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Another shot I took last weekend on our circular walk including the fantastic double stone circles of Grey Wether's on Dartmoor. The weather was lovely for most of our day out but as so often I am not very lucky when we reach photogenic spots as almost certainly a large cloud will take away the nice light (Murphy's Law). Then it is most often not pleasant to force the rest of the family to wait 5 min before the sun comes back out again but this time, for Grey Wether's, I could not help it and I had about 2 min of the standing stones lit up by the sun before the next cloud moved in the way. The darker clouds in the background added some nice drama and contrast. We made it back to the car without a drop of rain - happy days!
I received a surprise Email today!
Epiphany: Enchantments
I received a surprise today in my email box (almost missed it LOL), that this image of Leprechaun Lake in the Enchantments is the final frame this month in the awesome publication Landscape Photography Magazine.
"Hello Erwin
Congratulations, you are the winner of our ‘Final Frame’ feature this month." landscapephotographymagazine.com/event/final-frame
Thanks so much Landscape Photography Magazine for the share!
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Dappled light on the slabs at the head of Tenaya Canyon, Yosemite. Just a trickle in Tenaya Creek this late in the season.
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.
View from Smögen - Bohuslän - Sweden
I love the pink granite slabs
Even, and perhaps especially, in the bleakest times,
we can still discover and awaken beauty,
these are precisely the times when we need it most.
― John O'Donohue
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Granite slabs looking down into the upper part of Tenaya Canyon, Yosemite. The very top of Clouds Rest peeks out on the skyline, but its awesome face is out of view around the corner. The smooth rock in the foreground was polished by glaciers; the big slab arrived later.
Trees finding a niche in rock cracks. Not sure what the tree in the foreground is, maybe a juniper or cedar. The back one is likely a Jeffrey Pine. It's so impressive that the closest one can grow to this size with such a restricted base. I'm not sure what sculpted it; the wind surely played a part; the wind's effect is seen especially in the tree in back. At the top of the granite slabs in the uppermost part of Tenaya Canyon.
A beautiful Bronze Age stone circle consisting of 27 granite slabs in the heart of Fernworthy forest. The site was excavated in 1897 and revealed charcoal in the centre. This time round we finally also explored the long stone rows extending east and westwards in a straight line crossing the centre of the stone circle.
Laminar flow over granite slabs, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite. Areas that don't reflect the sky allow a view of the underlying slabs through the clear mountain water.
This is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. The name derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a "cheesewring", a press-like device that was once used to make cheese
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...and seasonal streams. Granite slabs in the upper end of Yosemite Valley. At the right is the mouth of Tenaya Canyon.
Looking up Tenaya Canyon, Yosemite, from a few hundred yards above Pywiack Cascade, behind the viewer. To descend past the cascade, climbing skill or a rope are needed to reach the lower segment of the canyon. We've always gotten here from Tenaya Lake (out of sight--of course--beyond the notch just right of center), and the way we will go to get back.
This is (unusually) the low point of this great hike--not complaining about that! Other views show this part of the canyon from above. The high point on the right is Tenaya Peak.
Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River, Yosemite. Adjacent to the Tuolumne Campground. Very low flow in late season (Sept 2015) of yet another drought year. Lembert Dome peeking through the trees at right.
In a steep section of the creek, midway between Tenaya Lake and Pywiack Cascade. On this occasion the creek was not running, so the water was still. The reflection creates faces on the left side.
We had our breakfast on top of Moro Rock while enjoying the sunrise. It was wonderful. No one was up early to catch the sunrise, to our surprise, and it was quite remarkable to look back at the backpacking trip that we just completed less than a week ago while gazing at the Great Western Divide in the far distance. On our way down, this snag laying on one of the granite slabs on the side and the forest of Pines and Giant Sequoias around us were quite exquisitely juxtaposed against the divide slowly fading into the haze under the bright morning sun.
The night at Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park was quite beautiful. The light pollution from Visalia was rather intense. The distinctive Castle Rocks and Paradise Peak sat across the Middle Fork from Moro Rock, and beyond their ridgeline, Homers Nose and Maggie Mountain in the far distance appeared under the rising Milky Way. As always, gazing at our own galaxy was a humbling experience, which made the solitude more profound. I literally kept this giant granite slab to myself. Not a single soul was around as I was lying there and counting the stars while thinking about where I had been, where I was and where I was headed in life… What else does one really need?
Ripple patterns in calm water. Maybe a slight breeze helped shape the patterns, I don't recall. Surface ripples over smooth granite, near the Tuolumne Campgound, Yosemite.
As the moon rose, the Milky Way also started fading away, so I turned to Polaris. The stars were trailing around the North Star over Mt. Silliman, which marks the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Because its near 12,000-feet high summit, it was quite clearly seen from Moro Rock although it was far away. To its left, Panther Peak, one of the nearest peaks that we hiked by when we were backpacking the High Sierra Trail, rose. And to its left, Alta Peak, 11,207 feet high, and its ridgeline completed the mountain skyscraper. The moon was so bright that it almost felt like a sunrise, and the moonlit forest was coming alive again.
Unicorn Peak on the left, Cockscomb at right. Above Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite. From the use trail to Budd Lake and Cathedral Peak.
Awesome granite apron in Tenaya Canyon, midway between Tenaya Lake and Pywiack Cascade in Yosemite. The glacial polish (lighter-colored portions) gets quite slick when wet, so we wanted to get past the slabs before the rain came.
Tenaya Canyon. The awesome granite apron we're on is about halfway between Tenaya Lake and Pywiack Cascade. You need climbing expertise to pass this cascade so you can continue down the canyon to Yosemite Valley. Half Dome in the distance; northern ramparts of Clouds Rest in middle, with the summit peeking out near the top center. Tenaya Creek isn't flowing here (see also a "Plunge Pool" shot) but when it does, it runs in the lowest part of the apron, such as where the pools are.
Granite slabs and chutes, above Tenaya Canyon. From Mt. Watkins in Yosemite. Several large healthy trees have managed to survive in precarious positions beside the main chute. The granite is white, but usually is darkened by lichen, as in the ascending ridge left-center. The lightest parts are where the lichen can't grow, likely from being scraped off by rockfall, avalanches, and/or water and debris from above. Pretty much a tourist-free zone. The context is shown in another photo.
"The granite slab comes from the paving between the tram tracks in Hiroshima. It was located about 200 meters north of the explosion point of the atomic bomb, which was dropped on August 6, 1945 at 8.15 a.m., and was therefore fully exposed to its effects. As a witness to this terrible event, it heard the victims' horror.
A portrait of the goddess Kannon was later carved into 180 of these granite slabs, who is considered a symbol of the longing for everlasting peace. From the calamity that has befallen us, from the guilt we feel towards the peoples affected by World War II, we have learned to give ourselves a 'constitution of peace'. In it we vow that Japan will never again wage war on another country. A world without war is the highest concern: the primal longing of the people.
May these granite stones from Hiroshima, which are given as a gift to all peoples, be a constant memorial of peace. This is our plea."
Burning Man Festival 2017 in Nevada. The theme was "Radical Ritual"
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View near the top of a Yosemite wall, from Dewey Point. The largest flake is perhaps 10-15 feet high (not measured directly). Hard to tell what's holding some of them up!
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The Cheesewring is a granite tor in Cornwall, UK, situated on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe's Hill. It is a natural geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs formed by weathering. The name derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a "cheesewring", a press-like device that was once used to make cheese.
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