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menhir
- http://www.myword.blog.co.uk
- 2009-04-12 @ 22:51:14
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Thanks Menhir, I'm glad you like them. I can only take photographs that I genuinely like of places that really have a feeling for. I also love it that Bodmin Moor is like my own secret and one that I can explore while knowing that it is not somewhere like the Lake District which has been visited and photographed by so many other photographers. It would be hard to get a unique viewpoint of Great Gable but seems easier to do the same with Brown Willy.
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menhir
- http://www.myword.blog.co.uk
- 2009-04-13 @ 19:33:25
There is much artistry in the compositions - a very strong input in fact.
While I don't know the rock forms you speak of, (I assume they are rock forms) I understand the sentiment you describe.
Even a well-visited place like The Lake District has nooks and crannies that remain relatively unspoiled.
Funnily enough, when I went to Beatrix Potter's house, end of season, so I was not rushed through, the opportunity to talk to volunteer guides in the house demonstrated how much verve for her legacy, and respect there was for this woman, who was not just a story teller, an illustrator but, also a very clever artist who could reproduce fine details she'd seen of life around her. She was a business woman, a conservationist and a scientist too, the latter two talents, not truly recognised in her lifetime.
After the house visit, I wandered up to one of Beatrix's favourite observation and musing places, The Tarn. There was no-one else to see on the route and not a soul at The Tarn either. I could almost feel her presence and understood why she went there to record what she observed in nature. I felt the sense of peace I am sure she would have derived from this kind of beauty, different and changing at all stages of the year.
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Thanks again, I am genuinely touched by what you have written. I do try and convey my own strong feelings about the places that I love. I genuinely believe it is possible to feel a love like one feels towards another person for a place and just like that love it is not necessarily transferrable when one is forced to leave that place behind.
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SeasideMan
Pro - 2009-04-12 @ 23:45:43
I love that bottom picture with the silhouetted rocks. Your positioning has made the shapes seem quite animal-like.
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Thanks Tom, it was at the end of a Summer Evening and as the sun dropped behind the rocks on the summit the silhouettes became very powerful. Part of the problem with positioning is also that there is a great big china clay pit below the tor that I obviously didn't want to include in the shot.
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adamantixx
- http://trifledreamz.blogspot.com
- 2009-04-13 @ 12:43:13
fantastic images, i can see why you love the place so much.
you can almost taste all those ancient legends still floating in that morning mist.
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Chyna_Doll
- 2009-04-13 @ 18:19:02
Great pictures
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lunadraconis
- 2009-04-13 @ 22:20:33
Lovely pictures as usual Tim, very calm and serene xxx
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WildWitch
- 2009-08-31 @ 15:54:17
I truly love Bodmin Moor, its a magical place, even though iv never lived there (in this life as i know it) i feel so at home there. My dream is to live closer to this beautiful place.
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WildWitch
- 2009-08-31 @ 16:01:53
Thank you, im working on my dream now, hoping to get a little closer to the place by this time next year. Ill bet you miss it.
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WildWitch
- 2009-08-31 @ 16:27:13
iv no idea, im still fairly new to blog land but as soon as i saw bodmin moor mentioned i just had to check out your profile and read your blogs.
This may sound wierd but since i was a child i was fascinated by Bodmin Moor. I read about the legends, mystical stones, ghost stories etc and always wanted to visit. It wasnt till i was in my late 20's i actualy got there and got totaly lost on the moors, to me the best way to discover them.
Do you recognise my photographs taken at Golitha Falls, i posted them on here ages ago. Golitha Falls is a very special place for me. -
These pix Tim, are really stunning.
If I hadn't been browsing into nooks and crannies of blog I have never been to, I wouldn't have seen this post and these sensitive depictions. I can see why you love Bodmin Moor.