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This break in the trees affords a scenic view of the tree-lined cliff. I could have lifted the shadows in this image, but instead I opted to strengthen them so that the eye is drawn to the cliff and the colors there.
© 2015 Brian Rodgers
The last of my cliffs series I think, there are others but they don't come out as good as these last two. Would love to visit again! :)
I’ve been in and out of town lately and haven’t gone out for any photography in awhile. There was an incoming storm that I was hoping would bring some nice shooting conditions with it. This morning I got up at 5:15 to check the weather. It looked good so I headed off to West Cliff. I tend to look for reasons I shouldn’t go when it comes to sunrise shoots. It’s going to be too clear, too overcast, the tides are wrong and so on. Luckily today I was unable to come up with any. The sunrise turned out to be well worth waking up early.
Looking out the window this evening it looked like it was pretty decent. I didn’t go out again though. It was dinner time and I was hungry. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything too spectacular.
16mm, f/11, .6 sec, ISO 200
3 Stop Reverse Grad
Obsidian Cliff is a culturally and geologically fascinating formation. It was born from cooled lava that flowed from the last major volcanic eruption from Yellowstone's caldera some 180,000 years ago. Obsidian is an exceptionally strong but "chippable" material that performs outstandingly when crafted into knives, spear points, and even modern surgical instruments. The indigenous peoples of North America were well aware of this rich source of obsidian dating back many millennia, and implements made from it have been found in archaeological sites east of the Mississippi and into Canada, indicating its importance as a commodity to North America's earliest peoples.
From Wikipedia:
"Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 CE through 1260 CE, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Pueblo that constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by "increasing competition amidst changing climatic conditions". Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, and while debate remains as to the causes of this, some believe that a series of megadroughts interrupting food production systems is the main cause. Cliff Palace was rediscovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason while out looking for stray cattle."
They are supposed to nest on cliff faces but their nesting spot was made into a quarry and they were displace.
Taken for Saturday Self Challenge 29/09/2018 - Leading Lines in B&W .
Well even having a few days away still on the lookout for a shot for SSC . Here we have the East Cliff Lift in Hastings and starting in the bottom right we see one of the famous fishermen's Net Lofts here . We then come to the bottom station of the lift and the a somewhat unconventional near vertical leading lines of the tracks to the top station .
The United Kingdom's steepest funicular railway is not only a structure of national importance but also a source of immense local pride.
The East Hill Lift provides access to Hastings Country Park which overlooks the Old Town and Rock-a-Nore. It was in the country park that Hastings resident John Logie Baird, the inventor of television, got the inspiration which led to his first TV experiments.
The lift provides views over the Stade, home to the largest beach launched fishing fleet in Europe.
Legacy of the Railway
The United Kingdom's steepest funicular railway is not only a structure of national importance but also a source of immense local pride.
It casts a welcoming shadow over Europe's largest beach launched fishing fleet and provides thousands of residents and visitors easy access to the Hastings Country Park and some of the most spectacular vantage points over the town.
It's become an enduring symbol of the unique charm and character of Hastings, a symbol powerful and true enough to withstand two world wars and the fast-changing tides of a turbulent century.
Planning of the Railway
This was fraught with unexpected pitfalls and seemingly insurmountable problems.
Although the town's council successfully bought the land, the original owner, the Reverend Sayer-Milward, had retained a covenant through which he could prevent any construction work.
This setback was quickly compounded by the submission of a major petition from people at High Wickham protesting against any proposed development.
The Council responded with a petition of its own in which 500 residents offered their support for the idea of a cliff railway. This created the impetus for a series of complex negotiations with Sayer-Milward which, after many arduous months, concluded with him granting approval in 1898.
Construction of the Railway
If the Council had found the planning process to be tough, it was nothing compared to the nightmare of the actual construction.
Deep faults in the rocks made it extremely difficult to safely evacuate the shaft and construction workers faced all manner of hidden hazards and perils.
In the Summer of 1902 the opening of the railway had to be delayed because one of the carriages (containing several Council officials) was derailed just fifteen yards from its apex.
Despite all of this, on August 10 1902, the railway finally opened and the first chapter of a one hundred year story had been written.
Try as I might I was just not in the right place at the right time to capture the two cars as they traveled along the very steep tracks .
For a while I was torn between this shot and another also in Hastings of a small pier or jetty looking out onto " The Narrow Sea " .
A quick view of the lift
From wikipedia:
The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
The Cliff Palace contains 23 kivas (round sunken rooms of ceremonial importance), and 200 rooms. One kiva, in the center of the ruin, is at a point where the entire structure is partitioned by a series of walls with no doorways or other access portals. The walls of this kiva were plastered with one color on one side and a different color on the opposing side.
The site was inhabited in the 13th century and was abandoned by the year 1300.
Photo taken with zoom lens from the Sun Point viewpoint.