Large Format Landscapes

[Steven Ruttenberg]

I didn't realize it was 8 foot tall! I thought it was an itty bitty stone and you were laying on the ground.

[Martin Aislabie]

Many thanks.
Good question! It's a megalithic standing stone - they usually form part of burial chambers or stone circles (e.g. the very famous Avebury and Stonehenge about 1hr / 1hr30mins south of here), though there is seemingly no extant evidence of other stones nearby here.
It also has a legendary past associated with the occult and the hanging of witches!
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=6333506

Hi Dave

The Hawk Stone isn't that far from the Rollright Stone Circle - isn't it ?

Martin

[DaveF]

Yes that's right. But Rollright Stones (the large ones) have metal fencing around, and are a bit of a new age zoo with lots of visitors, so much less easy to photograph (even as slightly closer too me).

Hi Dave

The Hawk Stone isn't that far from the Rollright Stone Circle - isn't it ?

Martin

[RenoAmiens]

Halage 001 by renaud henry, sur Flickr
Modified dark slide to shoot two 2x5 pano on one sheet.

Intrepid MK4
super Angulon 90 f8
Agfa apx 100 expired 2001

[Ulophot]

Renaud, your image captures the atmosphere ans sense of place well.

[Ulophot]

Roberto, this is a very inviting image, enjoyable to engage with.

[Roberto Nania]

Very peaceful. I can smell the air and feel how crisp it is.

Roberto, this is a very inviting image, enjoyable to engage with.

Thank you guys.
It's an amazing place, a clean field of grass and narcissus on the top of a slope. The field is hidden until you get to the very top of a steep track and then you have this wide view, I would say it's a magic place, you can feel the energy of the place.

[David Hedley]

This shat was a tough one, it wasn't the location or the composition, instead it was waiting for the right conditions that was the most time consuming. Each morning I would park at the designated area near the park entrance than walk up to this spot and wait for the light, only on the fourth morning did everything come together for this shot.

This was a 5 second exposure on Fomapan 100 8x10 film with a 2-stop soft grad to hold down the sky. Camera used was the Chamonix Alpinist X with a 240mm lens.

The film was home developed in Rodinal 1+50 dilution and scanned on a flatbed.




"Emperor Peak" | Wuyishan Trips 0009 - 10-Feb-2021 to 24-Feb-2021 by BB, on Flickr

This has the subtlety and beauty of a Chinese watercolour - remarkable!

[roargentik]

Tech.Linhof 90mm Foma 100

[Gabe]

Linhof Technikardan S45, Nikkor-M 9/300, Provia 100F