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Here is a rather depressing photo, that I took last winter. There are lots of places in our forests that look like this, as currently a lot of deforestation is going on, mostly with heavy machinery that compacts the soil enormously and leaves a lot of damage. This is all being justified with fighting bark beetle infestation. However, healthy trees are also felled, probably an attempt to at least partially compensate for the loss of tax income caused by the corona pandemic. (A good part of our forests belong to the state.) A very bad and shortsighted strategy ...
As requested by Joe Lang and because I enjoyed making that dirtbike, here is another Mad Max inspired pic. I am in love with this movie and the vehicles, characters, universe behind it. I also love seeing all the builds everyone has been making about it which keeps me inspired.
The weather of late has not been very summery so I decided to make the most of it. My wife and I popped to the FoxTor cafe over the weekend. I decided to visit Nuns Cross Farmhouse, leaving my wife in the warm, as I have not been here for many years. Fog was forecast, so I waited around in the heavy rain, for some to blow over. After what seemed like an eternity, it started to blow in, just enough to grab this shot, then back into the warm!
Merrivale granite quarry (originally known as Tor Quarries), which closed in 1997. The few buildings include houses built originally for quarry workers.
The first of many misty shots that I have from the wonderful Dinorwic slate mine, taken on a Tuesday when we were meant to be heading to the coast. However, passing through Llanberis we made an executive decision and I'm glad we did as we lost ourselves for 4 hours in this wonderful and vast place.
An abandoned, derelict croft in Balallan, it would have gifted the owner a spectacular view of Loch Erisort and the hills on the other side of the loch when it was lived in.
This was another one of those times while hiking that you couldn't help but take a break and set up the camera. This really wasn't too far into the 22.5 km hike for the day, but it was just too interesting a scene to decline! I was really taken aback by the contorted logs present in this slightly marshy area, and thought they'd make an interesting subject. It added maybe 20 to 30 minutes to my day, but in the end I think it was worth it!
Taken using a 5D IV, canon 24-105 f/4L, LEE landscape polarizer, and a LEE 2 stop ND grad (hard). Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop.
The cold wind
Slices through my body
But I stand
As a testimony
Of time
Of the cruelties of life
But here I shall
Stand
For it is here
That no one
Notices me
The road out of Broken Hill toward the outback historic mining town of Silverton. It is extremely dry in these parts with dry creek beds and empty farm dams.
One of my favourite London views is this angle of St Paul's, and due to the beauty of LE almost a taste of how this may look after the unthinkable…desolate!!…me and my warped mind ;-)
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- the woman's face painted on a pebble was made by Aat Labordus
We just concluded a wonderful workshop in one of the most desolate landscapes. This year, however, we were treated to the most beautiful blooms. This photo is a great reminder that even in the most hostile environments, life finds a way to blossom.
2019 was one of those record-setting wet springs in the southwest. Spurred by significant rainfall, many desert areas had super blooms of wildflowers. Driving along familiar highway and various other roads, David and I remembered those areas being desolate with little plant life. This time around, we were driving through perfume-laden roads and carpets of yellows and purples surrounded us.
One of such super bloom fields was this stretch of desert sunflowers. Measuring a few inches across, these flowers were some of the larger blooming varietals. Even in the harshest and dry environment flowers find a way to thrive when the conditions are right.