Road To Nowhere

[Julian de'Courcy]

many of the roads on Bodmin moor end abruptly , you need to turn the car and go back on yourself. Starting with one which is such a road and ending with one.


BODMIN MOOR by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr



BODMIN MOOR by JuliandeCourcy, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

What gorgeous tones again. I also really like the compositions. I like the light reflecting from the road in the sec on very much but my favourite of the two is the first for the sheer atmosphere you have captured. Super stuff Julian.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Peter firstly thank you for dragging these back , not the first time. Thought they had been forgotten. The other day I realised I had downloaded DxO's Film pack 3 emulation in October, they gave it away as a freebie for a short time,
all you needed to do was to give over your e-mail for a registration number. It had been lying there unused and forgotten. I took various B+W images into it after conversion in Ps the other day . I was quite surprised and pleased with the results, quite subtle but noticeable, most often a positive result. the first image went through that process.

 

[Beth Carter]

the road in the second looks like it would be pretty fun to drive. love the drama in the first with the clouds and light hitting the tall grass. beautiful tones.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

the road in the second looks like it would be pretty fun to drive. love the drama in the first with the clouds and light hitting the tall grass. beautiful tones.

Thanks Beth. Yep it is a fun drive. I was not at the top when taking the photo as it was so narrow and the only passing place was where I stopped. It is a dead end road, but where lots of people come here to walk too the
highest location in the county, 'Brown Willy', you have to walk over 'Rough Tor' to get there. That is the stony tor just peeking over the fields .
We used to run over and back as kids, maybe stopping to have hot cross buns as a snack somewhere.
Speeds down and up the hill, I wont tell but you get that feeling where your stomach leaves you if you go fast enough. Also of course being aware the cars approaching are out of sight until the last few seconds.
Among all the granite as you walk there are many large broken granite grinding mill wheels. I think they were cut and chiselled on location, if they cracked they were left and if they did not crack were taken away and used.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Julian...I really enjoy your photography...and your stories add a completely different dimension.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Julian...I really enjoy your photography...and your stories add a completely different dimension.

Thank you Glen much appreciated.