoom lenses and prime lenses. The zoom lenses – as the name says – allow you to vary the zoom. These are the main stream. The prime lenses do not allow you to zoom – these are used for specific situations by very serious amateurs and pro photographers. Correct me if I am wrong, but prime lenses are usually used because they allow a bigger amount of light to come into your cameras sensor (larger aperture). Zoom lenses will lose that flexibility. We speak more about that in the next point.
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Wide angle and Telephoto: If you are new to this, these terms might sound complicated to you but trust me they are not. As the name says, wide angle is a lens that by definition allow you to capture a very wide or large perspective of your surroundings. If you like to shoot large cityscapes as skylines or panorama landscapes, these are the perfect lenses for you. If you like architecture, these are also perfect for you but many architecture photographers actually prefer to use prime wide angle lenses as they will by definition allow you to have a bigger amount of light somming into your camera sensor. The wide angle lenses are usually divided into two groups: regular lenses, known as rectilinear wide-angle lenses, and fisheye lenses. Photos taken with fisheye lenses look curved and are wider than regular wide-angle lenses. So when you are buying a new lens be careful about this particular point. If you buy a super wide lens (for instance 13mm) then be sure that the “fisheye effect” will be present on your shots.
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Mid-range Zooms: These are the ones that usually are sold in a typical DSLR package at retail stores. They get to be cho-
Canon MP-E 65 mm macro lens. Small front lens elements are typical of macro lenses. sen by the retail shops because they stand tight in the middle of wide angle and macro. That makes them pretty much universal, great for people who are not really sure what to shoot and wants to learn a bit of everything. Good examples of these lenses are 17-35mm lens, 17-70mm lens or a 18-55mm lens.
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Macro lenses: These ones allow you to take awesome and very detailed photography to very small objects, plants or animals. A great classic is the exotic images we usually see of flying insects like flies or of a mantis. In other words, it is a lens that allow you to make extreme close ups.
LENS, SPEED, APERTURE When you are making up your mind about a lens to buy, please always bare in mind that these three things are always related to each other. The type of lens you have will influence the aperture you can have and the aperture will influence the speed you can have and vice-versa. In “common people’s language” this will mean that if you want to shoot sports, you will always want to have a great shutter speed because you will not want to have blurred people or objects. On the other hand, if you have as a main goal to shoot still subjects, like products or even landscapes, then you might consider having a slower speed so that you can have more zoom power or anything else... But this is photography basics!
Macro lenses tend to be either in between wide-angle and telephoto, or moderately telephoto.
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CONCLUSION This is pretty much it! Like I said, this tutorial would cover just the basics! There are many more things to consider if you are a prof or want to get much more serious about photography, but we will not be talking about that this time. For further reading: Lens Basics for Beginners and Camera lens. I hope I have helped, choose wisely and have fun!
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AUTUMN REFLECTIONS BY LADYFI WITH 7 VOTES
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LadyFi Searching for the small miracles in life, the unexpected moments of beauty, the extraordinary ordinary.
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BOW RIVER - BANFF CANADA BY RON FINKEL
SOMEWHERE NEAR HAINES, AK. BY VICKIE EMMS
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HEAVENLY SHARDS BY KERNUAK
NIGHT LIGHTS # 4 BY AKAURORA
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HEBRIDEAN EARLY MORNING WELCOME BY KASIA-D
SEVEN SISTERS BY IRINA CHUCKOWREE
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RAINING ON THE SAGASTOL ( 2 ) BY CULLODENMIST
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GLENFINNAN MEMORIAL AND LOCH SHIEL BY DEREKBEATTIE
LOCH CARLOWAY, ISLE OF LEWIS BY LEZVEE
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This is (hi
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i)story!
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ssex has a reputation derived from TV programmes such as The Only Way is Essex and endless Essex jokes that poke fun at a good humoured population of hard working people. Essex is one of the oldest areas in the UK, as old as Wessex and Mercia, once The Kingdom of Essex, it is home to Stansted Airport and new towns such as Basildon and Harlow. Originally recorded in AD 527 it’s name is from the Old English Eastseaxe ‘East Saxons’.
Mersea Island is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK off the Essex coast. It is in the estuary of the Blackwater and Colne rivers, with an area of about seven square miles. The name Mersea is derived from the Old English meresig meaning ‘island of the pool’. When there is a high tide it is cut off from the mainland for a short period of time, when the causeway road or The Strood becomes flooded, making this a true island. The Romans lived here as it is a great defensive position and is only six miles from the major Roman settlement of Colchester. The causeway is said to still have one Roman resident, sightings of the ghost of a Roman
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Centurion have been reported as well as the sound of marching feet. There is also a burial barrow on the island on the East Mersea road which is thought to be Romano-British or perhaps purely Roman. When it was excavated in 1912 some cremated remains were found. The barrow is known locally as The Mersea Mound, Mersea Mount or Grim’s Hoe. There is a brewery on the island making real ales; Island Gold, Yo Boy, Skippers, Oyster
WEST MERSEA SUNSET Stout, Mersea Mud and Lion. There is also a vineyard as you might expect with the Romans settling here. Vines are still grown on the south facing, gentle slopes and a range of white wines are produced from Pinot Meunier, Ortega, Reichensteiner and Muller Thergau grapes.
MERSEA FISHERMEN COLD STORE
Being an island you would expect there to be a history of fishing. Mersea is famous for oysters. There are oyster beds in West Mersea, where the catch can be kept fresh and two restaurants, The Company Shed and The West Mersea Oyster Bar. Oyster shells are a common find on the beach. The Packing Shed can be seen in West Mersea from the floating jetty as well as the
beach. At the end of the 19th century the oyster industry in Mersea was a flourishing business, with them being exported to Europe and sent to London by the barrel. Cleaning and sorting by size was an important part of the process and in 1890 The Packing Shed was built on what was to become known as Packing Shed Island as it is only accessible by boat.
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EAST MERSEA
The island has two halves, East and West Mersea. East Mersea is a wilder less developed area with nature reserves and a beach that has an abundance of wildlife along it. On the hori-
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zon you can see a mixture of landmarks that show the development of the production of power in the area. There are wind turbines near Bradwell Nuclear Power Station, which is now shut down, having operated from 1962-2002.
Wind turbines on the horizon and Bradwell Power Station to the right. There are pill boxes from ww2 coastal defences, which have fallen onto the beach from the ever crumbling cliff that has been eroded by the sea. In this cliff face fossils can
be found from the Pleistocene period dating from OIS9, freshwater molluscs and small mammals including several rodent species as well as shark’s teeth. Further west another deposit dating from OIS5 contained the fossilised remains of a hippopotamus.
EAST MERSEA BEACH
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West Mersea is where the main town is, with plenty of shops and supermarkets as well as places to buy postcards and souvenirs. This is where the main harbour is with a floating dock for the fishermen to land their catch on. There are restaurants and pubs for food and drink as well as places to stay. The busy harbour has an abundance of boats some
of which are permanently moored as house boats. In contrast there are some large well appointed properties overlooking the harbour and beach, alongside caravan parks. Along the beach there are beach huts, from traditional buildings of all shapes and sizes with real character to designer huts.
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WINTER SUN
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MERSEA ISLAND BEACH HUTS
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REFLECTED
I have scratched the surface of this amazing place, but there is still more to discover.
This is a microcosm of Essex life with a history which will hopefully continue long into the future, despite the threats of erosion and rising tides.
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THE BIG CHALLE
25 ENTRIES 38 VOTES 1 WINNER
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4 DAYS FOR VOTING
LENGE ~ MARCH
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LOFOTEN AURORA BY KERNUAK
EXPOSED IRINA CHUCKOWREE 4 VOTES
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KERNUAK
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The BIG top ten
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BURST OF PINK
STILLNESS
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LADYFI
4 VOTES
TABOWLEY
3 VOTES
ISLAY: DEAR OH DEAR
GENERATION GAP
3 VOTES
KASIA-D
JOHN DUNBAR
3 VOTES
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CATHEDRAL MOUNTAIN
DOWNHILL BEACH
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CHARLES KOSINA
STEPHEN MAXWELL
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THE DARK HEDGES, NORTHERN IRELAND
GARELL GLEN,KILSYTH,SCOTLAND
LUDWIG WAGNER
JIM WILSON
3 VOTES
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Featured artist
t seems we are watching the birth of a new trend in Northern Landscape BIG Challenge’s history: Second round winners. Last month Larry won the BIG Challenge for the second time and now kernuak has just won the BIG Challenge for the second time as well!
Not a reason to complain though, the winner shot is impeccable... Back then was kernuak a new and not very active member in our community, a lot has changed ever since. We went back to his house and had some coffee with him, here’s the result:
# Congratulations for the win. It is the second time you win this prize, what do you have to say about that?
It’s difficult to know what to say really. It was a shot that pleased me, but at the same time, there were a lot of other good images, so I didn’t really expect the win.
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INTERVIEW
Having coffee with kernuak + his Featured works Northern Landscape Magazine • 59
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# Lately you have been submitting many images from Scandinavian countries. Want to tell us more about that trip?
I worked in Oslo for ten months, back in 2000 and pretty much fell in love with the country. One of the things I said I wanted to see at that time, was the Northern Lights, so I visited Tromsø a couple of years ago. The lights were quite dim, so I keep wanting to go back for more and was in Finland last year. This year, I wanted something more scenic, so went back to Norway, first in teh Lofoten Islands, then near the North Cape. The scenery in the Lofoten Islands is breathtaking, but the downside is the unpredictable weather, hich made photography difficult (or at least the kind I was looking for). Seeing the high arctic was an experience I won’t forget and intend going back.
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# Tell us about the winner shot!
It had been a difficult few days and the actual tour I was on was the first one, where both I and the company had failed to find the Aurora. I was lucky though, as I was going on a second tour to the North Cape and stayed on with the people running the tour for a few days before travelling north. I had pre-visualised a shot with mountains and the foreground light blue moonlight the previous year, so it was good when it all came together that night, if only for a short time, before the Aurora disappeared.
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SUNLIT RIVER CONON
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# Do you save all your old cameras?
Some of them. I sold my first DSLR, a 400D to my dad and also sold my 40D and 5D MkII, but I still have my old Zenith 11 from the 1980’s and have since bought an EOS 3 to play around with slides.
# Which is your favourite photographing technique and why?
I’m not sure I really have one. Obviously, with landscapes, I tend to use a lot of ND graduated filters (I don’t believe you can get the same effect in Photoshop/Lightroom), but my favourite filter is the reverse ND grad from Singh-Ray, as it is ideal for sunrise and sunset.
FIERY SUNSET OVER LOCH LEVEN
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THE RIVER LEVEN
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EVENING ON THE RIVER LEVEN
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# Post processing can demand a lot of time. How do you deal with the post processing use on your shots?
I tend to do enough post-processing work to bring out the best of the image, this will vary with each one. However, because I prefer the natural look, I don’t tend to spend the hours that some other photographers do. Often, it is little more than 5-10 minutes at most, but ocassionally (mostly B&W), I might spend an hour or two on selected images.
# Describe me your worse shot ever!
To be honest, they don’t stay in the memory or on the hard drive very long and because of that, I don’t really remember any details. I have managed to get a few shot of the ground though or the inside of the camera bag.
MIST OVER LOCH LEVEN
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SUNLIT RIVER COE
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# Any other thoughts you want to put out there? I’ll have a look for my featured images...
ORANGE DUSK AT WATCHET
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WATCHET SUMMER SUNSET
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LOFOTEN AURORA BY KERNUAK
THE WINNER OF OUR BIG CHALLENGE ~ APRIL
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Northern La Some facts Isle of Man
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he Isle of Man, otherwise known simply as Mann, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is represented by a Lieutenant Governor, but its foreign relations and defence are the responsibility of the British Government.
Citizenship in the Isle of Man is governed by British law. Passports issued by the Isle of Man Passport Office say “British Islands – Isle of Man” on the cover but the nationality status stated on the passport is simply “British Citizen”. Although Manx passport holders are British citizens, because the Isle of Man is not part of the European Union, people born on the Island without a parent or grandparent either born or resident for more than five
As one of the six Celtic nations, Gaelic cultural influence began in the 5th century AD, and the Manx language, a branch of the Gaelic languages, gradually emerged. In 627, Edwin of Northumbria conquered the Isle of Man along with most of Mercia. In the 9th century, the Norse began to settle there. Norse people from Scotland then established the Kingdom of the Isles. The King’s title would then carry the suffix, “and the Isles”. Magnus III, the King of Norway, was also known as “King of Mann and the Isles” as part of the Hebrides civilization between 1099 and 1103. In 1266, the island became part of Scotland, as formalised by the Treaty of Perth. After a period of alternating rule by the kings of Scotland and England, the island came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. The lordship revested into the British Crown in 1765, but the island never became part of the kingdom of Great Britain or its successor the United Kingdom, retaining its status as an internally self-governing Crown dependency.
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andscape the other Crown Dependencies. The Isle of Man holds neither membership nor associate membership of the European Union. Protocol 3 of the UK’s Act of Accession to the Treaty of Rome permits trade for Manx goods without tariffs. In conjunction with the Customs and Excise agreement with the UK, this facilitates free trade with the UK. While Manx goods can be freely moved within the EU, capital and services cannot be. EU citizens are entitled to travel and reside, but not work, in the island without restriction. And Manx citizens—without the hereditary qualification outlined above—are similarly restricted from working in the EU.
consecutive years in the United Kingdom do not have the same rights as other British citizens with regard to employment and establishment in the EU. Isle of Man passports can be issued to any British citizen in the Isle of Man (whether or not that person has “Manx status” as an Isle of Man worker under the local Isle of Man employment laws). They can also be issued to Manx-connected British citizens residing in Britain or either of
Most Manx politicians stand for election as independents rather than as representatives of political parties. Though political parties do exist, their influence is not nearly as strong as in the United Kingdom. The official language of the Isle of Man is English, while Manx Gaelic has also had official status since 1985. Manx has traditionally been spoken but is now considered “critically endangered”.
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Flag of the Isle of Man
For centuries, the island’s symbol has been is smaller with a capacity of just 95. It was the so-called “three legs of Mann” (Manx: extensively refurbished in August 2011. Tree Cassyn Vannin), a triskelion of three legs conjoined at the thigh. The Manx triskelion, which dates with certainty to the late 13th century, is of an uncertain origin. It has been suggested that its origin lies in Sicily, an island which has been associated with triskelions since ancient times. Another possibility is that its origin lies with the emblem of the 10th century Norse-Gaelic dynasty which ruled the island at the time. The symbol appears in the island’s official flag and official coat of arms, as well as its currency. The Manx triskelion may be reflected in the island’s motto, Latin: Quocunque jeceris stabit, which appears as part of the island’s coat of arms. The Latin motto translates into English as “whichever way you throw, it will stand” or “whithersoever you throw it, it will stand”. It dates to the late 17th century when it is known to have appeared on the island’s coinage. The original meaning of the motto, however, may have referred to the poor quality of coinage which was common at the time—as in “however it is tested it will pass”. The Isle of Man has two cinemas. The Broadway Cinema is located in the Government owned and run Villa Marina and Gaiety Theatre complex. It has a capacity of 154 and also doubles as a conference venue. The Palace Cinema is located next to the derelict Castle Mona hotel and is operated by the Sefton Group. It has two screens, Screen One hold 293 customers, while Screen Two
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rina has been around in our group for some time now but never won a prize in our challenges. Some of you might remember the article series she bravely made for our magazine (see NLM issues 3 and 4) about this road trip she made with her friend in Russia. For those who don’t, go and read it because it is totally worth it! Not only an amazing story but as well amazing photography! That’s what made Irina make it to the second place of our challenge: amazing photography! Irina Chuckowree is an incredibly talented photographer who took an amazing long exposure shot and got 4 votes that gave her the highlight in the back cover and last page of our mag. Let’s see what does she tell about herself in her profile: ““The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera”. Dorothea Lange.” A woman of few words and an imense talent...
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EXPOSED A very low tide on Brighton beach reveales the usually unseen wooden pili n g s . Ta k e n a f t e r t h e s u n s e t . E n g l a n d , E a s t S u s s e x , B r i g h t o n .
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