Photography
Embracing the chilling mist that softens shapes and makes distance mysterious; perspective changes and diffusion deletes detail, People and animals keep going, seemingly regardless of reduced visibility. Photographers often seek to minimise mist, in this set I’m seeking to feature the fog.
A set of photos from a walk in the mist around Hollingbury hill fort, Brighton.
More photos: Embrace the mist: Hollingbury - South Downs National Park
Honister Hause (332 m.), showing the road down Honister Pass from the slate mine. The figures on the “gates” are formed of layers of flat slate. A reminder of the Walking Song in The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkein)
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
Fitz Park, Keswick looking fantastic in the autumn sunshine; the fells beyond are swathed in low cloud.
Keswick’s resident monster, King Kong, lives outside one of the climbing shops. Nobody takes much notice of him these days now his fur has all fallen away. But you never know when he may stir. His friends in Muncaster Castle have been active this past week, scaring visitors in the maze and on Fright Nights. You have been warned.
My view of Sheffield Park this fine Sunday just past. A couple of sights which caught my eye plus the classic views of the wonderful autumn display of this garden laid out by Capability Brown, Arthur Soames and their gardeners.
