The above picture is something and nothing, but I see the image as a representation of the old Hall disappearing into the ether, which is represented by the clouds in the sky! Which seems to have sucked the Hall from the landscape, of course this view was obscured for centuries, my photograph is taken from the location of the old kitchen, looking across where the central section stood after the 1730’s! The picture is sized A3+ [330mm x 483mm].
Beech Tree Roots
The former Deer Park, up the hill from Parlington towards Park House on the road to Garforth, is a massive tree root which has succumbed to a high wind, it has lain progressively bleaching the torn tree roots in the sun and the attached earth is a deep ocre colour. On the day the sky was white, a common English whether trait, so the edges of the roots contrast against the sky. This image is an A3 print.
Hawes, Wensleydale
This image is treated using the so called “Orton” effect, which uses a soft focus merged with a hard image to give a dreamlike quality, it works with some images better than others! Yet another whiteout English sky, and the river was only a trickle, but you can wait forever to catch the right moment.
Triumphal Arch in Monochrome
This photo was taken with my new Gorillapod, a small flexible tripod which allows you to take pictures from unusual or awkward locations. Here we were right down with the leaf mould. Again produced at A3 this looks stunning, well so I’m told.
I had a number of other images on sale but, I don’t want to take up too much bandwidth so have restricted this post to what you find here and the earlier article.