Sheepstor from last night (A100/18-55)

[Vaughan Brean]

[aster]

Wonderful green valley, Vaughan. : )

The orthogonal cracks on rocks in the foreground add texture, depth and beauty to the overall frame.

Thanks for sharing,

Yildiz

[KevinBarrett]

Wow! That's lovely!

[Dr. Harout]

+1

[UrsaMajor]

Wonderful green valley, Vaughan. : )

The orthogonal cracks on rocks in the foreground add texture, depth and beauty to the overall frame.

I agree completely with what Yildiz said.

Her wording is almost exactly what I would have said if she had not been here first.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

[Greg Beetham]

Lovely scene Vaughan, very nicely composed as well.
Greg

[John David Cubit]

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The orthogonal cracks on rocks in the foreground add texture, depth and beauty to the overall frame.
Yildiz

I think part of the impact described by Yildiz results from the geometry and erosion of the rocks echoing the fields and hedgerows--ancient patterns of lines, weathering, and vegetational establishment. Beyond the pleasing aesthetics, the composition narrates a landscape growing, aging, and becoming more beautiful over millennia. A very nicely composed image that invites involvement from the viewer.
---John

[Vaughan Brean]

Thanks folks, its a lovely spot, I often go up there and just sit and take it all in, if you look to the top left on the horizon, that is the sea, I doubt it looked much different 500 years ago or more, in the centre frame is a beautiful ancient old church that dates back to 1240!!!, you can just walk in and look around, its never locked......lovely

[jbtaylor]

Great light.

[aster]

Wonderful green valley, Vaughan. : )

The orthogonal cracks on rocks in the foreground add texture, depth and beauty to the overall frame.

I agree completely with what Yildiz said.

Her wording is almost exactly what I would have said if she had not been here first.

With best wishes,
- Tom -

Thanks, Tom. : )

I'd have liked to see your comments myself but that's a very nice complement to my mind and soul, so thanks a big bunch!

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The orthogonal cracks on rocks in the foreground add texture, depth and beauty to the overall frame.
Yildiz

I think part of the impact described by Yildiz results from the geometry and erosion of the rocks echoing the fields and hedgerows--ancient patterns of lines, weathering, and vegetational establishment. Beyond the pleasing aesthetics, the composition narrates a landscape growing, aging, and becoming more beautiful over millennia. A very nicely composed image that invites involvement from the viewer.
---John

That's a neat in-depth explanation of what I had perceived in that frame, John. All of what you have put in words are exactly what moved me about this place and photo.

Thanks,

Yildiz

[John David Cubit]

Thanks folks, its a lovely spot, I often go up there and just sit and take it all in, if you look to the top left on the horizon, that is the sea, I doubt it looked much different 500 years ago or more, in the centre frame is a beautiful ancient old church that dates back to 1240!!!, you can just walk in and look around, its never locked......lovely

Vaughan --- I didn't notice the church and was going to remark that it was just the right setting for a Norman church..... I have to admit that I have a nostalgic bias for this image. My family lived in England when I was a kid, and I spent my free time roaming the hedgerows, looking for hedgehogs, watching birds' nests, picking damson plums and bramble berries, and watching the rabbit families come out in the evening. High points were following the threshers in the little fields (by U.S. standards) and watching the voles and meadow mice scurry away, and watching the working dogs help move the cows and sheep. (My career as a biologist started early.) We lived in Kent, and when I returned recently, the fields and hedgerows were gone, replaced by houses. I am very glad your landscape still survives in Sheepstor. --- John

[Vaughan Brean]

I am very glad your landscape still survives in Sheepstor. --- John

Well Kent is under more pressure than the South West, I am very pleased to tell you that this scene is not too hard to find around these parts, Dartmoor (a national park) is large (by UK standards) at 365 sq miles, but beyond that lies the whole of Cornwall and Devon, much of Dorset is still rather lovely too, so I can report that England still has vast areas of green and pleasant countryside, another national park which is in the South West is Exmoor, again, a very large and protected habitat....so all is not lost.
I consider that one of the most amazing things about the UK is that despite our huge population density, we have somehow managed to retain such a large number of national parks (not quite wilderness but managed and protected areas with free access), quite an achievment and something that the Labour Party and its government of 1949 can be very proud of, as they established the national parks...thank goodness they did, and to this day, we have protected them vigourously. But beyond the national parks, we still have lovely countryside particularly in the South West...reason....no coal=no industry developed=largely rural economy ...I love it
PS, if you dont already know about these, check this site (and consider the whole of Devon and Cornwall to be an area of outstanding natural beauty also)
http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/