#limestone pavement

[thesilicontribesman]

Dalton Crags Nature Reserve: Ancient Propped Rocks, Cairns and Limestone Pavements, nr. Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria

[bluesman56]

Malham Cove up front by Tony

[exploring-with-blue]

[alluneedissunshine]

Forgotten by Pete Rowbottom, Wigan, UK Via Flickr: Explore #35 30/03/20 I think this has to be one of my favourite locations that we visited on the recent trip to Skye, tucked out of the way and out of sight from pretty much everywhere lies this charachterful old ruin, surrounded by lots of equally interesting limestone pavement. The weather had been (as often is the case on Skye) extremely changeable with squalls of snow, rain, sleet, and hailstones occuring very frequently, however the light on this day had to be seen to be beleived, gorgeous warm breaks lighting up the landscape and really transforming the scene from drab and flat to a real golden beauty in a matter of seconds. It was just a case of setting up, waiting, getting wet, and being ready for when the light washed over this beautful part of the landscape, truly a day to remember. ================================================= Lots more images from this shoot, and others, on my website here - updating regularly =================================================

[doctorwhoarchiveofrandomness]

Happy Yorkshire Day!

[loustravels]

Winter in Scotland & Ireland

Part 40 - Dunguaire Castle January 2017

We had some interesting weather, but still an enjoyable day in The Burren and co Clare. Stop number one was at Dunguaire Castle, before we headed to The Burren for the next stop.

...to be continued...

[hauntu]

limestone country by Ron Layters Via Flickr: Pen-y-Ghent as seen from near Hull Pot

[lightsweep]

Clints & Grikes Under The Nab

Increasingly, as a landscape photographer, I find myself fascinated with the geology of this country, and how it has been shaped by the passing of time. Equally fascinating, to me, is the immense variety of dialect found in the British Isles … and how that is reflected in the landscape.

The photo here is an example. This is a limestone pavement, fairly common in the Yorkshire Dales, which is formed by a retreating glacier exposing the limestone to the elements and then acidic rain eats away at weak joints in the rock, resulting in clints (the slabs) and grikes (the deep grooves), both Northern English dialect words. Isn’t Britain fascinating?

Angerholme Pots, Mallerstang, Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, England.

ISO100, ƒ/16, 1⁄15sec at 14mm (21mm full-frame equiv.) using my Sigma dp0 Quattro. This is a blend of three exposures, manually blended together. Processed in Lightroom, blended in Photoshop, edited with Color Efex Pro and Macphun’s Luminar.