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I've received a truckload of inquiries about the Speedliter's Handbook. I'm truly humbled by the interest that's come in from around the globe – from photographers of all denominations, not just Canonistas. So, if you're curious about the Handbook, I'm providing this sneak peek as both a concise and a chapter-by-chapter version.
Here are a few quick stats:
> 376 pages of content, plus the front and back papers for a total of 408 pages
> 812 individual photos
> 26 chapters
> 39 shoots detailed as two-page spreads
> 104 diagrams, charts, and tables
> 1 nearly-exhausted author/photographer
Guiding Philosophies
> The Handbook builds as a pyramid from broad base of concepts—such as how to look at light—up to pro concepts. If you're a complete novice, the Handbook will give you the important fundamentals. If you're a seasoned pro, jump in at the middle and run with me to the frontier of Speedliting.
> This is not a book that you need to (or should) read from cover to cover. The Handbook is divided into 26 chapters so that you can get to the info you need quickly. Then…you should get back to shooting.
> This is a book about how I use Speedlites. I give the Canon system praise when it's due (frequently, in fact) and share my workarounds for the areas that I think are wonky (3-group wireless, for instance). I go deep into the areas that I think are truly revolutionary — like High-Speed Sync — and skip over archaic concepts like Flash Exposure Bracketing.
> The steps of a shoot, not just the hero shot are shared. To make the concepts accessible, I typically include an ambient shot and several interim shots on my way to creating a hero shot.
My Estimate – 65% of the Handbook Is Non-Denominational
> Sure, I go deep into all the buttons and dials of driving Canon Speedlites. The Handbook clearly shows what to push and turn on your Speedlite so that it will do what you want it to do. If you're a Canonista, this is the manual you've long desired.
> Yet, most of what I know about flash photography does not relate to buttons and dials. Light is light. Mods are mods. So, if you shoot Nikon, Sony, or any other brand, know that about two-thirds of the book will work for you too.
Getting Your Hands On A Handbook
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Many More Details About The Speedliter's Handbook
If you want to see what is in each chapter and view more spreads, read on. Also, please click on the pix so that you can see the details in a larger version. Then use your back button to return here.
For each chapter, the Handbook starts with a Short Version. So, most of what follows is essentially the intro to each chapter.
Chapter 0: Quick Start Guide To Speedliting
When you're starting out, it can be hard to know where to begin. This chapter will point you down the right path. Virtually all the concepts and topics will be expanded on throughout the book. So, if learning all the details can wait, and your immediate goal is to start making good photographs with flash, here are what I consider to be the most important concepts for Speedliting. (8 pages)
PART 1 – Before Speedlites, There Was Light
Chapter 1: Learn To See Light
Speedliting is about far more than knowing how to push buttons and turn dials. Speedliting is about vision and light. It's about knowing how to see the light around you and then, if needed, using your gear to create the light for the image you want. So I cover the character of light, how you see, and how your camera sees. (8 pages)
Chapter 2: Exposure Exposed
Knowing the mechanics of exposure and using them creatively are essential to the craft of Speedliting. In flash photography we often want to increase or decrease the amount of light coming from the Speedlites or the amount of ambient light that is captured bya specific amount.Remember this: the more you use flash, the more you need to grasp the mechanics of exposure and how your camera records what it sees. (18 pages)
Chapter 3: Mechanics of Light
Light follows some pretty specific rules about how it bounces around the universe. Speedliters don't need to be physicists, but understanding a few basic principles will help you understand why your Speedliting looks or doesn't look how you want it to. (12 pages)
Chapter 4: Light of the World
We do not often think about the light around us. We usually take it for granted, as in, "The sun comes up, crosses the sky, and goes down."Ambient light, the light around us, comes from many sources. Ambient light also shapes our emotions and sense of time. Developing a keen awareness of the light around you is a critical skill to becoming a Speedliter. (10 pages)
Chapter 5: Think Globally, Light Locally
Shadows and highlights are the most important visual guides for the viewer when she is trying to decode your two-dimensional photograph into her three-dimensional reality. As a Speedliter, you will quickly understand that the position of the camera, your subject, and the light(s) determine how the shadows and highlights dance in your photos. When thinking about light position, we need to understand the importance of both horizontal and vertical placement. (8 pages)
PART 2 – Speedlites Fundamentally
Chapter 6: Meet The Speedlites
The current members of the Canon Speedlite family are the 580EX II, the 430EX II, and the 270EX. Other Speedlites still in wide use include the 580EX, the 430EX, and the 220EX. Occasionally, a 550EX will pop up in someone's camera bag. Although not officially labeled "Speedlites," Canon currently offers two specialty flashes for macro photography: the Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX and the Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX. Both of these flashes can be used to command Speedlites in wireless mode. (10 pages)
Chapter 7: Control Your Speedlite
Creative Speedliting requires that you make many decisions. Among the choices that you will consider are how, when, and where your Speedlite fires. The how is mode: Manual, E-TTL, or Multi/Stroboscopic. The when is sync: 1st-curtain, 2nd-curtain, high-speed, or slow-speed. The where is the spread (zoom) and direction (tilt/pan) of the flashhead.This chapter introduces you to these control options. Many other chapters in the Handbook explore these features in detail. (12 pages)
Chapter 8: Flashing Manually
IF you're wondering, "Does 'manual flash' mean that I have to follow the instructions in the manual?" let me be the first to say, "Welcome to Earth." If manuals were so handy, I'd be out of a job right now, wouldn't I? Manual flash is the basic mode of operation where the power level (a.k.a. output) of the flash is set by the photographer. Canon Speedlites can operate in Manual, E-TTL (Canon's proprietary automatic mode), or Multi mode. Larger strobes, like monolights and studio strobes, are always operated as manual units. (10 pages)
Chapter 9: E Is For Evaluative
There are two great reasons to have the power level of your flash controlled automatically:you don't know enough to do it yourself or you're shooting in a situation where the distance between the subject and flash changes constantly.Canon's Evaluative Through-The-Lens (E-TTL) flash metering system is simple enough to serve the novice and robust enough to serve the professional. (12 pages)
Chapter 10: Move Your Speedlite Off-Camera
Moving your Speedlite off the top of your camera is a fast way to take a huge step forward as a photographer. Why? We see shape and depth in a photo based on the shadows. When your main light source is right on top of your camera, the light is very flat. Moving the Speedlite even a short distance away can help add depth by adding shadows. I cover all the options: from simple PC-cords and optical slaves to E-TTL radio triggers. (12 pages)
Chapter 11: Wireless Speedliting, The Canon Way
(For many, this chapter alone will make the book a bargain.) Canon's built-in wireless communication system allows multiple off-camera Speedlites to work together in sophisticated ways. Although the benefits of E-TTL begin to shine in a wireless setup, you can also control your off-camera Speedlites in Manual mode. There's even a way to fire some Speedlites in E-TTL and others in Manual at the same time. (26 pages)
Chapter 12: Mixing Canon Speedlites With Other Lights
Speedlites, by themselves, are versatile light sources. There are times, however, when you will either have to or want to shoot Speedlites with other lights—such as incandescent lights, fluorescent lights, or other types of flash. This chapter takes a look at the how and why of using Speedlites with many other types of light sources. We'll also consider what adjustments you have to make either to the color temperature in your camera and/or with color correction gels on your Speedlite. (10 pages)
PART 3 – Gear For Speedliting
Chapter 13: Go Ahead, Mod Your Speedlite
It's easy to think that with all the buttons and dials on a Speedlite (not to mention the price tag), it should be able to create any type of light you'd need. The simple truth is that you just can't escape physics. Light coming from a flashhead that's the size of a half-dozen postage stamps just won't look like light filtering through high clouds—unless you modify it. This chapter runs through all the popular modifiers that strap onto Speedlites. As you can see in the spread above, I show the modifier and a shot made with that modifier. (20 pages)
Chapter 14: Those Big Modifiers Always Get In The Way
When thinking about Speedlite modifiers, "big" is relative. It can be a small softbox that uses a separate bracket because it's just a bit too heavy to be supported by direct attachment to the Speedlite. It can also be a 20′ x 20′ metal frame that is holding a silk diffusion panel over an elephant in a dry, desert lake bed (yep, another McNally adventure). The common link between the small softbox and the giant silk is that they both stand between the light source and the subject. They both change the apparent size of the light source and the character of the light falling on the subject. So I cover umbrellas, softboxes, diffusion panels, beauty dishes, and more — again showing both the modifier and shots made with that modifier. (20 pages)
Chapter 15: Get A Grip
By now, you know that to create interesting light, you have to create interesting shadows. To create interesting shadows, you have to get your Speedlite off the axis of the lens. To accomplish that, you'll want to be able to put it virtually anywhere. Grip is the gear used to hold a light on a set. For our purposes, it's anything other than your camera's hot shoe that helps hold a Speedlite in place. So here's a run through of the stands, brackets, clamps, etc. that I use to put Speedlites exactly where I need them to be. (12 pages)
Chapter 16: Keeping The Energy Up
Speedlites are power-hungry creatures. As a Speedliter, if you become well acquainted with the many types of batteries and chargers out there, you'll end up minimizing how much it costs to feed your Speedlites. Of course, there is no perfect battery. The many trade-offs include cost, shelf life, capacity, and power delivery. Knowing the range of options you have will help you choose the best type for your style of shooting. If you go with rechargeable batteries, knowing how and when to charge them is as important as buying the right type of battery. (8 pages)
PART 4 – Speedliting In Action
Chapter 17: Lighting Portraits Classically
I'm an impulsive photographer. I craft light to fit my vision—a vision that is often fine-tuned during the shoot. I don't always think in terms of the classic styles of portrait lighting, yet I know that all of the lighting styles in this chapter roll around in my subconscious and whisper to me as I'm moving lights and mods into place. Don't feel that you have to memorize each and every one of these styles. However, if you can come to understand the mechanics behind them, you will have a strong foundation on which to build your own lighting styles. (12 pages)
Chapter 18: Portraits With One Speedlite
When it comes to photographs, there is nothing in the world that we like to look at more than pictures of other people. So, if you start here without reading the previous 237 pages, I understand completely. The quick answer is, "Yes, you can make great photographs of people with a single Speedlite." This chapter will take you through many of—but certainly not all—the types of light you can create with a single Speedlite. Ultimately, it is your imagination and willingness to experiment that will be your guide. (20 pages – 9 shoots detailed)
Chapter 19: Portraits With Two And Three Speedlites
Speedliting is about controlling the ambient light and crafting flash to fulfill your vision. The addition of a second and third Speedlite to your kit enables you to create many additional types of lighting that are not possible with a single Speedlite. Sometimes you will use your Speedlites as individuals—with each one filling a specific job. Other times you will team your Speedlites together so that their power works together. Either way, your photographs will have more dimension and power. (22 pages – 9 shoots detailed).
Chapter 20: Gelling For Effect
(This is one of my favorite chapters.)There are two major groups of gels: those that shift the color of one light to another (e.g., daylight to tungsten) and those that create a color effect (e.g., change the color of a background to bright red). Using both types of gels, along with changes in the white balance of your camera, can create dramatic effects. There are also two minor groups of gels—neutral density and polarizing—that limit the light without changing its color. Think of these as technical rather than creative gels. (14 pages – 3 shoots detailed)
Chapter 21: Slicing Time WIth High-Speed Sync
High-Speed Sync (HSS) changes the way your Speedlite fires. Rather than a single, strong pulse, your Speedlite sends out an ultra-fast burst of low-power, stroboscopic pulses. Because the strobe pulses are so close together, your Speedlite effectively turns into a continuous light source for an instant. High-Speed Sync enables the use of virtually any shutter speed on your camera—up to 1/8000″ on the fastest models. The trade-off is that the power of the flash is greatly reduced—typically by 2.5 stops. (16 pages – 4 shoots detailed).
Chapter 22: Dimming The Sun
The shutter is the gateway to controlling the amount of ambient light in a photograph. If you want more, use a slower shutter speed. If you want less, use a faster shutter speed. Novice Speedliters assume that to shoot a night shot, it has to be dark outside. To the contrary, you can literally dim the sun with a fast shutter speed. Then, by using High-Speed Sync, you can selectively light your subject so that the background drops away and the viewer's eye concentrates on the subject. You might not have the need to turn noon to night. But knowing that you have the option of dimming the sun to some degree is a powerful and creative tool. (8 pages – 1 shoot detailed)
Chapter 23: Smashing Pumpkins With Gang Light
Gang light is a new way of thinking about how to use Speedlites. Rather than use them as individual units, you can position them close together so that they will create beautiful light—without the loss of light that comes when firing them through a modifier. By combining the power of many Speedlites as one source, you also create a broad field of light through which your subjects can move. You also have the power to dim the ambient light and/or stop action with a fast shutter speed and High-Speed Sync (HSS). (16 pages – 5 shoots detailed)
Chapter 24: Speedliting Events
Most photographers I know shoot events at some point during the year. Some shoot events as a form of giveback or charitable donation. Others shoot events because it is their chosen profession—and many are paid handsomely for their work. Event photography certainly gives you valuable experience at working under pressure while maintaining rapport with the people in front of your lens. Within reason, you can view event photography as a way to start developing a portfolio. I see event photography as some of the most important work that I shoot. I accept the responsibility accordingly. (14 pages – 4 shoots detailed)
Chapter 25: Strobo, Strobo, Strobo
Stroboscopic flash is a way to fire one or more Speedlites for a specified number of flashes at a specific rate per second. Unlike a traditional disco strobe—which cannot be controlled in terms of either the exact number of flashes or the exact interval—a Canon Speedlite in Multi mode can provide precise and repeatable control. When used scientifically, stroboscopic flash can be used to study motion. When used for fun, stroboscopic can create memorable photos of sports action and theatrical gesture. (12 pages – 3 shoots detailed)
PART 5 – Appendicies
A-1: Gang Slang For Speedliters
My 8-page glossary will get you slinging jargon around the meet-up in no time.
A-2: Web Resources For Speedliters
A list of 38 websites that I'm fond of — and yes, Speedliting.com and PixSylated.com are both in there.
A-3: Custom Functions
I can confirm that there's nothing sexy about Custom Functions. Still, here's the entire list of C.Fn. for the 580EX II, 580EX, 430EX II, and 430EX.
A-4: Six Point Checklist For Speedliting
So we started with a Quick Start Guide almost 400 pages ago. If you get totally paralyzed by too many ideas and techniques, this check list will get you back on track and help you organize your workflow.
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33 Responses to Sneak Peek Inside The Speedliter's Handbook
Paul says:
Already on pre-order, but I appreciate the sneak peek!
Martin Soler says:
Love it. Anything in there about lighting interiors?
Syl Arena says:
Martin – This volume focuses on people. Interiors is on the roster for the future.
martinsoler.com says:
OK well am going to order one for the people shots. Am eager to get info on interiors, a few blog how-tos would be great. tks for a great blog.
Lars says:
Yeah, that's what I've been looking for. That and some actual speedlight-testdrive-time. But I guess I'll have to take care of that last thing on my own. Already on pre-order. Can't wait 'till it arrives.
Chris says:
Really looking forward to this Syl. Will there be a Kindle or iBooks version? I'd love this on my iPad.
Syl Arena says:
Peachpit will publish the Handbook on all the major electronic platforms.
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jim patterson says:
I ordered this in MARCH from Amazon. So I've been very patient! I checked and sure enough it says delivery on 31 December.
John K says:
I've had this on pre-order for months. Can't wait to finally get it. Also hope you cover some aspects of the 7D's ability to use the pop-up flash as the master for wireless.
Syl Arena says:
John – Thx. I do cover the 7D a bit. When you have a chance to look at the details of my workflow, you'll see that I often put the slave to the side or behind me. The shortcoming of the 7D as a master is that it expects the slaves to be in front. While there is some leeway indoors, outdoors the 7D can't hit slaves where I often place them. Still, I'm very grateful that Canon included this feature. Hopefully they will continue to do so in the future. It's a great way for a novice to take his first steps with off-camera wireless flash.
Lee R. says:
Syl, thanks for creating such a great preview page for your new book. There's enough to really judge the content and how you present the material…which, by the way is done really well! Of course I preordered it and combined with Don Giannatti's workshop material, I'm definately on a quest for using external lighting in my wedding, portrait and event work. Congrats on a very timely book that will but my Speedlites to work. Now instead of buying a new $1,000 lense I'm going to get two additonal speedlites!
Steve Combs says:
Syl, been hitting both Speedliting.com and Pixylated for a while now and enjoying what I find (not to sound like I'm complaining, but could we see a little more frequent updates now that the book is "finished"? ). Preordered from B&N (thru your link on the RSS feed!). Keep up the good (shall I say great!?!?) work!
clydo says:
just ordered your book through Book Depository. Thanks! I've got some old manual flashes and am happy to see there's some mention on using flashes in manual mode
Huggy says:
Just read the articel in EOS magazine and already it has helped me I will be ordering this book ASAP
Huggy in the UK
Jo in Sydney says:
Oooh it looks like this is just what I need, I just got my first flash unit, the 580 EX II… googling where to buy in Aussie land now…
Syl Arena says:
Jo – Book Depository seems to be the fastest source for Aussies right now. Here's their link to the book
Pedro Ruiz says:
Saldra una edición en español?
Art Guertin says:
Still reading – ordered the OCF33C a few minutes ago. I'm sure this will be of great use in my flash setup.
Thanks for the book and the long cable.
Roy Booth says:
Just listened to Martin Bailey's interview with Syl over at http://www.martinbaileyphotography.com which brought me to this site.
WOW Just been looking at an excerpt from Syl's book and I think its a far better tutorial and reference manual than the McNally books. I wish he'd work with Joe on a Nikon version, keep the same format, just change the Canon section to Nikon SB-900 & SB-700 references. His technique and style are excellent.
Great book Syl, I still might end up buying it for the actual shoot sections.
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Luigi Borrelli says:
Just read your book and I think it's great. One question, I have a 60d and a 430 II. Is it possible to use HSS in wireless mode? I can't get it to work.
Anthony says:
Read and reread your book to get a better grip on speedliting, but my results don't seem to agree with one of your main statements – shutter speed controls ambient. So far I've been practicing inside with a small studio type setup and 2 580EX's. No matter what shutter speed I use, the ambient pretty much stays the same. Maybe it's my setup and the fact that I'm very limited on space, but so far changing the shutter speed doesn't make any difference unless I take it to something extremely slow.
Would you by chance have any pointers on this or why this seems to go against what you state in your book?
Syl Arena says:
Anthony -
It sounds like you have your camera in an automatic camera mode that is off-setting your shutter speed change by opening the aperture. Switch your camera to Manual mode. Then you should see the difference. Also, use whole stop increments of shutter speed when you change. The 1/3-stop increments are too subtle.
Anthony says:
Thanks Syl. I guess I should have elaborated my setup. I'm working in manual mode with the 580′s in manual as well. I can go from 1/60 to 1/250 without changing the aperture and the images/histograms look pretty much identical, including the ambient. Only when I change the aperture does the exposure actually change noticeably. I think it may be the positioning of the flash(s) and that I'm still lighting some of the background when I'm thinking I'm not. I dunno, but I'm going to keep at it until I'm comfortable with the process and the results. Practice, practice, practice…
Syl Arena says:
Anthony – To see what your flashes are lighting, periodically turn them off. Then you'll see what the ambient exposure looks like. Yes, it sounds like your flash is lighting the background. Aim them or flag them so that they light your subject and the ambient lights the background. Then you will see a difference when you change shutter speeds.
Andy McLaughlin says:
I've bought several books on speedlighting, but this book is way ahead of anything else.
It's well written, crammed full of information and explanation and makes for good reference material when I want to create a specific type of shot.
I personally got a lot out of the high speed sync section (I now use a 10m OCF Gear cable) and it's opened up a whole interesting area for me.
Gautam Biswas says:
Since I bought the kindle version of this book, have been reading it. Helped me in understanding speedlites and flash photography so much better. I just ordered two new 600EX-RTs. Wondering if you plan to update the book with this new speedlite technology?
Attila says:
Thanks a lot for such a great book. I'm looking forward to the new edition including new Canon flashes.
Troy says:
I very much enjoy your video on B&H channel and your blog. Does your book cover Canon 600ex-rt?
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Coughton Court Rose Garden
The beautiful Rose Garden at Coughton Court has 200 varieties of roses. The best time to visit is in the last week of June or first week in July.
The centrepiece of the rose garden is a statue of Rosamund, lover of King Henry II. She is surrounded by a bed of rose 'Rosa Mundi'. This rose is named after her.
In addition to the rose garden, there is also a beautiful lake, with a little gazebo on the far side, which you can see right in the distance on this photograph:
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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Packwood House
Packwood House, in Warwickshire, is a garden with a message. Described by Roy Strong as "capturing the atmosphere of religious emblematic horticulture".
The garden has some conventional herbaceaous borders, and an attractive sunken garden.
Most of these photos were taken at the end of the season and don't do the garden justice. This garden is very near to me, so I will revisit during this season, and get some far better photos.
This photo shows the sunken garden, which looks at its best in the Spring.
This feature is called the Terrace Walk.
You can see that the plants are getting a bit tired and ragged towards the end of the season. The photo enlarges if you want a closer look.
There's a lot of nice brickwork around the garden.
Now we get to the novelties.
The first unusual feature of this garden is a garden of yew trees. The yew garden was originally laid out around 1660.
There is an avenue of yews, and at the far end, another flight of brick steps (just visible in this photo), leading to....
If you enlarge the photo you can see two figures standing at the top of the walkway, beneath the solitary conical yew.
The entire yew garden is said to represent the Sermon on the Mount. The avenue of yews represents the Apostles, and the single yew is referred to as The Master.
Another novel feature of the garden is a number of clocks and sundials scatered around the garden and on the walls of the buildings. These are just a few...
Like the Yew garden, this collection of time-keeping devices is inviting us to consider something, about time and eternity.
This is a garden which is more than an arrangement of plants. It invites the visitor to engage their minds with the garden and to think about things.
This extract is from The Renaissance Garden in England by Roy Strong:
"What the garden [in general] spoke about most powerfully of all was time. And the object which precipitated these darks thoughts was the sun-dial. Cupid and the Faithful Soul standing within the hortus conclusus point to it. The garden with its cycle of seasons of death and resurrection was a perpetual reminder of life.
One garden which is full of this symbolism and which still survives is Packwood House, Warwickshire. In the absence of any other surviving instance this re-creation seems to capture the atmosphere of this type of religious emblematic horticulture".
Originally, the approach to the property passed along an avenue of oak trees, a mile long.
The modern road entrance uses a different route, so most visitors today do not normally see the house from this viewpoint.
There is also much to be seen inside the house. These 3 photos are from the guidebook:
The phrase 'A Thinking Man's Garden' is probably worth a post in itself.
On the whole I do think that a man's perception of a garden is different to a woman's. The woman's perception inclines more towards experiencing the garden in terms of senses rather than thought. Though having not been born inside a woman's body I don't know what it's like to experience a garden as woman do. I have to use my feeble brain to think about gardens instead.
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Living History at Kenilworth Castle
These photographs were all taken at living history events at Kenilworth Castle or Warwick Castle.
All of the photographs enlarge, by clicking on them.
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Saturday, 3 September 2011
The Forest of Arden
|A wide footpath inside Crakley Wood
The name still occurs in the several place names in the region: Hampton-in-Arden and Henley-in-Arden.
Much of the Forest of Arden was cleared during the Middle Ages, and some of it earlier. By the time of Domesday, 1086, about 35% of North West Warwickshire is known to have been wooded.
Despite clearance, the entire area today still retains a wooded character. Everywhere can be seen oak trees, in small copses, in hedgerows, or marking places where hedgerows have been.
Woodland Clearings - Place Names
Some useful evidence comes to us in the form of Anglo-Saxon place names.
|Old oaks liine the B4113 near Stoneleigh
There are some 85 such place names in Warwickshire, almost all within the Forest of Arden area. The name is rare in Warwickshire outside the Arden region (only 4 occurences outside).
A "leah" could be either a man-made clearing, or a natural glade or open space. Some place names are based on the name of a family, but many have simple woodland meanings. Here are a few:
|An old oak frames the Manor House at Baddesley Clinton
|Footpath from Preston Bagot leading to Henley-in-Arden
Virtually no Roman roads cross the region. It has been suggested that this was due to the difficulty of building roads through woodland.
The dominant tree in the Arden area of Warwickshire is oak. In some villages approximately 90% of the large trees are oaks.
The subsoil here is a generally a heavy deep clay. Digging a small hole, after about 9 inches down will hit clay, which is what oaks like, and many other trees don't. This heavy clay soil is less favourable to agriculture and so was less susceptible to being cleared for farmland.
The Geology of the Area
The Arden area is effectively bounded by Roman roads (shown in red on this map), the Fosse Way on the East side, and the Salt Road along the Southern boundary.
The area of the Forest of Arden correlates with an area of underlying Mercia Mudstone (shown in light brown) and Carboniferous Sandstones (grey). Sherwood Forest lies 40 miles to the North, on the same band of Mercia Mudstone, which forms a narrow arc across England.
The contrasting area of Warwickshire South-East of the Avon consists of much more open countryside. This overlays a band of Jurassic Lias Clay soils (shown in dark brown). In contrast to the Arden, the South-East area of Warwickshire is traditionally known as Feldon. The historian Dugdale speaks of the Avon dividing the "wooded part" from the Feldon.
Shakespeare's Arden
|View outside Stratford, more typical of the landscape today
In Shakespeare's mind the woodland imagary would have come from his local wood. Shakespeare seems to have compared Arden with the Biblical Eden. The idylic ife inside the forest contrasts with the "fallen" world outside the forest. There are several allusions to the Biblical story in the play. The Forest is a magical place, where strange coincidences occur, strange apparitions appear, and where people are transformed through self-discovery, or by finding love.
Modern Regeneration of Forest of Arden
There is one notable modern forestation scheme in the area. This is a private initiative being run by Mr Felix Dennis, owner of the lad's magazine Maxim. Mr Dennis is buying between 10,000 and 20,000 acres of land across South Warwickshire, at a cost of up to £200M, specifically for the purpose of planting new broadleaf woodlands.
British Native Trees
There are 32 species of native British trees: alder, crab apple, ash, aspen, beech, birch (2 species), box, wild cherry (2), elm, hawthorn (2), hazel, holly, hornbeam, juniper, lime (2), maple, oak (2), scots pine, poplar, rowan, service tree, whitebeam, willow (4) and yew.
|Inside Withycombe Wood, near Stratford
The dominant tree in the Arden area of Warwickshire is oak. Silver birch is common (the 2nd most common tree in English woodlands) and grows very quickly. Ground left open here will first be covered by bramble and birch, and then, as oak grows up through and over it, the oak takes over. Elm used to be common in Warwickshire hedgerows, but was mainly wiped out by Dutch Elm disease about 10 years ago.
Short History of British Woodlands
During the last ice age, 12,000 years ago, there were no trees at all across England. At the end of the ice age, trees began to move northwards from Southern Europe. 5,000 years ago, England was largely covered by wildwood. Pollen analysis shows that the commonest tree, throughout central and southern England was the lime.
|Inside Crackley Wood
1066 - Norman Conquest. The Norman Kings wished to claim large areas of woodland for sport, and introduced the concept of Royal Forest. These designated areas included both wood, meadow and farmland. About 25% of England was brought under "Forest Law", with severe penalties for poaching the King's game.
In the 12th Century the Royal Forests became means for raising money, though fines and other mechanisms. Nobilty could buy leases from the Crown to farm areas of the Forest.
By the 16th Century English Kings had ambitions for national power and independence particularly against Catholic Spain. This demanded charcoal for iron, and timber for shipbuilding. The tanning of leather required the use of oak bark, which was another major demand specifically for oak. Large areas of forest were sold to enterprising nobility. A third of the entire Forest of Dean was felled in one year.
The 17th Century marked England's rise as a seafaring nation. To build a single large warship required 2,000 mature oaks. Only 12% of England remained wooded, and declining woodland became cause for concern. Within 80 years the number of oaks in Sherwood Forest alone had dwindled from 23,000 to 1,300.
By the 18th Century there was a shortage of naval timber, and the start of programs to plant new forest. By the end of the 18th Century several millions of new trees had been planted.
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Honey and Clover 10Posted: July 21, 2010 Filed under: Honey and Clover 5 Comments
Chica Umino – Viz – 2010 – 10 volumes
Do you remember what I said about the last volume of Nana, that even if Yazawa never has a chance to return to the series, that the loose threads somehow make it seem more real, the characters more human? Yeah, that's how this series goes.
I think I was reading it this entire time waiting for the nice shoujo ending. That doesn't really happen. There are a handful of resolutions, and life takes shape, and the characters move on, and all they, and we, are left with are memories. It's beautiful. It's exactly what happens when you finish college. The last scene in the last chapter was absolutely the best place it could have left off. I was in tears. It was absolutely perfect.
What made it even more sad were the author's notes that followed immediately after, where Umino describes her life after finishing the series as empty, since her head had been full of nothing but the characters for years, and now they were all gone and she had to pick herself up and move on. It was very touching, and an interesting reflection on what a lot of manga artists go through.
In other side notes (in this volume or the last), she flips the sentimentality around and talks about the friends she's made through the series, and they way they tell personalities with Saint Seiya horoscopes. I'm sad that I'm Gemini. The villain. Twice.
The second half of the book are short stories, both related and unrelated. I had to wait a bit to read them, because I didn't want to follow up that abrupt and beautiful ending with gag-heavy chapters. The two Honey and Clover stories are very funny though, and the other two unrelated stories are sentimental and beautiful in a completely different way.
I sincerely hope that we get to see Umino's other work in English. She deserves all the praise she gets. This series was amazing, and an absolute must-read. In terms of… girly josei, I think I still prefer Paradise Kiss, but this is a very close second.
Honey and Clover 9Posted: July 21, 2010 Filed under: Honey and Clover 1 Comment
Chica Umino – Viz – 2010 – 10 volumes
I saved this up so that I could read the last two volumes together, but then I was debating over whether I should take a break or not to write up 9 before I read 10. That just… wasn't an option. I tore straight through both of them tonight. It's just… so good.
I was beginning to grow curious as this volume went on. It seemed like nobody was getting what they wanted, relationship-wise. Mayama was still only sort-of in the fringes of Harada's life, Yamada was still completely stuck on him and not gravitating to eager and good-for-her Nomiya at all, and there was still a relationship triangle between Morita, Takemoto, and Hagu. Then everybody began deciding what they wanted to do with their lives, and things got… weird. I mean, what about all this other stuff?
One of the interesting things was that we finally found out what Shinobu and Kaoru were up to. It's an interesting story, about how people stand in the shadow of the creative ones close to them. Papa Morita was a lot like Shinobu, and he had a friend that simply… went with him every step of the way, thinking himself unremarkable. Kaoru is the say way with Shinobu, and the exploitation all means something in the end. Kaoru is the one that takes the climax the hardest, but Shinobu has something else he takes away from it. Mainly that he hates being seen only for his talent, and it's something he recognizes in Hagu as well.
So that things don't wind down too quietly, there is a terrible accident that brings many of the characters back together and begins making them question the direction of their lives (once again) and what they mean to each other. This story made me cry a great deal, but it was also interesting for all the different and very human ways the group reacted to it.
The crying was mostly as a result of the love. All of it in this series seems so fruitless. Not in the overly dramatic way of other shoujo manga, but in a quiet way that seems more real, a way that you know never really gets resolved. While all the sadness and angst can be easy to relate to in something like We Were There, Honey and Clover is more real because it's more about fleeting crushes (although that's light and a little insulting) and the love between friends. There's really nothing like it.
Honey and Clover 8Posted: January 30, 2010 Filed under: Honey and Clover 3 Comments
Chica Umino – Viz – 2009 – 10 volumes
Oooh! How aggravating! This volume was entirely focused on Ayu and Mayama. It takes a look at all aspects of both of their unrequieted love affairs, and shows lights at the end of the tunnel for both of them. It also reminds us of how much time has passed in-story. This is especially effective in Ayu's case, who suddenly realizes she'd been smitten with no return for her feelings for years, and to give it up even knowing she had no chance would make it seem that somehow her feelings were less all that time. I can really, really sympathize with Ayu here. That struck some uncomfortable chords with me. Having easy-to-relate to characters is one of the strengths of the series, of course, and one of the reasons why this is the best, but it's always a little uncomfortable when they hit too close to home. Uncomfortable, but even more the mark of a good series, I suppose.
The series is winding down, and has two volumes left. As of the end of this volume, there is very little left to resolve between Ayu and Mayama, and both are well on their way. The bigger question, and one left almost entirely unaddressed in this volume, is what happens between Morita, Hagu, and Takemoto. There are some peeks, but in addition to finding out how things will fall between them, we also are led to believe there is a method to the madness of the Morita brothers. I'm looking forward to that.
One thing I noticed is that the volumes have been very character-centric lately, whereas the earlier ones were more focused on the group of friends hanging out and helping each other. With the passage of time in this series, and following the characters after they've left school and moved on to their careers, I thought it might be an interesting commentary about how you may also grow out of your school friends as you move on in life. They all still seem pretty tight, and Mayama and Takemoto even still live in the same building, but they all have their own individual problems and lives now. They still intersect, but… you know. You never really have friends like you have them in college, I suppose. More points to Honey and Clover for that, too.
Honey and Clover 7Posted: July 28, 2009 Filed under: Honey and Clover 3 Comments
Chica Umino – Viz – 2009 – 10 volumes
Aww. It's all about Takemoto and his trip this volume, and the moment he reaches his destination is so stunning and full of emotion without being overt about it it made me want to hop on a bike and recreate the moment myself. One of my favorite moments in manga, hands down, is the reappearance of Morita a couple volumes ago, which was just so funny and touching and perfect that it assured classic status for this series regardless of anything else that had happened. The "point where the rain ends" almost matches it, but would have been the high point of practically any other series that could have pulled it off so perfectly.
Takemoto does a lot of other things that are notable, including nearly deciding that his calling in life is cooking for a group of nomadic shrine restorers, dealing with serious hemorrhoids, and meeting up with Hagu at the end of his trip. This series is absolutely unmatched when it comes to dealing with life and all its weirdness, and this volume is a good example, both because of Takemoto's trip to find himself and a situation between Yamada and Rica where Rica asks her to start making pottery pieces for her company. The total awkwardness of this situation is described in great deal, and the pros and cons of it are examined by a number of characters, most of whom are in favor of letting Yamada deal with the emotional fallout for herself.
There's another short story at the end of the volume. Now I can't decide which I like better, the one about Mayama's coworker wearing ugly shirts, or this one, which brings back Lohmeyer, who is still one of my favorite characters even after not appearing for six volumes. He's just so… manly. Even in a fursuit, the old men loved to be comforted by him. It was so wrong, and yet so right.
I praise We Were There to high heavens, but this series is probably better. It's hands down one of the best series I'm reading right now, and like I said, the absolute best at just showing its characters living life and tackling all its challenges with their friends and a sense of humor. I don't love the characters in any other series the way I love this group, and it's because they are portrayed so realistically, and react to problems the same way a real person would (for the most part… maybe Morita doesn't).
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Honey and Clover 6Posted: May 3, 2009 Filed under: Honey and Clover 3 Comments
Ahhhh… lots of Takemoto in this volume. He's still trying to figure out what he wants from life, and after some more jobs and opportunities come and go, he officially starts off on a journey to find himself. This takes the form of an impromptu bike ride that just doesn't stop, so he winds up leaving without telling anyone. All his friends seem to accept this, despite the fact they all freak out when Ayu and Morita disappear wordlessly at other points in the story.
Of course, when everyone figures out why Takemoto is missing, the chorus of elderly professors materialize to sing the praises of what a healthy and exemplary young man Takemoto is, to be going through the crisis of youth. The sense of humor in this series is bizarre and without peer. There are a lot of examples in this volume alone, and I had originally written them out here, but then I realized there wasn't much point to me describing them. You just have to see for yourself. The weird things this series finds to make jokes about are excellent.
Of course, the serious moments are also unparalleled. There's a really nice scene where the usually scatterbrained and comedic Morita gets angry with Ayu for disappearing from an event and making everyone worry. Ayu starts to cry and tell him how much she missed him while he was gone, and he apologizes over and over again until the two walk home hand in hand.
Actually, there's a lot of great character development going on here. Ayu may be having a change of heart about Mayama, Hagu seems torn about what she really wants to do after graduation (though she says otherwise), and Morita… well, he may also be trying to decide on things in his own way, though I suspect that's something that will come next volume. Also, a parallel is drawn between Mayama and one of his coworkers, Nomiya, who also happens to be interested in Ayu. Mayama and Nomiya hate each other, but both acknowledge that they are a lot alike, but at different stages of maturity. It's an interesting twist, to be sure.
There's also a really funny bonus story in the back about Yamazaki and Miwako, Mayama's other coworkers. Yamazaki has a one-sided crush on Miwako, who exploits this by buying him ugly shirts that he feels obligated/proud to wear. Some of these shirts are… very special.
There's just absolutely nothing to dislike in this series. It's funny, it's sad, it's about life, friendships… and it takes place at an art school. It's everything I want in a series. It's actually kind of unfortunate that I read this together with Narration of Love at 17, since this is the better introspective series about friends and relationships and is probably one of the few that Narration of Love at 17 can't stand up to in this category.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Honey and Clover 5Posted: April 28, 2009 Filed under: Honey and Clover 1 Comment
It's been so long since I read this series that volume 6 has already come out. That's a real shame, because this probably is one of the best shoujo series I'm reading right now, and I shouldn't put off reading it.
The second half of this book really got to me. Morita comes back, graduation rolls around again, Takemoto has some inner struggles… all of it was so well-written and so very of the moment that parts brought tears to my eyes. One of them was the annual Christmas party without Morita or Mayama, where Takemoto considers the previous year's party, and who he thought would be absent from the current party.
A lot of the volume focuses on Takemoto, actually, which is nice considering he's the main character and is sometimes relegated to the background in favor of Mayama or Yamada. I can sympathize with Yamada and Mayama and their romantic problems, but Takemoto seems to have some of the more troubling issues in the group at the moment, which is why I loved/teared up through a big chunk of the story here.
Morita coming back sort of cancels out a lot of the sadness, though. It's hard not to laugh at everything having to do with Morita. His re-apparance was absolute GOLD, and I really wish the two-page spread had been reproduced in color. There are a number of really touching, serious moments between him and other characters, and I couldn't believe some of them had been worked in, but he's just so goofy it's hard not to laugh at him. I like all the other characters a lot, but Morita is a big part of what makes this series fun.
Mayama and Yamada do get a little story time, Mayama in the form of his continued vigil and Yamada… well, she gets to put herself in Mayama's shoes, and doesn't really like it. Their part of the story is the least interesting at the moment, honestly, only because so little has changed since the beginning of the series. They've both realized some things about themselves, but they are also both going around in circles. Things could change soon though, and I admit I am interested in that.
Honey and Clover 4Posted: November 13, 2008 Filed under: Honey and Clover 8 Comments
Continuing the parade of girly series I like, here's the newest volume of Honey and Clover.
While I don't like the illustration style in general, sometimes certain things about the art will strike me just right. There's a man-faced dog that the characters have around with them often that cracks me up everytime I see it because it's face is just so… horrible-looking. Umino also uses it in a sidebar illustration where she says something about not wearing any makeup. The two go together so well. There's also an excellent panel of three boys eating Yamada's cooking that made me laugh out loud. Her cooking is, of course, horrible, but the boys don't want her to know that it's inedible. They are making the absolute most perfect faces while they force it down.
The humor in general continues to be pretty top-notch. My favorites this volume were Hanamoto-sensei and Mayama, who trade bad jokes back and forth a couple times. The writing and translation is such that these come across as intentionally bad jokes, which impressed me because I imagine it being sort of difficult to keep jokes like that from falling flat.
Much of the focus this volume is on Mayama and his relationship to Yamada. I like Yamada a lot, and it makes me feel bad that she's got this unrequieted love… but I also like watching her dote on Mayama, too. Mayama takes up some sort of father figure role here, where he tries to protect her from potential suitors. Part of me likes this side of him, and the other part of me wants him to realize that he can't let her go and have some sort of huge, overblown climax and romantic dénouement. But then again, there's always a part of me that roots for the latter.
Lots of time is spent learning about Mayama's job, too, and he and Yamada wind up working together a lot as a result. I like seeing the character's skills put to use a lot too, since what people do is not often a focus in series like this. Here, it's one of the main focuses. Poor forgotten Takemoto is still trying to find out what he wants to do himself, and in the meantime he winds up staying the summer in Mayama's room, which makes for a few pretty funny scenes throughout the volume.
My favorite chapter was one where Yamada and Hagu spend a lot of time getting dressed up in kimonos and meet the boys at a summer festival. The kimono-fitting parts are really good themselves, but at the festival itself is the beginnings of Mayama's fatherly side. Afterwards, Yamada reflects on the evening and sort of sums up her feelings in two very beautiful ways.
I just don't know what I like best about this series. It's got fantastic writing, great characters, a wonderful sense of humor, and… well, it does almost everything right. I never know what to expect next, so reading it is sort of good in that way since I'm not constantly looking and guessing ahead. I enjoy it immensely.
This was a review copy provided by Viz.
Honey and Clover 3Posted: September 26, 2008 Filed under: Honey and Clover 2 Comments
Oh, I'm totally addicted now. I was really wishing for another volume after this one. I can't say that's a rare thing, but I wanted it REALLY BADLY, which is a rare thing.
I'm still really puzzled by the timeline of this series. I know it's ten volumes long, but here in the third volume Takemoto is now a senior. On one hand, I still really like the art school setting. On the other hand, I have literally never seen a series that keeps going once the characters finish school, either high school or college, so I would definitely be looking forward to that.
We've already had hints that friends can live together while working and not in school, since Hanamoto explained that he lived with Rika and her husband right up until the two got married. It would be a real shame if Morita, Mayama, and Takemoto had to move their separate ways, because it seems like living with Morita and Takemoto keeps Mayama in the loop, and similarly, without the tie of school, would Hagu and Yamada keep hanging out with the three boys? Probably, since they're friends, but I'm realy curious to find out what all happens. I am kind of bummed that Lohmeyer will never come back, though. He was a great character. A hint was dropped that the gang may never have a Christmas party together again, too, so I'm curious to see where that goes.
In the love front, Yamada and Mayama are stil pretty much stalled, but there was a lot going on between Morita, Hagu, and Takemoto. Morita and Hagu, especially. Hagu finally starts having romantic feelings, but doesn't seem to know how to deal with them, and instead pretty much rejects them. Morita does a number of uncharacteristically affectionate things, including a scene at the end of the volume which was really very romatic and adorable. Nothing concrete happens yet, but Takemoto begins to wonder where he stands with Hagu and whether he should do something about Morita. Takemoto and Morita are also really good friends to one another throughout all this, which is also admirable since they're not bitter, petty rivals divided by a common love. That's yet one more good thing to add to the list of positives for this series.
I grew to love Morita through the course of this volume. He's sort of a bumbling goofball that interrupts nearly everything, but buried under that is the fact that he really loves all his friends. It comes out more and more in this volume, like when he insists on having a Christmas party even though everyone says they'll be busy, when he does a few kindnesses for Hagu, when he helps out Yamada in regards to Mayama a couple times… and when he's just a friend to Takemoto. It's hard to pull off a foolish-but-deep character convincingly, but Morita is it. I think he's pretty much my favorite after this volume. Plus, he looks so funny on the cover with a flower crown that I can't help falling in love a little.
Aside from all the pitch-perfect emotion and interaction among characters (drama without drama, almost), there's still a lot of comedy packed in. I think my favorite scenes involved the shower that Mayama had built outside the apartment building that he suggests Morita use in the middle of winter. This entire scene is great, actually, since Mayama wakes up with Morita and Takemoto both in his bed, and then starts complaining since Morita is wearing his clothes and hasn't showered in a long time. Morita complains that not only is the shower outdoors and it's February, it's also shoddily designed (Morita is an architect) and doesn't conceal the user from spectators. This was one of the best exchanges between these two characters yet, since Morita makes several valid remarks against the usually flawless Mayama. Later, the shower figures largely in a bet. There's also a really nice chapter where Hagu helps Yamada sell Christmas cakes at her street/market's sale, and the two of them along with Takemoto have to figure out a way to lure customers away from the new supermarket and into the businesses on Yamada's street. There were funny moments here, but mostly this was yet another slice of life/light emotional touch chapter. Actually, the funniest image in the volume, hands down, was when the gang tried to imagine Hanamoto's former sensei winning a Mongolian wrestling match. I'm not sure why that struck me in particular, but it was pretty funny.
But yeah, I'm all about Morita now. The end of the volume doesn't make things look good for him, but the way time passes in this series, this probably won't be a problem for long.
EDIT: I'm beyond shocked to learn that Chica Umino's new series runs in "Young Animal." That means it's right there on the pages next to Berserk, Detroit Metal City, and Futari Ecchi. WHAT.
Honey and Clover 2Posted: September 25, 2008 Filed under: Honey and Clover 5 Comments
You know, yes. I've decided. I really like this series. I'm going to start on volume 3 tonight.
Trying to read it is weird and unlike reading any other manga. It's sort of slice-of-life, except the lives are the students at art school, so it's sort of different and slightly weirder… and perhaps a lot of people can't relate to in the way you generally do in a slice-of-life story. I said this last time, but it's hard for me not to relate to it since I did go to art school. I fear this may be the reason I like it, because you don't happen across manga series on that topic frequently, but it's also got good characters, and it's more about the characters being friends than being artists, I think. So that's a good reason to keep reading, too.
The fascination with Hagu was played down in this volume for everyone except her guardian, the teacher at the school that the group of friends hang out with. More prevalent this volume were the relationship between Mayama and Ayu. Mayama still pursues his employer fruitlessly, and Ayu still pursues Mayama knowing this. They do get an absolutely adorable scene together, though.
I was surprised finals came up that fast and some of the characters graduate. Normally in a manga, any sort of time frame is ignored in favor of keeping all the characters together through the school year, but I like that the year is passing by in an extremely realistic way. The characters don't leave though, to be fair, so it's doesn't seem like it affects the story that much.
The chapters on final projects make me break out in a cold sweat of nostalgia, and I could go on at length about that, but won't. The mood and frantic desperation was captured perfectly, as was the fact that only two of the people you know weren't staying up the night before to finish. I imagine these are not things that are unique to the art school environment, though.
There's lots of great stuff crammed in here, and some of it is very funny. Mayama has some fun with the others when the characters go to an empty theme park (?) during the day and look at a giraffe, telling them that the giraffe was out of its element in the cold, and it was miserable and only there for children to look at, except there were no children in the park that day, etc. There's also a great twister scene involving two of the characters not willing to give up. That entire chapter cracked me up, actually, from Hagu's cooking to Takamoto's surprise announcement to the drinking, everything. For all the funny stuff, there's also a lot of really touching moments to balance things out. The first chapter has Takemoto visiting his family for the first time in almost a year and coming to terms with his stepfather. As I mentioned before, Hagu and the teacher have a very tearful parting, and Mayama and Ayu have special moments together, too. There was a great parting scene between Hagu and the teacher, and all the characters tried to help Hagu with her gift when everyone wound up digging through the grass all afternoon looking for a four-leaf clover. They turn it into a memory by the end of the chapter, and it wound up being very… poignant, in a way that's hard to do two volumes into a series.
I'm not sure if I even like him or not, but I'm dying to read more about Morita now, too. He's just an enigma. Also, introduced in the last chapter and serving as some sort of narrator in the back of the book is the angriest-looking male poodle I've ever seen. That poodle alone had me absolutely dying.
Bottom line: great series. If I wasn't sure before, I am now. I love these kids and I'll be sticking with them for a while to come.
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So I was really very excited about this series and have been dying for the first volume ever since I heard the news it was licensed. I expected it to be Nana-good and very addictive. I think it's probably more comparable to Sand Chronicles, and the only way I can articulate why is that character development in Nana is very loud and dramatic, whereas character moments in the other two series are quiet and gravitate more to everyday occurrences (for the most part… Sand Chronicles has its share of trauma in the first volume, but I still think it seems "quieter" than Nana). I prefer both Nana and Sand Chronicles to Honey and Clover. It's very good, but there are some things I dislike about it already.
My biggest problem is with Hagu. Hagu says very little, and does a lot of things which cast her in a very immature light, and yet she is already the romantic interest of two of the boys. This is explained in a "love at first sight" way so that she doesn't actually have to do anything to make them fall in love with her. The only positive quality that she has been assigned so far is that she is a very talented sculptor, which does help me believe the boys love for her a little more since they respect her talent (or at least one does, I would be willing to believe that the other loves her for her appearance). She also seems like kind of a nice girl, but like I said, she doesn't speak very often, and when she does, it's usually to act childish. Some depth of character comes when we find out she gets sick and nervous around people due to the stress of working on her amazing sculptures all the time. That made me feel a little bad until it just made the characters dote on her more.
Aside from Hagu, my only other problem with the series is that it doesn't have a main character and just kind of drifts from person to person. But part of me likes this a lot, so I wouldn't consider it a strong mark against it. The only person I can see as a "main" character is Takemoto, a freshman who often is used as a device to explain some of the characters and things at the school. The story has no qualms about shifting between characters and taking focus from him though, and it does it in an extremely smooth manner, so I can't say that he's really more or less "main" than the other two major boys. The other two boys are Morita and Mayama, and Morita is left as something of an oddball enigma who appears everywhere and does random things, while Mayama is the one who often explains things. Morita is the other boy who likes Hagu, but most of the romantic tension in this volume belongs to Mayama. He loves an older woman who doesn't love him back, and he has a classmate who is in love with him and was rejected. Some of the sadder moments in the volume come from "Ironman" Yamada, who has no qualms about beating people up, but has her heart broken by Mayama.
I really like the dynamics between the male characters so far, and I kind of like how they help each other out and are just… very good friends in general. The art school part isn't quite as big a part of the story as I thought, but by the end of the volume everyone's emphasis is explained (Hagu, Morita, and Yamada are 3D artists, Mayama is a graphic designer, and Takemoto is an architect). Other than a few small things, Hagu is the only one who seems like she's totally devoted to succeeding as an artist, though Morita and Mayama are both employed. I was kind of attracted to it because it was a series about art students since I went to an art school, so I'm a bit bummed that art doesn't figure more prominently into the lives of the characters. I did crack up when I read the tagline on the back cover, "Love triangles – who says you don't learn math in art school?" since math was actually not offered at my school. Well, maybe there was one or two courses and I don't remember, but it definitely wasn't required for any of the degrees.
It is very good though, and the characters are already a lot more connected than they are in a lot of the other series I'm reading at the moment. If more relationships are built up, it's definitely something I could get into more than, say, Sand Chronicles, and maybe I'll like Hagu more once she's developed. I'm still looking forward to the second volume, but I'm a bit sad that it didn't live up to the hype for me.


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Heavy winds brought this tree down on top of utility lines on Arah Street in Manchester Thursday morning. The road has been closed. (David Lane/Union Leader)
About 5,000 residents and businesses across the state lost power Wednesday morning, the result of heavy rain and gusty winds downing trees and damaging power lines.
The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock after an ice jam formed. The Weather Service said that once the ice jam breaks, the water will rise rapidly downstream, and people who live in flood-prone areas along the river should remain vigilant.
The Sugar River in Claremont flooded twice because of ice flow jams, prompting the fire department to ask the residents of a few homes near the river to leave their homes temporarily, Fire Capt. Tom Belaire said. Belaire said a firefighter was assigned to stay at the river overnight Thursday to monitor it.
"The water levels have dropped back to normal at this point," he said Thursday night. "But obviously, with the ice, it's very unpredictable."
About 7 a.m. Thursday, Public Service of New Hampshire reported 2,265 of its customers had lost power, while Unitil, with service concentrated on the Seacoast, had 2,087 customers without power. Power outages affected 1,017 New Hampshire Electric Co-op customers, while Liberty Utilities reported 20 customers were in the dark.
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In Durham, high winds felled a tree near the Madbury substation late Thursday morning, causing 900 Durham residents to lose power. According to an email from town administrator Todd Selig, PSNH has dispatched two crews to restore power to this section of town. The town will stay in contact with PSNH over the course of the day.
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796 8.2 8.71. Community (2009)
"Modern Warfare." It's a laugh riot, and pokes hilarious fun at or parodies movies like "28 Days Later," "Die Hard" and "Warriors." Plus Joel McHale in really tight underpants. Yum.
Edited to add: Season 2 has me rethinking this one! There were so many great episodes this year: the zombie Halloween one, the Christmas eppy, the one with the pen, the faux clip show, and now the second annual Paintball episode...it's an embarrasment of riches. I may change my answer here after I see part two of the finale.
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1756 8 8.92. Doctor Who (2005)
Don't Blink. Blink and you die. I love Doctor Who, but the doctor-and-companion-lite episode "Blink" might be the best hour of any show, ever. Watch it and see if you don't agree.
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596 7.3 7.73. Torchwood (2006)
I was going to pick something from "Children of Earth," but by the end of that mini-series I wanted to kill myself, so I chose the slightly cheerier "Exit Wounds." Even though this is the episode where we lose two major characters, there is a strong current of love and loss running through this episode. It is gut-wrenching, but so beautiful, too. Great acting by the whole cast.
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154 8 8.34. Spooks (2002)
In "Taking Care of Our Own," the second episode of the first series, you learn that this show is totally willing to go for it when it comes to violence. In one of the tensest standoff scenes I have ever seen, the viewer discovers that no one is safe, and that this show is superior to all other spy adventures shows ever.
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1376 7.1 8.15. Angel (1999)
"Smile Time" (the one with the puppets) was quite a wonderful eppy. I even have a puppet Angel doll. (It's in the box, I don't play with it.) But this one was so funny and clever ("I don't have puppet cancer!") while still tugging the heartstrings that I had to select it as the best.
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459 6.2 7.46. Everwood (2002)
It's hard to single out one best episode in this uniformly great series, but I will settle on "Foreverwood," the finale of the unjustly cancelled show. Wrapping up all the plotlines in a sweet, romantic bow, Everwood gave its fans one perfect last show.
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1983 7.1 8.67. Mr. Bean (1990)
"Merry Christmas Mr. Bean" is a tremendous holiday treat, complete with Daleks, carolers, presents for Teddy and a decidedly non-disappointing bang from a Christmas cracker.
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239 7 7.98. NewsRadio (1995)
It's hard to pick a favorite child or a favorite NewsRadio episode. NewsRadio is such a great show, with great writing, superior physical humor and a cast that was always firing on all cylinders, so that every episode is a gem. However, I have to give some love to "Office Feud," which features the woefully underused Catherine (Khandi Alexander) getting the best of Bill for his sponsorship of Rocket Fuel malt liquor. It's crizappy!
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84 8 8.49. Cracker (1993)
"To Be a Somebody" portrayed the wrenching death of a favorite character, Christopher Eccleston's DCI Billborough. It was surprising and upsetting and made me a lifelong fan of Eccleston's, inadvertently setting me up to become a fan of the new Dr. Who. Thanks!
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199 7.2 8.510. The Kids in the Hall (1988)
As this is a sketch comedy show, the best would have to be a compilation that included the Cops, Buddy, 30 Helens, Gavin, Simon and Hecubus, the Do Re Mi song, AND the sublime Chicken Lady Blind Date sketch, featuring the absolutely hysterical straight man work of Dave Foley.
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424 7.9 8.811. Black Adder the Third (1987)
"Sense and Senility" is so funny, I nearly forgot I was watching a play and had all the actors arrested. The scenes of Edmund torturing the actors get funnier every time. Macbeth!
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462 7.8 8.812. Black Adder II (1986)
"Bells" introduces us to the scene- and bride-stealing Lord Flashheart, and teaches us that Mr. Bean notwithstanding, Rowan Atkinson is dead sexy with a goatee. Woof!
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732 7.9 8.913. Fawlty Towers (1975)
"The Germans" is a tour-de-force performance for Cleese, who as Basil, laid low with a head injury, gets to utter these lines to some poor German guests in his hotel.
Basil: "Why is she crying?"
Guest: "You keep mentioning the war."
Basil: "Well, you started it!"
Guest: "We did not start it!"
Basil: "Yes you did, you invaded Poland!"
You have to watch it...it's a scream.
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449 8 8.914. Black Adder Goes Forth (1989)
Blackadder is an extremely funny series, with a ton of clever put downs, snappy one-liners and hysterically comic situations. So how is it that this terribly funny show could make me weep? Watch "Goodbyee" and see if you don't mist up towards the end. One thing this show always got right was the extremely apt observations of how awful the war was.
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1021 8.2 915. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
Best Monty Python? How to choose? Okay, for me it's the 'spam' episode. (Episode 25, which I remember as 'Viking Diner.') I just love the non-stop silliness of those Vikings singing 'Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam...lovely spam, wonderful spam!' Also features the naughty and funny 'Hungarian phrasebook' sketch. My nipples explode with delight!
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317 8.1 8.716. Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)
It might not be the best, but "Teenagers from Outer Space" just narrowly edges out "Girls' Town" and "I Accuse My Parents" as the best of the 50s teen dramas that are spoofed by Tom, Crow and Joel/Mike. Somehow the goofy teen antics make for better riffing than the depressingly awful movies like "Manos." At least for me, anyway. Though I do love "Girl in Lovers' Lane," which though a total downer of a movie, lets us know that WE DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT THE ENDING THEY GIVE US. Genius.
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142 7.3 8.217. Better Off Ted (2009)
Okay, this show was awesome, and everyone who had a Nielsen box and didn't watch should be ashamed. Funniest? Hard to pinpoint but 'Racial Insensitivity' was so funny on about a hundred different levels. Find it and watch it and see if you agree!
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25 7.3 8.118. Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002)
Another show that died too young (seriously, how awful is it that this show can't get 24 episodes but 'Two and a Half Men' will live forever?) "Twins" highlights the work of the divine Paget Brewster.
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201 7.7 8.719. Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
Love that cow creamer episode! This show is delightfully daffy, and the two leads are played to perfection by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry.
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4454 7.7 8.620. Lost (2004)
I can't tell you how much I loved "The Constant." I'm a sucker for time travel, which would have been cool enough, but the addition of the Des/Penny love story made it an episode to cherish.
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900 8.2 921. Freaks and Geeks (1999)
In "Beers and Weirs," this terrific show takes the played-out concept of 'parents go away/kid throws a party that gets out of hand' into a unique and interesting direction. Unexpected and refreshing, like the show, which nailed down the true and actual teenage experience like no other show I've ever seen.
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3214 7.5 8.722. Futurama (1999)
I never thought I could get invested in a romance between cartoon characters, but in "Time Keeps on Slipping," the lovelorn Fry makes the ultimate romantic gesture to the mostly indifferent Leela - and it gets swallowed up by the Space/Time continuum. Damn.
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2644 7.8 8.823. Supernatural (2005)
In between apocalyptic battles, fighting gory monsters and taking on demons and devils, Supernatural manages to come up with at least one downright hysterically funny episode each season. I nearly chose last season's "Changing Channels," where the boys are trapped in teevee land (and featuring Sam as both a McDreamy-esque doctor and doing a pitch perfect impression of CSI Miami's Horatio) until I remembered Season 4's "Monster Movie." Shot in black and white and opening with the classic Warner Bros. horror movie title card, this show saw a town being overrun by classic monster movie baddies. Seeing Dean fight off Dracula was such a stitch. The writing on this show is really excellent.
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2939 7.1 8.224. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
"Hush." So creepy. So cool to have an episode with almost no dialog. I really miss this show.
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210 6.8 8.425. The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993)
What a delightfully subversive kids' show! This is one the kids will love, but is particularly great for adults too, with smart and funny writing. One other great thing about this show is the music, with an indie lover's who's who of great acts, including Stephen Merrit, The Apples in Stereo and Mark Mulcahy's Miracle Legion.
In "A Hard Day's Pete," Little Pete, hardly a music lover, stumbles upon a garage band (Polaris, an offshoot of Miracle Legion) playing a tune that he falls in love with. But when he goes back to the garage, the band is gone, as if they were never there. As Big Pete says, "Pete finally had to face the truth: The only place the song existed in the world was in his own head. And if he didn't do something soon, it would be lost forever." Little Pete's quest to recapture or recreate the song is a real winner.
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134 6.8 8.226. Home Movies (1999)
My favorite 'Adult Swim' animated comedy, this show follows the adventures of junior filmaker Brendon, his friends Jason and Melissa, and the wholly inappropriate Coach McGuirk.
The most laugh-out-loud moment of the whole series comes during "Shore Leave," when Melissa, coerced into joining the nefarious Fairy Princess League, sets their Hq ablaze by microwaving a can of hairspray. She even does the slo-mo walking away from the blaze thing. It's inspired.
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288 7.6 8.327. Life (2007)
This brilliant but unappreciated jewel of a cop drama starred the sublime Damian Lewis, and featured a number of cool mysteries, but the tour-de-force performance of Lewis as Charlie Crews, a zen-cool, unjustly convicted ex-felon now back on the police force, was outstanding. The last episode, "One" featured Crews looking for kidnapped partner Reese (an excellent Sarah Shahi) in a story that was truly awesome. I laughed, cried, gasped, and just marveled at how good a TV show could be.
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137 7.9 8.328. Party Down (2009)
"Steve Gutenberg's Birthday Party' is the high-point of this very, very funny show. You might expect the hipsters of the Party Down crew to make fun of 'the Gute,' but he is very much in on the joke, and indeed has the last laugh. In addition to the Henry/Casey romance moving forward again, we get a great scene where Roman's sci-fi scene gets a reading and a rewrite, which really highlights some great acting, especially from Lizzy Caplan and Adam Scott. Ron calling his AA sponsor and the subsequent hijinks are also a great B-story. This show is surprising and original. No wonder no one watched it.
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Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Mar 30 19:46
Great list, although I have to disagree with you for Community. Modern Warfare was good, but I have to say I enjoyed Temporary American Poultry more.
Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Mar 30 22:26
As much as I loved Community's "Modern Warfare", I think I prefer "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas". And I'll have to look into the ones you mentioned for MST3K (can't remember if I've seen those or not anymore), but my personal favorite has long been "Lost Continent".
Posted: 3 years, 5 months ago at Mar 31 0:14
I agree with Community, but also love Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas.
What about Once More, With Feeling (Buffy) pretty awesome ep :)
What about Once More, With Feeling (Buffy) pretty awesome ep :)
Posted: 3 years, 3 months ago at May 10 1:58
Good comments. I especially agree with the Community ones. It's really hard to choose a best one with so many outstanding episodes. I really, really love that show!
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This is my record of a lifetime dream trip to East Africa in the summer of 2011. It was the perfect mix of culture, wildlife and adventure, including hiking in Rwanda to see the mountain gorillas and whitewater rafting on the Nile.
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Publish Date September 30, 2011
Dimensions Standard Landscape 160 pgs Standard Paper
Category Travel
Tags africa, uganda, kenya, rwanda, gorilla, safari, nairobi, elephant, giraffe, intrepid, camping, bigodi
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maggieandme says
Definitely not a professional photographer or designer!! I just like to have a record of my travels in a convenient, interesting format. Glad you enjoyed it...
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closetfull says
Fantastic book. Are you a professional photographer?
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maggieandme says
Thanks Carol! That means a lot to me.
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Really like it. Great layout; holds interest throughout. Carol
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