The Cheesewring on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The Cheesewring (pictured centre, just to the right of the person in the red top) is a granite tor on Stowe's Hill on the east side of Bodmin Moor. It is about one mile northwest of the village of Minions and four miles north of Liskeard. It is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. There are other similar formations nearby. The name derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a "cheesewring", a press-like device that was once used to make cheese.
Located adjacent to the Cheesewring Quarry and surrounded by other granite formations, this landmark was threatened with destruction in the late nineteenth century by the proximity of blasting operations, but was saved as a result of local activism. Much of the granite from the Cheesewring Quarry used to be taken initially to Liskeard on a mineral railway and then on to Looe by either canal or railway. It was then exported by ship.
This was the first time I used my new 300mm lens, and I didn't have a tripod with me so it had to be hand-held. I compensated for the windy day by cranking up the ISO (which the Nikon D7000 sensor copes with admirably) and using a very high shutter speed.
The Cheesewring on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
The Cheesewring (pictured centre, just to the right of the person in the red top) is a granite tor on Stowe's Hill on the east side of Bodmin Moor. It is about one mile northwest of the village of Minions and four miles north of Liskeard. It is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. There are other similar formations nearby. The name derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a "cheesewring", a press-like device that was once used to make cheese.
Located adjacent to the Cheesewring Quarry and surrounded by other granite formations, this landmark was threatened with destruction in the late nineteenth century by the proximity of blasting operations, but was saved as a result of local activism. Much of the granite from the Cheesewring Quarry used to be taken initially to Liskeard on a mineral railway and then on to Looe by either canal or railway. It was then exported by ship.
This was the first time I used my new 300mm lens, and I didn't have a tripod with me so it had to be hand-held. I compensated for the windy day by cranking up the ISO (which the Nikon D7000 sensor copes with admirably) and using a very high shutter speed.