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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: LoisRichter on September 01, 2013, 02:29:51 AM
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I came back to look at the "Images of the Arty Kind" thread, but couldn't find anything since 2012. So I'm going to try to start a new thread. (My first time doing so ... hope it works.)
For those who want to see what was posted previously, the previous threads on this topic are at:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3584 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3584)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7782 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7782)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8529 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8529)
I'll start us off with a photo of a tree on the UCDavis campus in winter. Anyone know what it is?
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No, nice photo though!
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Welcome back Lois and many thanks for reviving this appealing subject.
Pulsatilla vernalis abstract
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Several more ...
Butterfly
Collage
Lewisia collage
Berkheya purpurea ONE
Berkheya purpurea TWO
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Castilleja - Indian Paintbrush
Aquilegia
Gunnera
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Autumn ice
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I'll start us off with a photo of a tree on the UCDavis campus in winter. Anyone know what it is?
Hi Lois, great to see you again! I have a feeling someone has shown us a great tree like that beofre ( though not artistically perhaps!!) but I cannot place it - we need a clever tree bod to guess your puzzle ;)
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Lois, if its a native deciduous tree then you might find it here http://www.calflora.net/trees/trees2.html (http://www.calflora.net/trees/trees2.html)
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Lois, if its a native deciduous tree then you might find it here http://www.calflora.net/trees/trees2.html (http://www.calflora.net/trees/trees2.html)
I suspect Lois knows what the tree is - she's just testing us!
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Lois, is it possibly a London plane tree Platanus x acerifolia or some form of Acer.
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Some images taken recently at Wisley and Kew.
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More:
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Last few:
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Delightful abstracts, Anne.
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Lois, is it possibly a London plane tree Platanus x acerifolia or some form of Acer?
I'm told it is a Chinese Elm.
I have it posted somewhere with the caption: "Sunscreen? ME!!?? Oh, no, I never need any ...."
Hope you are all doing well.
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Yep could be. An old one.
Ulmus parvifolia
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One of my favourite grasses - Hordeum jubatum with evening sun.
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Lovely images, Anne.
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What beautiful combinations! Grasses need that low light to come into their own. This is a neat mix of ferns and ariseamas in Margaret Wilson and Peter Jacob's garden at Walmer - I need to work on improving the real art of the photograph though.
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Meadow mood
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Blimey, Cliff, that knocks your socks off! ;D ;D
Frazer, a clever image.
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An arty take on Tulipa biflora.
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Yum!! I love to come back and see all the gloriousness you-all capture in your photos.
Using a lovely light, playing with colors, or seeing the beauty of a shadow -- these are all wonderful.
THANKS FOR SHARING!
-- Lois
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Oh, yeah. Here's another photo looking UP a tree. (I run a Flickr pool called "Upwardly Photo" at http://www.flickr.com/groups/upwardly-photo/ (http://www.flickr.com/groups/upwardly-photo/) which you are welcome to join.)
The title of this is "What is the Sound of Three Palms Clapping?"
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A windy day on Romney Marsh.
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a flower - Stapelia gigantea
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Wonderful picture!
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It is indeed - and if Frazer hadn't told us what it was, I'd still be guessing!
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Sunset last Friday
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Fantastic, Roma. It was vivid down here too.
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Glorious sunset.
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February coppice, North Downs, Kent.
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Hope you are all doing well.
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Trust you are well, Lois - I fear that many of us are feeling the strain of winter and so the cheer of fine flower photos is a boon.
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Galanthus
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Hellebore
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White peacock
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White peacock
What a poser! Great shot, Cliff (was it stuffed? :P)
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What a poser! Great shot, Cliff (was it stuffed? :P)
It never said!!! ;D Thanks Anne.
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Nature's art, not mine - love the colour scheme!
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If you appreciate stunning images of alpine plants in their natural habitats then please visit this amazing site:-
http://www.claudiopia.it/3_Fiori_d_alta_quota.htm (http://www.claudiopia.it/3_Fiori_d_alta_quota.htm)
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Wonderful photos there Cliff, very inspiring.
I thought he was using supplementary flash, and looking at some of the galleries under 'nature reports' on his website confirms it as they show the setup he uses for photography of some of the plants - two flashguns with diffusers, and a reflector! He must be carrying a massive pack into the mountains. :o
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Pulsatilla art
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I can't be sure without looking closer at the winter buds, but that tree in the first shot looks a lot like a Sycamore. We have one in our back yard with near identical exfoliation of the outer bark.
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Hi drtd, good to have you join us.
Lois had been told the tree ( from the first photos in this thread) was a Chinese Elm.
Must say it confused me completely :)
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Leonotis and the Malachite
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4109/4949237392_e4486d23a8_z.jpg)
Malachite Sunbird is a high altitude species that normally feeds on the nectar of Giant Senecio and giant Lobelias in the bizarre Afro-alpine biome found below the glaciers of Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya) and the high tops of the Aberdares. This strange habitat which straddles the Equator is hot during the day but freezes every night. In late June-August the temperature falls further and many of the Afro-alpine sunbirds move down the slopes of Mount Kenya where they can be seen feeding on the nectar of roadside "weeds" such as Leonotis.
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Chinese elm! Would have never guessed that one! Glad to be here with you all!
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Glorious, Steve. A real work of art.
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some flowers..
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Soldanella hungarica
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Trough collage … in my garden today.
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Prunus 'Tai-Haku' vs Acer palmatum (Batsford Arboretum)
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AcerArt
PulsatillaArt
Erythronium
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Some images from my early morning walk with Hugo on Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh. The sun is filtered through the early morning haar (coastal fog), and the droplets are shining on the spiders webs.
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The Corstorphine Hill has rarely looked lovelier
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Very beautiful and effective images Graham!!!
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Superb, Graham.
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Thanks Maggi, Steve and Cliff - right place right time and an iPhone in my pocket.
Corstorphine hill is a Local Nature Reserve and quite busy at times. Very early in the morning is a very pleasant with just the occasional fellow dog walker about.
Maggi was this a haunt of yours in your youth?
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Only occasionally as a route on foot from one friend's house through to a pal on other side.
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That first is an apotropaic image if ever I saw one, Frazer!
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Whoh! Needed to look that one up!
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Whoh! Needed to look that one up!
Tee Hee! Never let it be said that the forum cannot educate as well as entertain! ;D 8)
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I caught this Colchicum in the late afternoon sun ....
It looks almost transparent.
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Beautiful image, Kris.
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Beautiful image, Kris.
Thanks Cliff !
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A waterfall in Glen Ey, Aberdeenshire.
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Now that's a pretty sight - good year for the rowans, isn't it?
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This site has super images constructed from flower and plant parts : http://nblo.gs/ZVf6h (http://nblo.gs/ZVf6h) or http://www.elblogdelatabla.com/2014/09/horticultural-art.html (http://www.elblogdelatabla.com/2014/09/horticultural-art.html)
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An oldie rediscovered … Pulsatilla alpina - Switzerland.
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Here are a some images from Dunedin
Fern on shady bank
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A little waterfall
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Begonia rex on a windowsill.
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A Sternbergia caught in the morning ........
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A couple of images taken at Cammo Estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh last Sunday.
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Sunrise just after 7:00am.
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An hour later looking west with the moon still in the sky and the early morning sun shining on the bare branches of an old oak tree.
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Autumn, North Downs, Kent.
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A juxtaposition -
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Rhododendron konori, wild collected in Papua New Guinea, flowering today in RBGE's Montane Tropics glasshouse - photo postee on Twiteer by Sadie Barber
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Rhododendron konori, wild collected in Papua New Guinea, floweringsome years ago in RBGE and painted by (the late) Lawrence Greenwood
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A few pictures of The Blean near Canterbury this November. The autumn colours are simply beautiful.
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Rear garden. Sculpture I made.
(http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/kevinjamesbegley/004_zps4974697e.jpg) (http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/kevinjamesbegley/media/004_zps4974697e.jpg.html)
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Hawk Kite shadow. :)
(http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/a497/kevinjamesbegley/084_zps426b1980.jpg) (http://s1280.photobucket.com/user/kevinjamesbegley/media/084_zps426b1980.jpg.html)
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These are seeds of "heritage" bean varieties from Baker Creek Seed ( www.rareseeds.com (http://www.rareseeds.com) )
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What beautiful beans Maggi! Amazing the diversity we've created in one species by a bit of artificial selection.
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Beautiful, Maggi. A few years back, I saw a huge poster that someone had painted of different beans, all life size.
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Had to share this - originally from "Private Eye".
Art Galleries seem to fit in this thread.....
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Work is by : Richard Jolley ( http://rgjcartoonist.co.uk (http://rgjcartoonist.co.uk))
And this comment on the appearance of the cartton on twitter is on his site :
"Hello twittery tweety types
Posted on June 13, 2014 by Richard Jolley
Apparently one of my cartoons from this week’s Private Eye has been tweeted by twittery people on a website for opinions that are as important as bird noise. Just in case anyone finds my website I thought I’d add a post to say hello hope you like the cartoon. Contact me to buy a copy. You could hang it from your nest or put it at the bottom of your cage and poo all over it. "
;D
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Mistletoe, Viscum album, on the North Downs in Kent on Boxing Day. And yes, my wife and I did pause under the tree!
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Humulus scandens in black and white showed up the texture on the leaves better than colour.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7549/15900868517_0a222d0845_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qe77et)
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Green on grey green. A cricket on Artemisia.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7581/15779582207_4882d0a992_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/q3ou3c)
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Blue Dawn
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/14850495207_8d1167125f_z_d.jpg)
An image taken in the summer of 2013.
July is the coldest month in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Just prior to dawn the temperature can dip down to under 5C creating an early morning mist that hangs below the crowns of the Yellow Fever Trees on the southern shore of Lake Nakuru. In the few minutes before sunrise (and also just after sunset) it is the blue component of sunlight which predominates creating an eerie magical scene.
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Beautiful images all!!!!!
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Fairfield Church, Romney Marsh, Kent.
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The last morning sky of 2014. Looking south east from Cammo Estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh at 08.30. With the silhouette of the old estate water tower.
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Beautiful scene graham.
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Here is the last sunset here at Toynton for 2014, not at good as Graham's sunrise, but there is some gold visible. Didn't hang around to enjoy it too much, it's freezing around here. I remember when I was a kid my dad use to say when it was this cold that it would freeze the ..... Off a brass monkey and only when my mam wasn't around. ;D
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8660/15537299743_0802c3629d_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126223196@N05/15537299743/)
Sunset over toynton (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126223196@N05/15537299743/) by johnstephen29 (https://www.flickr.com/people/126223196@N05/), on Flickr
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Thanks John,
I had hoped the sunset would have been a good one but nothing but black clouds this evening. Very mild today.
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In the days of the great sailing ships and cannons the iron cannon balls were stacked pyramid style beside the cannons - they were held in place by a brass rim not unlike the wooden frame used to set up snooker balls.
The storey is that in severely cold weather, due to the coefficient of expansion, the brass frame, known as a monkey, contracted more than the iron cannon balls so much that the topmost balls were squeezed off, hence the saying to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
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Some cold frosty mornings here recently. Happy New Year to all.
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Thanks for that Ian, I always wonded where the saying came from. Happy new year to you and Maggi.
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Travel to almost anywhere on the globe via drone.
Give yourself a New Years trip.
I just flew over Mongolia.
http://travelbydrone.com/ (http://travelbydrone.com/)
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Beautiful photos, folks.
Here's an older one of mine -- I always an amazed by the colors of Bilbergia!
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Great combination of colours, aren't they? I used to grow quite a few - where did those days go, I wonder?
Nice to "see" you again, Lois - hope you are well?
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Beautiful photos, folks.
Here's an older one of mine -- I always an amazed by the colors of Bilbergia!
It really is incredible Lois, a real treat!
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... Nice to "see" you again, Lois - hope you are well?
I'm fine. In fact I'm getting back to answering "How are you?" with "Wonderful!" as I used to.
Last December my Mom (Eunice Richter nee Jerred) died in her sleep at age 98. She was so ready to go! She had taken to saying, "I probably won't wake up tomorrow," and one day she was right.
For the last three months, we always said "I love you" as we parted so that we'd be sure that was the last thing we said to each other. After six year of taking care of things for Mom -- driving, shopping, finances, moving 5 times, worrying, dealing with caregivers & management staff & ERs & doctors, reading, and anything involving seeing or mechanical devices -- this year will be much different.
I have now actually retired and will be focussing back on my art and other personal-choice activities.
My husband (who was a great support through all this) is greatly relieved that I'm no longer under so much stress. He plans to also relax more and just enjoy having a happy, cheerful, creative wife again.
Soooo...
While I don't make ANY promises, I'll probably be around the forum more. And I might even update/continue that thread I started a while back about California. (In fact, I just went over there and added a photo of Mom.)
Thanks for the warm welcome back.
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Sunshine and shadows ...
Tables, a basket, and a kitten surprised when the blinds are open for the first time.
No plants in these, but they sure are arty!
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In the days of the great sailing ships ...
While I enjoyed your explanation, it didn't seem logical.
After their explanation of evolution of the saying (from "tail of a brass monkey" thru nose, fingers, and various extremities), here's what Wikipedia says about cannonballs and brass monkeys;
Supposed etymology:
It is often stated that the phrase originated from the use of a brass tray, called a "monkey", to hold cannonballs on warships in the 16th to 18th centuries. Supposedly, in very cold temperatures the "monkey" would contract, causing the balls to fall off. However, nearly all historians and etymologists consider this story to be an urban legend. This story has been discredited by the U.S. Department of the Navy, etymologist Michael Quinion, and the Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
They give five main reasons:
The OED does not record the term "monkey" or "brass monkey" being used in this way.
The purported method of storage of cannonballs ("round shot") is simply false. Shot was not stored on deck continuously on the off-chance that the ship might go into battle. Indeed, decks were kept as clear as possible.
Furthermore, such a method of storage would result in shot rolling around on deck and causing a hazard in high seas. Shot was stored on the gun or spar decks, in shot racks—longitudinal wooden planks with holes bored into them, known as shot garlands in the Royal Navy, into which round shot were inserted for ready use by the gun crew.
Shot was not left exposed to the elements where it could rust. Such rust could lead to the ball not flying true or jamming in the barrel and exploding the gun. Indeed, gunners would attempt to remove as many imperfections as possible from the surfaces of balls.
The physics does not stand up to scrutiny. The contraction of both balls and plate over the range of temperatures involved would not be particularly large. The effect claimed possibly could be reproduced under laboratory conditions with objects engineered to a high precision for this purpose, but it is unlikely it would ever have occurred in real life aboard a warship.
More likely the reference is almost certainly 16th to 18th century humour, just like it is used today to emphasize how cold it is.
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NOTICE: A new thread was started for 2015. If you'd like to continue seeing "arty" images, go to: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12732.msg320620#msg320620 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12732.msg320620#msg320620)
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This thread is no longer being used. If you would like to continue the conversation and/or show your own work, go to:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17281 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=17281) (2019-current)
All prior "Images of the Arty Kind" threads known to exist are at:
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3584 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=3584) (started in 2009)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7782 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7782) (for 2011)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10873 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=10873) (for 2013-14)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12732 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12732) (for 2015)
http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14367 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=14367) (for 2016)