Monday 9 February 2009

300 million years too young - # 09/19

Richmond Park is a rare thing: an area of acid grassland 8 miles in circumference and a site of special scientific interest.

It's a rich source for photographers. When conditions are right I try to turn it into "The Land that Time Forgot". Fortunately the dinosaurs are all away for the day when I go out to play.

This relic of a storm-felled tree made me think of the carboniferous age when our great hard-coal seams, essential to the making of iron and steel and the driving of giant steam engines, were laid down.

9 comments:

  1. This dinosaur is still around, and watching with interest. Nice subject - wonky horizon - maybe as a result of asteroid impact

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  2. Looks a bit like a carcass of something, doesn't it? An elk perhaps... Thanks for the welcome. I have fond memories of Richmond Sunday walks when I was a (French) kid in London!

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  3. It really does look like it could be from the Prehistoric periods....nice shot.

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  4. Very interesting, and a great photograph :)

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  5. Really like this image of the felled tree with the snow. Such a nice colour too. How did you do that?

    I left a response for you today on Menton DP.

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  6. Are you after David Attenborough's job?Really lkie the desolate feel. In fact I just like your photography.

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  7. @Jilly.....by chosing the time of day / weather / quality of the light quite carefully. By paying some attention to the White Balance and the Tonal Adjustment. I use Lightroom 2.0 but only very, very sparingly. I try as hard as possible to capture it "in camera" and (with some obvious exceptions you know about) do only the barest minimum of post processing. Like you, I take more than one example and make a choice.

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  8. I like the possibilities that one will someday jump out of the lake and stun mankind.

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  9. These kind of natural parks are (also) really nice! We have two of them (VERY small) inside Paris! So different from the French Garden type, but so nice!

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