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Traditional Hospitality


Traditional Hospitality
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Copyright: David Holliday (hifimusicdai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 685 W: 351 N: 839] (5309)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-18
Categories: Daily Life, Food, Architecture, Artwork, Mood
Exposure: f/4, 1/15 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-02 7:04
Viewed: 175
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Whilst on holiday in the UK we spent the night in the "Fox and Goose" The accomodation was round the back and was most comfortable. We also had breakfast the next morning. It is one of the many public houses to be found in the UK and has been a traditional way of spending an evening of fellowship with friends for many years although modern trends mean that their use is declining a little and some are being closed.
The Fox and Goose is situated on the outskirts of Bristol a medium size city close to Wales and is unusual as it is no longer part of a county.
Archaeological finds believed to be 60,000 years old, discovered at Shirehampton and St Annes, provide "evidence of human activity" in the Bristol area from the Palaeolithic era.
By the 14th century Bristol was one of England's three largest medieval towns after London, along with York and Norwich, with perhaps 15,000–20,000 inhabitants on the eve of the Black Death of 1348–49. The plague resulted in a prolonged pause in the growth of Bristol's population, with numbers remaining at 10,000–12,000 through most of the 15th and 16th centuries. The Diocese of Bristol was founded in 1542, with the former Abbey of St. Augustine, founded by Robert Fitzharding in 1140, becoming Bristol Cathedral. Traditionally this is equivalent to the town being granted city status. During the 1640s English Civil War the city was occupied by Royalist military, after they overran Royal Fort, the last Parliamentarian stronghold in the city.

Renewed growth came with the 17th-century rise of England's American colonies and the rapid 18th-century expansion of England's part in the Atlantic trade in Africans taken for slavery in the Americas. Bristol, along with Liverpool, became a centre for the Triangular trade. In the first stage of this trade manufactured goods were taken to West Africa and exchanged for Africans who were then, in the second stage or middle passage, transported across the Atlantic in brutal conditions. The third leg of the triangle brought plantation goods such as sugar, tobacco, rum, rice and cotton and also a small number of slaves who were sold to the aristocracy as house servants, some eventually buying their freedom. During the height of the slave trade, from 1700 to 1807, more than 2,000 slaving ships were fitted out at Bristol, carrying a (conservatively) estimated half a million people from Africa to the Americas and slavery.The Seven Stars public house, where abolitionist Thomas Clarkson collected information on the slave trade still exists.


An 1873 engraving showing sights around Bristol Fishermen from Bristol had fished the Grand Banks of Newfoundland since the 15th century and began settling Newfoundland permanently in larger numbers in the 17th century establishing colonies at Bristol's Hope and Cuper's Cove
In the 1960s the rebuilding of Bristol city centre was characterised by large, cheap 1960s tower blocks, brutalist architecture and expansion of roads. Since the 1980s another trend has emerged with the closure of some main roads, the restoration of the Georgian period Queen Square and Portland Square, the regeneration of the Broadmead shopping area, and the demolition of one of the city centre's tallest post-war blocks.
information courtesy of Wikipedia
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Bonjour David.
Belle image avec une excellente balance des blancs qui a donne de splendides couleurs.
Le cadrage est aussi parfait, Bravo.
Bonne soirée.
Urs

Wonderful, David!!
Traditional indeed. I wouldn't be shocked to see Sherlock Holmes stroll by. Amazingly good detail considering the time of day (evening?) you shot this and even more amazing there are no people anywhere to be seen. Great lighting and I love the scenes through the lower windows and the warm light inside. That is a really cool shot! Many thanks and kindest wishes,
Shelly

an interesting read-thanks for that, this nightime shot is wonderul, excellent exposure and sharpness, very pretty shot,
thanks again,
scott

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  • RSK Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 515 W: 132 N: 966] (7064)
  • [2009-08-02 10:19]
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Hi David,
with that warm light coming from the interior of the pub you have given it a pleasant mood,don't think I would walk by it if I were in the area, it's too inviting not to pay a visit.
Your High ISO helped I expect in giving the image lots of detail,I like how I can make out the goose on the archway's top & the two foxes at the door,well taken.
TFS
Ron

very good handling of light
interesting place

It certainly looks like a cozy and inviting place, David. Maybe this photo would be great for their promos or website, if they have one. Should have been good for a discount in trade ;)
Cheers
otto

Hello David,
Well captured composition and light.
Visualisation ıof color tones are perfect.
ıt looks like a dreamland shot
TFS
Selahattin E

Hi David

Very good sharpness, with well managed low light levels & excellent colour. I like the symmetry of the 2 separated sections of text. Tfs!

David excellent lighting in this shot realy brings out the details of the building nice pov tfs
regards bryan

Hello David,
Great use of the available light, and the colours are well captured too. I love the way the warm light is seen through the windows. For many of us the pub is still the focus of the local community, hope you enjoyed visiting them! Nice and sharp, and 'un noisy' for 800 iso too.
Regards, Leslie

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1717 W: 16 N: 840] (15143)
  • [2009-08-05 12:05]
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WOW! The inside lighting is so cozy and welcoming. I love the architecture and the lighting. This is a beauty! TFS

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