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That rock formation is amazing! Is the building propped up on it?
Nice work Geof, I like that a lot
That rock formation is amazing! Is the building propped up on it?
It's a Tor; chemical weathering affects the granite along cracks formed when the magma cools and crystallises. They're not uncommon in the southwest, though they don't all have their own castle!
Mike
Its nice, perhaps a tad under exposed if being nit picky but its really well composed
I like it. Any chance of looking it in B&W geof?
Nice Geof, i personally prefer the colour.
good info Mike
as you say there are loads of tors around...and on carn brea they seem to be everywhere...are they the results of the ice age retreating?
cheers
geof
A very interesting building. I think the colour version is my preference, the black and white has a touch of dark fringing along the top left?
The composition works for me though, with the steps leading in.
Good work Geoff
Hi Geof
No they aren't the result of ice retreating (glaciers didn't get that far south during the ice ages). Tors form by water getting into the cracks in granite, either hot water from deeper in the crust or rainwater running down from the surface. This breaks down a mineral called feldspar in the granite (turning it into clay). This then gets washed out of the cracks leaving the features you can see in Devon & Cornwall.
Mike
Nice shot, prefer the colour myself, looks a lot like the castle in highlander where Sean Connery fights the curgen.
The B&W works a lot better for me and suits the darker exposure
It's a very interesting building. And it has been taken from a very good position.
There seems to be a bit of a dark halo on the top left of the building in the B&W version though. Not sure whether it was just the way it was, or whether some editing has been applied to the sky, and it's had a negative effect on the transition from sky to building. :shrug: The darkening is not so evident in the colour version.
I like the B&W version, as focuses attention on the details, and the shadow area seems a bit lighter too, but the halo keeps catching my eye.