Mysterious and breathtaking.

tim hitchins: thank you so much friend

Dramatic photo,great texture in the rock

tim hitchins: cheers vintage really appreciated.

A good tripod is your friend The tones and colours do it for me

tim hitchins: it may well be Stan and i think i need to get one of better quality this one i have is way to light. thanks Stan

This looks like a space warp! LOL
Very cool Tim.

tim hitchins: lol nice perspective Nadine, cheers.

Great catch Tim. I really like the mysterious atmosphere!

tim hitchins: thank you kindly Richard

I like blurry clouds

tim hitchins: so happy you do Nigel

Dramatic! The only word for it!

tim hitchins: cheers Bill and have a good day tomorrow

those looks like some very interesting stones. nice.

tim hitchins: cheers Radel mate

You've certainly got this long exposure off to a T! It works really well in this case on the clouds instead of the usual water. I like the dramatic lighting too.
Ingrid

tim hitchins: cheers Ingrid and have a good night love your perspective on it.

Coool....love hs shot...yeah maybe it's time to invest in a good tripod.

tim hitchins: lol yes me too Jide

Nice framing of the scene. like it.

tim hitchins: Really happy you think that Nathan

I really like this but I have a slight problem Tim. The sky and the landscape seem to fighting for supremacy...For me the rocks (I'll tell you about them in a minute) are the most important and I think you captured them really well. The sky seems to be a bit of a fantasy ... :-(

The rocks are Carboniferous Limestone and their structure and composition is such that dear old 'acid rain' has for centuries been dissolving away the rock to form these limestone pavements as they are called. The general name for this sort of landscape is 'Karst' and the blocks and gulleys are technically known as clints and grykes. In the gulleys (grykes) can be found macro eco systems where rarer plants - ferns and mosses etc - can survive where as the harsher surface climates would blow them away.
Great to look at tim.
richard

tim hitchins: many thanks indeed Richard for the added info and yes your dead right about the composition, but as i had spent maybe a hour or so clinging to the tripod for dear life lol, i thought sod it it was the only one that came out relatively sharp, IM POSTING lol, i intend to go back hopefully with no wind and will take that advice with me

Buena foto

tim hitchins: most appreciated and have a nice day

very *dramatic*...great perspective with the leading lines... beautiful tones as well...

tim hitchins: most appreciated Sam

Quite amazing, Tim!

It feels as though I should duck as the clouds whizz towards me.

The rocks look stunning. Very mysterious and exciting.

tim hitchins: cheers Paul, really happy with your thoughts on this as if you had seen me struggling to keep the tripod steady you would have laughed your socks off

Fantastic shot...I find the idea of blurring the clouds/sky very original!! If you don't mind I am going out and try it myself well done Tim

tim hitchins: ha i dont mind at all, if you live anywhere near leeds i will join you cheers Luis.

Great perspective and a very dynamic feel. Forget about sharpness. This is very compelling as is.

tim hitchins: well yes Martin i suppose your right now you have come to say it, your thoughts are always appreciated and valued

Geat effect as ever Tim, but for me its not the fancy rocks or the supersonic clouds, its the elephant on the horizon that does it for me (o_-)

tim hitchins: lol nice one m8, i intend to sort that elephant out when i go back

Very great photo : another one !!
I like the colour and the effect on the sun !!
Good shot, Tim.

tim hitchins: cheers Fabrice and have a goodnight

What a stunning shot. It feels like you are being sucked into a vortex. Hold on to your hat !

tim hitchins: lol i nearly lost mine over the cliff face and thank you very much and welcome to SC its a great place to be

I like the shape of the rocks in the foreground - the sky is adding mystery...

tim hitchins: well cheers Aksel mate just about to watch the match, Russia for me

The treatment of the sky makes this a very strong composition Tim. Great foreground.

tim hitchins: thank you very much Brian.

Great photo, if a little weird - everything seems a little bit out of "sync".

tim hitchins: ha well maybe it was done to the force nine gale cheers Sheila.

A dramatic sky indeed like on the first day of creation " Let there be light: and there was light." Thanks to Richard Trim (T) for his information about the rocks, they are very impressive, you can see how millions of years have worked here and gave them their structure and rough surface. Children would like to jump across the gaps and puddles.

tim hitchins: thank you so much Philine your words and thoughts are always appreciated

Almost like a b&w with selective green landscape. Again the racing clouds are special. Likey.

tim hitchins: yes Louis would like to do more conversions but as yet can not seem to get good results but will keep trying cheers.

Its amazing how much those clouds moved during your exposure time Tim very very dramatic. They look like they are spot on either 360 or 90 to the lens direction, did you plan that? If you did great planning Tim.

tim hitchins: yes Alan they were really moving fast what with the gale that was blowing and yes i set up directly in line with the clouds coming head on thinking it would work best and i think it did most appreciated matey

hehe, cool. mal

tim hitchins: lol cheers Mal

Tim this is brilliant, well done.

tim hitchins: Thank you so much Michael, really appreciated

I sure wish I knew the scale of these rocks, Tim. Are they huge?? Are you looking down on them or are you at eye level?? So many questions, so little time.

tim hitchins: yes Ginnie i am looking down, not easy to walk around on as there are some huge cracks were you could easily break a ankle/leg not sure the height must be 150 feet high, 100 years ago and more a huge waterfall flowed over the top of these rocks. Cheers Ginnie and have a nice weekend

cooool. very 100 AD like! almost expect stonehenge to be just to the left, or right

tim hitchins: ha yes, nice perspective on it matey, it really does look prehistoric and i hope to bring you some more views of this on a less windy day cheers Liam.

beautifully done

love the light
love the clouds

so you thanked the wind?

tim hitchins: ha no i didn't at the time doc, had to hang on to the tripod for dear life lol, but now looking at the outcome i guess i will cheers mr windy lol and thank you too Doc.

LOL.. despite the wind, this has come out really well. Those limestone blocks really make for strong foreground. I've a week up there over the new Year break so I'm hopefully to capture something similar.

Great! Good work! Really!

tim hitchins: and i am really really happy you thought that Jose

Is that a mastodon lifting its trunk up into the air on the horizon?!
I like the contrast between the clouds and rocks - the stones being heavy and grounded with the ethereal clouds hovering above.

tim hitchins: lol love your perspective on it Kevin as always mate