Dartmoor in mono part 1

[grebeman]

I'm getting rather fixated with portraying Dartmoor in mono, even to the extent of setting my Sigmas to b+w and using a yellow filter, So I thought I'd take the liberty of starting a thread to bring some of them together.

On the slopes of Swelltor

140514-DP1M0696 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

After extensive quarrying all that remains of Swelltor

140514-DP1M0693 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

The mast of the North Hessary Tor transmitter seen from the ruins of the office block at Foggintor Quarry

140514-DP1M0684 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

From Leedon Tor looking north to Swelltor and Foggintor quarries and beyond to Great Mis Tor

140514-DP1M0682 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

Leedon Tor

140514-DP1M0680 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

Approaching Leedon Tor

140514-DP1M0679 by barrie.whitehall, on Flickr


Barrie

 

[cherrywood]

Barrie great image #4 Leedon tor.
Dennis

 

[TraamisVOS]

Is it because of the yellow filter that you're able to get a lot of detail in the sky? Did you use a graduated filter or polarising filter too?

 

[grebeman]

Is it because of the yellow filter that you're able to get a lot of detail in the sky? Did you use a graduated filter or polarising filter too?

James, nothing more than a yellow filter, although there was some post processing with Silver Efex. However I have a feeling that with the yellow filter the cloud structure is rendered somewhat better than it is by just running a colour image through Silver Efex, although as with all these things it might be subjective. It takes me back to my photographic roots in the early 1970's with a medium format 6 x 9 folding Voigtlander and a yellow filter, nothing more, although I have a lot more keepers now than I did in those days, and I'm enjoying it, which is what it's all about surely.

The initiative to try this method came from a recent thread on the forum Leica - Article: Shooting Monochrome with the Leica M (Typ 240)

Barrie

 

[TraamisVOS]

That is pretty good, a combination of the camera's technical ability with your creative input and the filter, looks very good.

 

[TraamisVOS]

I just read that article. Would've loved to see a before and after shot of his photos, with and without the filter.

 

[grebeman]

Stormy weather

A G6 shot this time since my primary task was breeding bird monitoring, so I wasn't carrying my Sigmas, but I slightly overstayed my time. I knew bad weather was approaching, but I should have started back for the car at least 15 minutes earlier, oh well time to get wet!

140602-1010213 by
barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

Barrie

 

[pdh]

I just realised your Dartmoor landscapes remind me of Fay Godwin's work; except that I dislike her work and consider it overrated, while I think yours is superb and that it deserves a wider audience.

 

[grebeman]

Paul, thank you kindly for your comments, they are much appreciated. I'm hoping to catch more of the atmosphere of the moor, so more poor weather photography, particularly when summer is over and the tourists, and Wheatears, have gone!

Barrie

 

[pniev]

A beautiful set, Barrie!

 

[grebeman]

Under a louring sky

140602-1010194 by
barrie.whitehall, on Flickr

Barrie