DARTMOOR

[Julian de'Courcy]

Must post a pic, so found one . I put many on Flickr at minimum 200pixels wide and post at 1600. They show up here a lot smaller so put a link to the larger size. If the link works.
As Rob would say, cannot see the joins, please dont go looking I am sure they are there but I only ever wish to put over the essence of an image and the pixels are never looked at as individual entities.


DP3 f7.1 1/125 iso 100

DARTMOOR by Julian de Courcy, on Flickr


https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliandecourcy/15878171415/sizes/o/ ALMOST FULL SIZE

 

[Brian Moore]

The essence of this image shines through like a sunny summer's day, Julian. I love the low hanging clouds and the overall feel which which conjures a walk in the hills on a cool damp day. Very nice.

Edit: Just looked at the big one on Flickr. Stunner!

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

The essence of this image shines through like a sunny summer's day, Julian. I love the low hanging clouds and the overall feel which which conjures a walk in the hills on a cool damp day. Very nice.

Edit: Just looked at the big one on Flickr. Stunner!

Thank you Brian, Gets blinking cold up there on Dartmoor , mine you it is freezing here as well 8c today. I did once go walking up behind those hills many years ago and ended up stuck in a bog up to my waist. Didn't take that route again. I enjoy seeing landscapes on a large scale love em or loath them the Merrill s are ok at that at least.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The flickr version is definitely better, but this is still good.

Your story of being up to your waist in a bog reminds me of the time I went to Iona. Being an ex Roman Catholic, I do get drawn to seemingly spiritual places, but I do like to poke fun when some people get over zealous, shall we say. And Iona was full of them.

I went for a walk around the island, and then off the beaten track. Literally on my last step before joining the footpath again, I sunk to my belly in mud. In surprise, I grabbed out with both hands to the fence in front of me, but got caught by barbed wire. There I was, half submerged in a bog, with blood oozing from the palms of my hands, somewhat stigmatically.

Two very pious girls just happened to walk by at that moment, and I couldn't resist screaming, "Repent! Repent!" The look on their faces guaranteed me a few millennia in Hell. But it was worth it

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I got good visual image Rob, albeit in your struggles.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

I like the image a lot Julian. It captures Dartmoor well, though it was never that sunny on my trips there.

Rob, that really creates an excellent image in my mind. My kind of humour too.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Thank you kindly Milan. Dartmoor as you know then can change within a short time , it's an awkward 45 miles or so from me, otherwise I'd be there much more often.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like it too and I think I passed Dartmoor on my journey last year. I looked at it at Flickr too. A moody one indeed, but I do not think you lot know what coldness is

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

I like it too and I think I passed Dartmoor on my journey last year. I looked at it at Flickr too. A moody one indeed, but I do not think you lot know what coldness is

Thank you Ivar , Yes I do not know what real coldness feels like and would rather it stayed that way

 

[Pete Askew]

The flickr version is definitely better, but this is still good.

Your story of being up to your waist in a bog reminds me of the time I went to Iona. Being an ex Roman Catholic, I do get drawn to seemingly spiritual places, but I do like to poke fun when some people get over zealous, shall we say. And Iona was full of them.

I went for a walk around the island, and then off the beaten track. Literally on my last step before joining the footpath again, I sunk to my belly in mud. In surprise, I grabbed out with both hands to the fence in front of me, but got caught by barbed wire. There I was, half submerged in a bog, with blood oozing from the palms of my hands, somewhat stigmatically.

Two very pious girls just happened to walk by at that moment, and I couldn't resist screaming, "Repent! Repent!" The look on their faces guaranteed me a few millennia in Hell. But it was worth it

Come on Rob, you can't just leave it there. Did you get out?!

Fabulous shot Julian and very evocative of Dartmoor. I had friends who lived in Chagford for years and I used to visit several times of year. Somewhere I have quite a few B&W negs (and prints I suppose) from those times. Love the detail of the Flickr version.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Come on Rob, you can't just leave it there. Did you get out?!

Fabulous shot Julian and very evocative of Dartmoor. I had friends who lived in Chagford for years and I used to visit several times of year. Somewhere I have quite a few B&W negs (and prints I suppose) from those times. Love the detail of the Flickr version.

Thank you Pete.