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A villager in the tiny village of Ranganathapuram in southern India poses proudly against his large haystack in his front garden. This is primarily an agricultural village, though many of the villagers have sold their lands as their siblings are not interested in agriculture any more. The hay seen here will be used to feed his cattle. (Ranganathapuram, Tamil Nadu, S. India, Oct. 2010)
One of the iconic places of the U.S. West Coast. We visited it at the perfect time, low tide, so we could see the sea plant life. I walked far out to near the base. Too bad it was so dreary.
Wainwrights favorite, taken from Snockrigg through some old sunglasses to create the 'tinted' effect. The 'lake' is Buttermere
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Haystacks, looking down on Buttermere, my favourite Mountain in the Lake District.
Haystacks, or Hay Stacks, is a hill in England's Lake District, situated at the south-eastern end of the Buttermere Valley. Although not of any great elevation (597 m, 1,958 ft), Haystacks has become one of the most popular fells in the area. This fame is partly due to the writings of Alfred Wainwright, who espoused its attractions and chose it as the place where he wanted his ashes scattered.Its summit is full of interest and contains a number of attractive rock formations and tarns.
Buttermere is a lake in the English Lake District in North West England. The adjacent village of Buttermere takes its name from the lake. Historically within the former county of Cumberland, the lake is now within the county of Cumbria. It is owned by the National Trust, forming part of their Buttermere and Ennerdale property.
The lake is 1.25 miles (2,010 m) by .25 miles (400 m) wide, and is 75 feet (23 m) deep.[1] It has an elevation above sea level of 329 feet (100 m). A place of considerable scenic value, it is situated towards the head of the valley of the River Cocker and is surrounded by fells, notably the High Stile range to the south west, Robinson to the north east, Fleetwith Pike and Haystacks to the south east and Grasmoor to the north west.
The village of Buttermere stands at the north western end of the lake, and beyond this is Buttermere's twin, Crummock Water. There is a path around the lake which is about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) long, and at one point runs through a rock tunnel beneath the locality of Hasness. Access is by road, from Cockermouth in the north west; from Borrowdale via the Honister Pass; or from Braithwaite and the Newlands Valley via Newlands Hause.
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What would a trip to the Oregon coast be without a visit to Haystack Rock? This monolith is the third largest of its kind in the world and a popular tourist destination according to Wikipedia. Personally, I had to see it because it was in The Goonies (which you'll be hearing about/seeing in later photos). Very cool to finally see in person.
Also, as luck would have it, I visited the rock during The Great
Cannon Beach Puffin Watch, which is an event hosted by the Friends of Haystack Rock's Awareness Program. Basically they had set up binoculars on tripods pointed at different areas of the rock where the puffins were located. The birds are beautiful and it was my first time seeing them so I was very fortunate to be there that day! You couldn't see them without the binoculars; one of the staff members told me that he had been coming to Haystack Rock for 30 years and didn't know about the puffins until recently!
The one I did for a competition in Corfino (no prize!). You got a day to complete a local scene. Photo's a bit blurry - it's pretty big.
Black Oystercatchers are on the lower left of the main rock. Common Murres and Tufted Puffins are on the middle right of the main rock near the top of the shadow. Obviously they are not visible in this photo.
Claude Monet French, 1840 – 1926
Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun), 1891
Ol on canvas
Signed and dated (lower left): Claude Monet 91
Between summer 1890 and winter 1891 Monet executed about thirty paintings of the haystacks in a field near his house at Giverny. In the midst of this effort, he wrote to the critic Gustave Geoffroy: “I am working very hard, struggling with a series of different effects (haystacks), but at this season the sun sets so fast I cannot follow it…The more I continue, the more I see that a great deal of work is necessary in order to succeed in rendering what I seek.” Although Monet had painted multiple versions of a single subject earlier, Haystacks was the first group that he exhibited as a series; in 1891, fifteen were shown at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris.
H.O.Havemeyer Collection,
Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
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From the placard:. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Murphy’s Haystacks are ancient, wind-worn pillars and boulders of pink granite estimated to be over 1,500 million years old. ... SA