Brimham Rocks (Yorkshire) - BIG ROCKS!

[ped]

I was bored today so I went out with my 28mm lens and took these. It was thankfully very quiet as last time I went it was school holidays and the atmosphere was very different!

I was amazed and pleased to have found 'Idol Rock' - the big balancing stone.

One day I'd like to go to the canyons and rocks you see in the states!

OM1, 28mm f2.8
Tri-X
Rodinal 1:25

Cheers
ped

Idol Rock 3 by chiscocks, on Flickr

Brimham Rocks Vista by chiscocks, on Flickr

Idol Rock 2 by chiscocks, on Flickr

Brimham Grass by chiscocks, on Flickr

Brimham Rocks 2 by chiscocks, on Flickr

Idol Rock by chiscocks, on Flickr

Brimham Rocks by chiscocks, on Flickr

 

[farlymac]

Love them rocks! Amazing balancing act with Idol Rock. Hope you don't have any idiot scout leaders over there.

PF

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Here is something unnatural in scout leaders and those rocks too.

 

[daveleo]

I love the textures and compositions that you have there, but . . .
I'm having a really hard time believing that (the balancing rock) is a natural rock formation.
Is it?

 

[ped]

I love the textures and compositions that you have there, but . . .
I'm having a really hard time believing that (the balancing rock) is a natural rock formation.
Is it?

Thanks! Yes, apparently they're 100% natural

 

[shadowfox]

I love the compositions, the texture (I attribute that to Tri-X 100%) and the rock formation itself.

Thank you for sharing!!

 

[Pete B]

As above. Very nice exposure, composition, development and scanning.
Pete

 

[Peter_Jones]

Knowing what the weather's been like this week, good work - mind that balancing rock in strong winds though.

 

[ped]

Thanks guys for the kind words. I'm glad I loaded up Tri-x, I always come back to it as it just has a nice 'bite' to it. I also feel it handles really nicely in my Rondinax machine - somehow it winds on smoothly and just feels good!

I'm getting some of these pictures printed for my wall today!

Cheers

 

[ped]

I love the textures and compositions that you have there, but . . .
I'm having a really hard time believing that (the balancing rock) is a natural rock formation.
Is it?

Probably worth a mention that from the side, the piece of rock at the bottom is quite long, albeit narrow, so the angle I've taken the pics from accentuate the precariousness of the rock!

 

[Michael Markey]

Nice shots .
Reminds me of the rock formations on the Devon and Cornwall tors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brimham_Rocks