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The view west along Tealham Moor Drove, south of Wedmore; 30 Oct 2014.
The drove, a rough track with grass down its centre and puddles, heads off westwards towards the flats south of Westham.
These pollarded Willow trees have already featured in a post, which can be found here.
D700 with 12-24 Sigma at 12mm; 800 ISO; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Full Dynamic Harsh preset.
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What an atmosphere you have captured!!! Road works as a wonderful leading line. slight motion one can see in trees on the left. Just amazing!
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Thank you very much indeed, my friend! 🙂
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Oh the mood here. This looks like the road you take down into the Mississippi delta to sell your soul for blues picking skills. One of my favorites, Adrian .
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Glad you like this so much, Brandon – would you like me to email a full quality jpeg to you? I can easily do that. Love the allusion to the Mississippi delta! Thanks! Adrian
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I remember the trees. I am floored by the sky here. Lovin’ it, bud.
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Gemma, I’m very glad you enjoy it – thank you! Adrian xxx
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What great light. I wonder if you were tempted to brighten the image. I like it this way – it brings you in and sort of puts you off at the same time, with that dark mood. There’s tension.
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No, I was not tempted to lighten it – I have done a few high key landscapes from these Levels and elsewhere, but darker tones get to me, and especially so in black and white – I very much enjoy creating dark mono landscapes – and especially so using Silver Efex Pro 2, my out and out favourite software package.
That this image both attracts and repels is interesting. Certainly those strong converging lines draw us down into these dark lands – but then the question us, do we want to be there?! I know what you mean about tension, and guess that it has to be good wherever it can be generated – and tho it is here, until you mentioned it I was not conscious of it. Thank you for your thoughts, Lynn! Adrian
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Lynn, I’ve been thinking about your mention of tension, and think there may be some in a photo I’m going to post later today – I’ll mention your thoughts. Adrian
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You might think that with all the tension around us, we need to get away from it, not create more, but I think it’s a good thing, in art. And you know, it’s become really easy for anyone to take decent photos, but those millions of quickly shot photos tend to be “snapshots” or images we’ve seen on some level before, many times. It takes more thought to go farther with the camera and create something that holds the attention longer. Tension between elements of the image can be the factor that stays the eye.
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I absolutely agree with what you’re saying here, Lynn, absolutely. And staying the eye is certainly an important thing, keeping the eye on and within the image. Thanks for your thoughts! Adrian
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But it’s my pleasure, prompted by your work!
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…Adrian, you now I love this one so much… (…smiling and smiling for you…)
Have a great weekend!
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Kari, that’s very good to hear, thank you! You have a very good weekend too – at last there are signs of spring around, and I’m very much looking forward to that. I hope you’re fine, my friend! >>> smiling for you too! Adrian 🙂
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…oh! I can see them too, slowly… (…smiling again…)
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This is exceptional, Adrian. Your haunting treatment of this seemingly-simple study in shapes and perspectives elevates the scene to a new level of abstractness. I had the opportunity to watch Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon again on my flight back from New Zealand, and was pleased that I’d remembered his extraordinary camera work quite accurately. This could have fit seamlessly into one of the darker scenes. Beautiful work.
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Gary, your words are wonderful to hear – thank you very much indeed! Adrian
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Great one Adrian. I really like the silhouette of the trees against that sky. Sorry that I’ve certainly missed a lot recently, but I’m glad I caught this one. Dave.
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Dave, thank you very much! Hope you’re both fine. Adrian 🙂
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We are Adrian. Just busy! 🙂
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I am viewing this from Bucks on my way to the Netherland..a very Dutch scene by the way! Lovely pollarded shapes of trees..the puddles, the clouds..it all comes together so well.
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Paula, I’m glad you like it – thank you! And Dutch? I’ve heard that parts of the East Anglian fens are very like Holland, so maybe the “West Anglian” fens are too – except of course that we don’t have windmills! Have a good visit to your homeland, my friend. Adrian 🙂
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I just adore your dark moody landscapes (have I said this before)??? – this to me is undoubtedly one of your best. It just wouldn’t work as well in colour. This is superb!
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James, thank you very much for your good words! Yes, you have said this before >>> but I never ever get tired of hearing it!!! Thank you again. Adrian
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