Critiques

four (529) 2011-07-16 14:18

And the hills behind which were the source of the iron ore - the smelting of which was the original reason the town sprang up.

four (529) 2011-04-17 9:42

Beams of sunlight like this are called crepuscular rays. Always an eye-catching sight and can add to a dramatic landscape. The suggestion of rain on the horizon hives this quite a punch, it would be better with horizon levelled (one of the drawbacks of seascapes!) It probably only needs about 1 degree which would hardly show in a lot of shots

four (529) 2011-03-30 3:01

Well spotted, this one might go down better on treknature. http://www.treknature.com/ A nice thing you get from using macro is the bokeh - blurry background. This is pretty good for that but the two bright spots top left are a bit distracting and could be cloned or smoothed out with photoshop or similar.

four (529) 2011-03-22 2:16

Have a look at many more pictures of the location. http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=20082126

four (529) 2011-03-20 2:37

Hi Stuart, it would be better a little larger - go for the max 800pixels longest side and compress a bit if need be. You're way under the Trekearth file size limit with this one. Is it Farndale? Hard to be sure, the snow does make the dales look even more similar to each other! The pines with snow on one side are an interesting picture in themselves.

four (529) 2011-02-24 3:06

Interesting how little has changed since this rather poor quality shot from 1963 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2276322

four (529) 2010-12-10 3:40

Walked past there to school from the train between 1971 and 1976 and only once in that time was there a substantial snowfall. Sometimes the garden geraniums from the previous summer never got enough frost to kill them and they went on for another year.

four (529) 2010-10-02 12:56

This is very striking (but be careful out there!) It's hard to find constructive comment, but does look a little oversharpened - this may be my netbook screen. You don't always need to to hit it hard over the whole frame however tempting when we know the web size always looks softer in a browser. Getting a smallish image to look *right* on the web is an art in itself and everyone has there own idea of what's best. In practice each image needs individual assessment and treatment accordingly.

four (529) 2010-07-08 12:28

It's not a hay field, just a grazed field with buttercups. The hay fields in this area will have no stock in between around 1st May and cutting about mid-July if weather permits. Good ones have a wide variety of wild flowers which depend on the hay being removed annually - as doing so keeps the fertility of the soil lower, discouraging the most vigorous grasses which can out-compete the flowers otherwise.

four (529) 2010-04-18 6:16

This is very eye-catching, well spotted. I wonder if careful focusing on a point half way down the row would have helped draw the eye in. Still works pretty well.