Yewbarrow

Another slide I re-discovered yesterday. Candid thinking always

appreciated. Thanks very much.

The gradations of shadow and shallow depth of field mountain focus are wonderfully surreal. Great photograph!

Beautiful landscape! Nice tones as well. Good sharpness overall.

A real pleasure for the eyes. You're a master in these delicate colours of counterlights, sunsets and shadows...

A very nice old slide. Elements neatly arranged, and great moody lighting.

Saved my best for last, Phil. God, no wonder Wordsworth was so attached to this land for his entire life. I imagine if I lived here, I'd inevitably be hit by the muse myself, as you doubtless were when you took this image. I think of things transcendant when I see this scene Phil. I imagine magical spirits roaming that hill top while the clouds dance at its peak. Hard not to contemplate Romantic themes of nature and transcendence when looking at this. Were those things going through your mind as well when you took it? I know I seem to be dancing about without giving concrete views about this image, but that's because it lives and breathes at a level beyond human language. If succinct comments could convey my feeling, I would give them but they can't. Strange that I, a street photography who loves to wallow in the grit, could find some spiritual communion through this image, but I do. Is it a religious feeling? No. But is it spiritual? Most definitely. I think once upon a time (I believe on one of Trevor's images) I encapsulated my spiritual feeling in the terms which Rudolf Otto used: mysterium tremendum et fascinans. Without trying to render a translation (which would fail to capture the essence of the term), suffice it to say that feeling is present here. Keep this slide in a safe place Phil because it captures something precious and rare. Its wonderful work.

a joy & a wonder! nature's delight!

Uhhmm, what Andy said. You gotta be happy with a detailed description like that. Incredible sense of depth is what captivated me. Great find! It's a keeper.

Your frame is nice and has a Burgessque feel about it. Most of the time, I quite enjoy frames around scrints, but with this one, I keep getting the feeling that I want to see more of this scene. Even viewing this large did not satisfy my need to see more. In other words, this wonderful scene feels restricted by the framing. A larger scrint, with more scenery and perhaps just a drop shadow would have been even nicer. Having said that, I guess this is not cropped by much anyway?

Well of course I'm extremely pleased to get a heartfelt comment from Andy. I'm grateful for the time expended and that he was able to describe in words the way this part of his homeland struck him. A fellow who has his spirits emasculated by such a scene has red blood coursing through his veins. True enough I see swirls of Robert Schumann and Richard Strauss here myself (oh how I wish they had been born in say Gloucestershire) and I'm very pleased to puff my chest out alongside Andy's. If you're in love with Lakeland as I am, it is so easy to set pictures to music. And it goes without saying that I am grateful to all other contributors . On this and any other of my photographs.

 

I've been very conscious of the fact that I have been slow in responding. But that has been because I wanted to scan a picture to show you. One, perhaps thee aspect of the picture which grabs me is the wind and cloud. Because the wind and cloud has conspired here to obliterate the fine peaks of Kirk Fell and Great Gable. Both would be visible as background were it not for the weather. You can see them both in this picture by Rob Talbot from "The English Lakes" pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989. The other reason was that I thought I'd drop in that Rob Talbot is the same age as I am and was born and bred in Coventry just like me (oh how I wish he'd been born in Germany). Thanks everyone.

 

Oh and nude/rude, I've adopted your advice about scrint framing. I rather like it. And I didn't crop the picture one slice.