Uffington

gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
edited March 5, 2006 in Landscapes
An early walk this morning, unfortunatley the light didn't work out well for the place I intended to shoot, so took these instead


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    How did Flug get all the way from Flugistan to Uffington lol3.gif

    Hey, that b&w would make a SUPER square crop, Gubbsie thumb.gif Thanks for sharing your part of the world with us, lovely landscapes.
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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    How did Flug get all the way from Flugistan to Uffington lol3.gif

    Hey, that b&w would make a SUPER square crop, Gubbsie thumb.gif Thanks for sharing your part of the world with us, lovely landscapes.

    I agree with Andy on the second shot. Square looks wonderful as the picture does not really need the long foreground. I can see why you took the foreground though.
    Wonderful scene... The farm (or houses?) down and the trees up...
    Looks as cold as here in North Yorkshire today...
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
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    Thanks guys, it was cold this morning (by UK standards anyway) my tripod was icing up!
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    gubbs wrote:


    Thanks guys, it was cold this morning (by UK standards anyway) my tripod was icing up!

    Mate that cropped B&W is a really very nice shot...it shows the scale of the farm well...all i could ask for is some crop circles.
  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    How funny that you cropped it there. I was thinking of cropping just above the lower earth. The lower part in your crop takes away attention from the trees in my humble opinion...
    (Very humble...)
    I would have cropped higher to aim for the trees in full zing!
    Only nitpicking here, it is a great shot!

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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    photocat wrote:
    How funny that you cropped it there. I was thinking of cropping just above the lower earth. The lower part in your crop takes away attention from the trees in my humble opinion...
    (Very humble...)
    I would have cropped higher to aim for the trees in full zing!
    Only nitpicking here, it is a great shot!

    I agree cat, thanks, I'll change it!thumb.gif
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  • saurorasaurora Registered Users Posts: 4,320 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    Wow..........I want to live in your neighborhood!!! What a magnificent view!! I love the B & W. Talk about "layers"!!! That photo is gorgeous. I can visualize it done as a large canvas print with nothing else on the wall. The different crops shown above sure give a different feel to the shot, especially the stand of trees. I actually prefer more sky above the trees. Seems to make them pop out of the picture more, and they look so elegant doing so! Splendid. thumb.gif
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    Hey gubbsy & photocat...are you the same person ? Im having serious trouble following the dialog in here umph.gif
  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    Humungus wrote:
    Hey gubbsy & photocat...are you the same person ? Im having serious trouble following the dialog in here umph.gif

    grin, Gubbs is a male goat as far as I know, and I am a female cat.
    Gubbs lives somewhere in the south of England, I live in the north...
    So no, we are two...rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    photocat wrote:
    grin, Gubbs is a male goat as far as I know, and I am a female cat.
    Gubbs lives somewhere in the south of England, I live in the north...
    So no, we are two...rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
    I know...just pulling your leg. The way you are quoting each other above made me have a double take.
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited March 4, 2006
    Nice set Gubbs.

    So different from Ohio.
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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2006
    B/W Awesome clap.gif

    Thanks
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2006
    The square cropped B&W is really a winner. Looks Ansel Adams'ish in it's contrast and tonal quality.



    But my real question is where do I get the cool black & green "smuggy" hat?
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    Much more stylin' than the cafepress "trucker" hat on the SmugMug homepage! thumb.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2006
    wholenewlight wrote:

    But my real question is where do I get the cool black & green "smuggy" hat?

    That was from last year's Yosemite Trip...
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2006
    Andy wrote:
    How did Flug get all the way from Flugistan to Uffington lol3.gif
    Hey! I'm far more gorgeous than the flug umph.gif

    Had a chance to work on a couple more....

    Uffington is famous for the ancient white horse carved into the hill over-looking a spectacular valley (The Manger) and the castle.
    The white strips here are part of the horse
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    Same trees as before
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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited March 5, 2006
    Very cool shots Gubbs. What is that mound of earth? I could be wrong but it looks man-made. Is there any historical significance? ne_nau.gif
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