Carn Galver Mine, Cornwall

Vieri

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Besides featuring some incredible landscapes, Cornwall, in the UK, is a testament to the mining past of the UK. Dotted with abandoned and ruined engines and mining sites, some of which have been turned into open air museums, together with the Atlantic skies the Cornish landscape offers endless possibilities for dramatic B&W. This is Carn Galver Mine, 106 seconds of exposure with my Hasselblad X1D, Hasselblad XCD 30mm and Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters.



Thank you for viewing, best regards

Vieri
 

AlanLichty

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I like how the long exposure smooths out the cloud cover. Nice job highlighting the silhouette of the old structure.
 

Jameel Hyder

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Nice work Vieri. The bright stone in the bottom corner and the OOF foliage is a bit distracting though. Cropping with a 4x5 aspect ratio is something worth trying.
 

Luvwine

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Lovely image, as always Vieri. The moving foliage problem is one that is all too common when taking pictures of waterfalls. If you have a short exposure of the same shot, any reason why you might not be able to paint over the blurred areas with the short exposure? Just a thought as the only thing I don’t love is the blurred foliage.
 

Vieri

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I like how the long exposure smooths out the cloud cover. Nice job highlighting the silhouette of the old structure.
Than you very much Alan, glad you enjoyed the LE and the mood here! :)

Beautiful work
Thank you very much indeed Ben, glad you liked it! :)

Nice work Vieri. The bright stone in the bottom corner and the OOF foliage is a bit distracting though. Cropping with a 4x5 aspect ratio is something worth trying.
Thank you very much Jameel, and thanks for your suggestions - however, the stone makes the shot for me, with the contrast of bright / dark with the building, man made / natural, etc. The moving foliage doesn't particularly disturb me, but I can definitely see the point about that :)

Very cool Vieri! You definitely work that long shutter speed so well.
Thank you very much indeed Jim, glad you enjoyed it! :)

Lovely image, as always Vieri. The moving foliage problem is one that is all too common when taking pictures of waterfalls. If you have a short exposure of the same shot, any reason why you might not be able to paint over the blurred areas with the short exposure? Just a thought as the only thing I don’t love is the blurred foliage.
Thank you very much Steve, glad you liked it! :) About the moving foliage, that is one of those polarising issues for us landscape photographers (like blurred water vs sharp water, shapely clouds vs blurred clouds, etc) and while I see your point, it is one issue I haven't much of a problem with - even with waterfalls. In fact, I often like it to see moving foliage to give a feeling of the blowing wind to the viewer :) In this particular case, I don't have a short exposure of the same scene to try and paint over, sorry about that :)

Best regards,

Vieri
 
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