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This user is a native English speaker.

af-3

Hierdie gebruiker het 'n uitstekende begrip van Afrikaans.

nl-3

Deze gebruiker spreekt uitstekend Nederlands.

de-1

Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

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Useful links[edit]

MVR review list is here
QI link is here
VI submission link is here
VI review link is here
FI review link is here
Cache purge = CTRL+F5
Commons:Photo challenge
Promotions archive is at User:Martinvl/Promotions 20xx (where xx is "15", "16" etc).

My Valued and Quality images[edit]

United Kingdom[edit]

Roughly north to south.

Lanercost Priory, founded in 1165 as an Augustine House, in the village of Lanercost
Tomb of Francis Close, Carlisle Cathedral
South Portal of Carlisle Cathedral
Pump Room at the Thompson dry dock (where the RMS Titanic was built)
Thompson Graving Dock, Harland & Wolff shipyard, Belfast where the RMS Titanic was built
Steam Yatch Gondola (originally built 1859), on Coniston Water.
Principia or administrative block of the Hardknott Roman Fort, Cumbria
Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria
Church of St Oswald, Castle Bolton: a Grade II listed building
Mary, Queen of Scots' bedchamber, Bolton Castle
St Andrews Church, Aysgarth, North Yorkshire dating from the late 14th Century.
Chimney flue, Middleham Castle
Venus Fountain at Bolsover Castle
Interior of the Riding House at Bolsover Castle
Shillito Cross in Shillito Woods, Ramsley Moor, Derbyshire.
St Michael's Row, Chester; A grade II listed building
Spiral staircase in the Well Tower of Caernarfon Castle
National Trust plaque at the start of the footpath up the Glyderau and the Devil's Kitchen in English and Welsh.
Milestone at Betws-y-Coed on Telford's Shrewsbury to Holyhead road.
Dinas Emrysis strongly associated with the legend of y Ddraig Goch (the Welsh Red Dragon).
Dolwyddelan Castle from the south.
Priory Church of St Mary, Canons Ashby
Reconciliation by Vasconcellos, Coventry Cathederal
West end of Kings College Cambridge chapel from across the River Cam
Bridge over the Wye at Builth Wells
Church at Croome D'Abitot, Worcs; a Grade I listed building.
Chinese Bridge at Croome Court (NT)
Glanusk Bridge and Tower spanning the River Usk on the Glanusk Estate (about 2.5 km west of Crickhowell)
Lifting bridge at Talybont-on-Usk across the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
Horse-drawn tram on display at Talybont-on-Usk used on the 13 kilometre narrow-gauge Brinore Tramway (opened 1814, closed 1865).
Limestone kilns at Talybont-on-Usk. Materials for the kilns arrived on Bryn Oer Tramway which had its terminus above the kilns.
Tretower Castle, a Grade I-listed twelfth century motte and bailey castle in Powys
Crickhowell Bridge, Wales
East portal of the now-abandoned Torpantau Tunnel in Powys, Wales.
West end of the Abbey Church of St Mary (Tintern Abbey) located on the western (Welsh) bank of the River Wye.
Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Mail Coach
Weather vane on top of Tower of London
Plot of pressure during the October 1987 storm.
Remains of the South Gate of Calleva Atrebatum (near Silchester) taken from inside the city walls.
Gnarled oak tree (Quercus) in The Valley Gardens, Windsor Great Park
Totem Pole at Virginia Water.
The Vyne (NW view), Hampshire
The Vyne under restoration
South-east facade of and main entrance to The Vyne
Minley Manor near Yateley
Reed bed at Fleet Pond
Water level gauge at Fleet Pond
Gable of All Saints Church, Fleet after the fire of 22 June 2015
Hampshire File and Rescue Service fire engine
Differences in thermal conductivity demonstrated by snow melting on paving stones
Eelmoor Flash on the Basingstoke Canal
Stag beetle Stumpery in Welensey Woods, Aldershot
Lion and Lamb House, Farnham
Traffic loses a lane to make way for pedestrians in Farnham during COVID-19
An Anderson Shelter on exhibition at the Rural Life Centre, Tilford.
A 1901 Aveling and Porter 10 ton Class R10 single-cylinder, two gear steamroller
Coppiced Sweet Chestnut woodland at Hindhead Common
Stourhead and and Apollo Temple.
South facade of Barrington Court, a Grade I listed Tudor style stately home
Barrington House, a Grade II listed originally built in 1674 as stables for Barrington Court.
Multi-faceted sundial, Barrington Court, Somerset dating from the 1920s.
Guildford Guildhall Clock (1683)
Hindhead tunnel southern portal
Polesdon Lacey from the west
Old Scotney Castle, Kent (NT)
"Illusionary [or secret] door" at Mottisfont Abbey linking the study with the owner's dressing room.
Gargoyle. Chichester Cathedral
Exbury House near Southampton
Beaulieu River tidal mudflats taken from Exbury Gardens
Cricket at Priory Park, Chichester
Petworth House from the west
Henry VII's arms on the Market Cross, Chichester
Medina Terrace, a listed building on Hove sea-front, dating from 1875.
Wight Ryder I - Portsmouth to Isle of Wight catamaran.
Type 24 pillbox overlooking English Channel at Hive Beach, near Burton Bradstok
Portable 50 cm quadrat on Burton Bradstok beach
East Cliff, West Bay, Dorset, part of the Jurassic Coast.
Architrave of the Lyme Regis Guildhall showing the borough's coat of arms
Lyme Regis harbour viewed from Holmbush Car Park
Merlin's Cave where, according to legend, the wizard Merlin plucked the infant Arthur from the sea.
Reconstriction of Daphne du Maurier's study
Elizabethan era prosthetic arm on display in the Great Hall, Cotehele House, Cornwall.
The Cheesewring, a rock formation on Bodmin Moor
The South Phoenix Mine Engine House, Minions, Cornwall, which now houses the Minions Heritage Centre.
The Shamrock, a sailing barge now maintained by the National Trust at Cotehele Quay.
Chart showing population of England 1550 - 2010.
Cricket umpires' on-field personal equipment
Meccano model of a the Southern Rail 4-6-4 Tank Locomotive No 333 "Remembrance".

Elsewhere in Europe[edit]

Roughly north to south.

Great Windmill of Skerries, Ireland; An Irish National Monument
The Domhnach Airgid, remodelled in about 1350, was believed to have originally contained relics associated with St Patrick.
The Glensheen gold gorget (or collar) dates from 800 to 700 BC and was found in a rock fissure in Co. Clare in 1932.
Roscrea Brooch, one of the 100 items that record Ireland's history.
Memorial to Ernest Walton, Trinity College, Dublin
Memorial to those who were executed or imprisoned (including my father) by the Nazi "Peoples Court of Justice".
Flag of the Amsterdam Chapter of the Dutch East India Company
Replica of De Amsterdam originally built in built in 1748 and lost in the English Channel during its maiden voyage in 1749.
Kelvin/Celsius Thermometer. (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Kerkboog (Church archway), St Stephens Chuch, Nijmegen from inside the churchyard
Coat of arms of the Dutch city of Nijmegen
Witches Scale, Oudewater
Graslei, a pedestrialised thoroughfare in Ghent along the Leie
Choir of the Abbey Church of Sainte-Marie de Fontcaude, France
Western facade of the Château-Abbey Cassan, France
Ground floor hall of the Château-Abbey de Cassan
Engine "040 T 1751" of the Train à Vapeur des Cévennes (Cevennes heritage railway), Saint-Jean-du-Gard
Gateway to the Château de Pézenas
Tomb of Cardinal Guillaume Briçonnet (1445 - 1514), Narbonne Cathederal
Noilly Prat boutique, Marseillian, France
Malpas Tunnel on the Canal du Midi
Square signs based on road signs are used for water traffic in some countries.
Fountain of Titan, Béziers
War memorial, Béziers
Hôtel de Flottes de Sébasan, Pézenas, France
Marseillan Harbour
Pont Vieux, Carcassonne
Entrance to Marseillan in French and Occitan
Rue du Portail d'Amont, Faugères, a village in S. France
Water Tribunal of Valencia
Statue of Dom Pedro IV, Lisbon
Eroded sandstone formations at Bolnuevo, Spain known as the "Ciudad Encantada de Bolnuevo" (Enchanted City of Bolnuevo).
Medieval cistern at Lorca Castle, Spain
Replica of the Giralda weathervane on Seville Cathederal
Giraldillo, taken from the Real Alcazar (Seville).
Torre del Oro, Seville
Alhambra from the Generalife
Generalife summer palace from the Alhambra (Granada).
Phillip V city gate, Ronda

Elsewhere in the world[edit]

Roughly east to west

The Carnival Spirit in Sydney Harbour, 2013
Sydney Harbour Bridge hinge at the southern end of the bridge.
Australian Naval Ensign flying at half mast thereby making way for the "invisible flag of death".
Engine room of HMAS Onslow, an Australian submarine.
Half-sized model of a triceratops, (Great Otway National Park, Australia).
Rainforest canopy walkway, Great Otway National Park
Orange Free State field gun captured in the Boer War, photographed in Perth, Australia.
Colenso Power Station (c 1973)
Graves of the victims of the Armoured Train cemetery - an action in which Churchill was captured.
Liliesleaf main house - the ANC "safe house" which was raided in 1963 and resulted in the "Rivonia trial".
The Liliesleaf outbuildings, ostensibly the servant's quarters, but in reality the ANC offices.
Domestic solar heater in Johannesburg that supplies hot water for the servant's quarters.
Equitorial sundial at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens.
26 Metre dish, HartRAO, South Africa
Elephants trunk wrestling in the Addo Elephant National Reserve.
Fourth order Fresnel lense in situ in the Elizabeth Donkin lighthouse, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Port Elizabeth City Hall
Elephant footprint in Chobe National Park, Botswana.
Shanty town outside Caledon, South Africa
Theology Seminary, Stellenbosch - af:Teologiese Kweekskool (Stellenbosch).
Postboxes at Stellenbosch post office.
Powder Magazine at Stellenbosch, built by the VOC between 1776 and 1777
Vergelegen homestead, Somerset West.
Vergelegen library & garden
Groot Constantia, Cape Town
Flower of the Mimetes cucullatus taken at Kirstenbosch.
Dorp Straat in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
Koopmans-de Wet House, cape Town
Cape Town City Hall
Entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town.
Heraldry above the entrance to the Castle of Good Hope (Cape Town)
Eighteenth Century cannon and tools at the Castle of Good Hope.
Kat Balcony, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Ceremonial acceptance of the key by the Castle of Good Hope guards to open the castle gate.
18th Century VOC 2 lb cannon at Cape of Good Hope Castle
A tame (Cape Fur seal at the Hout Bay harbour.

Not linked to a specific country[edit]

A selection of instruments calibrated in metric units.
Original definition of the kilometre
Yashica 635 TLR camera with telephoto lens and viewer
Log-log plot of planetary period against orbital radius and methematical interpretation of the plot (Kepler's third law).
Explanation of dates in ISO 8601 format.
Deviations between the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK) and national copies of the IPK at periodic recalibrations.

Images that I proposed for VI status, but which I did not take[edit]

Langalibalele - King of the amaHlubi (1836-1889)
Classical Ammeter
"Narrow Candle" Catcus (via MVR)
St Isaacs Cathederal, St Petersburg (Replaced old VI via MVR)
White Rhinoseros (via MNR), Featured picture here.
Mouth of the Tugela River
Restaurant du Musée d'Orsay
Christuskirche, Windhoek, a noted landmark in Windhoek.
On the ridge of the Drakensberg amphitheatre, close to the lip of the Tugela Falls
SAR Class NG G11 NG55 (2-6-0+0-6-2) Garratt-type steam locomotive hauling a mixed train approaching Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal.
The famous speed record holding steam locomotive No. 4468 Mallard.
NZASM 46 tonner locomotive at Witbank.
Aerial view of the Victoria Falls
Conical tower, Zimbabwe ruins
Conical tower, Zimbabwe ruins
LNER 4472 "Flying Scotsman" at Leamington Spa
Road up the Sani Pass, South Africa heading towards the Lesotho border.
Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Denarius
Aerial view of Premier Mine, South Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro: photo taken in Moshi, Tanzania
Kilimanjaro from Amboseli National Park
Great Mosque of Djenné, en:Djenné, Mali
Dorze hut, Ethiopia
Water taxi in Mali
Oasis and old town of Taghit
stage coach that ran between between Salisbury and Umtali (now Mutare), Southern Rhodesia
Pietermaritzburg City Hall, built 1893, rebuilt 1901 after a fire.
Table Mountain from Signal Hill
Grave of Cecil John Rhodes
Statue of Molly Malone on Grafton Street, Dublin
GNR Stirling 4-2-2 no. 1 at Doncaster Works
Einhard Basillica, Michelstadt-Steinbach. Einhard was a confidant and, according to local legend, son-in-law of Charlemagne
Hôtel de ville, Charleroi
Railway line across the Nullarbor plain - 478 km dead straight railway.
SW end of the 32.5 km Afsluitdijk near Den Oever (Netherlands). Friesland can be seen in the distance.
Clogwyn railway station, (779 m above sea level) the pen-ultimate station of the 6.4 km Snowdon Mountain Railway
Cecil (John) Rhodes (1853-1902)
Niels Bohr Commemoration Meeting, 1963 featuring at least seven Nobel laureates
Silicon sphere from the Avogadro Project
Replica of the Batavia at sea.
Strokkur geyser (about 50 metres from the now dormant Great Geysir) erupting.
HMS Illustrious returning to port.
Peace Palace (1907), The Hague
Swiss Class Ce 6/8 II articulated crocodile electric locomotive
Outeniqua Choo Tjoe crossing the Kaaimans River bridge
Indian Ambulance Corps during the Boer War. Gandhi is in the middle of the middle row.
Bayeux Tapestry - Scene 57: the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings
Tainan Confucius Temple
Steam Engine No 1 of the Pretoria-Pietersburg Railway Company (1899)
2-6-6-0 Mallet locomotive Class MB of Natal Government Railways
Anderson shleter before addition of earthworks. (Bedford Museum)

More of my images[edit]

These images were taken by me and are used by at least three Wikipedia articles (number given in brackets), but for various reasons have not been classified as Valued images or Quality images.

1 kg weight with a credit card to show its size (21)
[fictitous] Wessex Bank Statement showing IBAN (19)
IBAN useage (10)
Insect hotel, Heligan (10)
Road sign, Germany (9)
Crown on Blauwbrug, Amsterdam (8)
Spinaker Tower, Portsmouth (8)
Map of Falkland Islands Economic Zone (8)
Homo Naledi skull, Sterkfontein (7)
Cricket bat alongside a metre-stick (7)
Chapmans Peak Drive, Western Cape (7)
Derwent Dam which was used for training the Dam Busters. (7)
Log-log chart showing planetary orbital time against radius. (7)
Road through Meiringspoort (6)
1939 Fowler 0-4-0 industrial locomotive (5)
Giants Causeway (4)
Moorish & Christian architecture, Cordoba (4)
Geodesic observatory showing icoshedron outline (4)
Great Hall, Tretoer Court (3)
Wray Castle, Cumbria (3)
2 pound canon, Cape Town Castle (3)
Bezier Cathederal (3)
Footpath through the Sierra Espuña (3)
Locks of Fonseranes (Canal du Midi) near Béziers taken from the upstream side. (3)
ThorntonsForce, Ingleton Waterfalls Trail. (4)