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The southern slopes of the Polden Hills and, below them, the waterlogged flatlands of the Levels – the northern edges of Walton Moor; 13 Jan 2016.
I’m standing up on Walton Hill, looking southeastwards along the Poldens’ southern flanks. There are farms, houses and bright pools of water, and someone is stoking a smoky bonfire.
As soon as I saw that smoke I imagined it paler than reality, amidst darker shades. And I’ve made those shades much darker, darker than you may feel comfortable with in fact – and perhaps a feeling of discomfort is intended here. Perhaps I see that billowing smoke is the sole living and bright thing in an otherwise sombre and deadened world – maybe a world at dusk, maybe something going deeper (or should that be, darker?) than that.
D800 with 70-300 Nikkor at 300mm; 160 ISO; Silver Efex Pro 2, starting at the Antique Portrait preset and adding a tone.
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fantastic view (enlarged) with the smoke! Perfect in those dark tones. Such a mood!
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Cybele, I’m very glad that it gets to you – thank you! Hope you’re fine! Adrian 🙂
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Very impressive, haunting stuff, love it!
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Very glad you find this attractive – haunting is a good thought here. Hope the cycling is going well. A
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this is great, it’s been a long time since I last saw a landscape as interesting as this one.
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Thank you very much, its very good to hear that. I try to be adventurous with my images, but really did wonder whether many people would like this >>> blogging is such a good means of putting things out there and seeing what others think. Thank you again. A
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Dramatic image Adrian. The darkness works for me. Dave.
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Thank you very much, Dave >>> and very good to see you back again! Adrian 🙂
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Beautiful; very much like how a painter may have chosen to emphasise the stillness, lights and shades. Wonderful depth; it never seems to end.
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Mathias, I’m very grateful for your words, they are very encouraging. Adrian
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very engrossing. even your chosen pics of other people are gorgeous, opening new worlds
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Daksha, thank you very much! And if the images that I show from others’ blogs open new worlds for you, that’s especially pleasing – the more images we see, the more visually aware we become – which is certainly good for our photography, our visual ideas. Adrian 🙂
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