Cresswell Crags

by davidstorm

This place is not particularly beautiful, but is interesting nonetheless. Situated in North Notinghamshire, near the border with NE Derbyshire, it is a narrow limestone gorge which contains many caves on both sides of the gorge. These caves were inhabited by Stone Age man and a multitude of wild beasts. Bones of various Mammals have been found, including Mammoth, Hyena and Lynx. One of the caves contains the only Ice-Age Rock Art to be found in the UK; this has been dated to 13,000 years ago. There is evidence of Neanderthal and Human occupation in the caves ranging from approximately 60,000 to 13,000 years ago.

Not the greatest location for photography but interesting for other reasons.

K-5, DA 16-45, Polariser, Monopod
Uploaded31/12/2012 - 16:15
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1/13
Aperturef/8
LensN/A
ISO100
Focal Length20mm

senn
Posted 31/12/2012 - 16:43 Link
thanks for this interesting info, David; .. as for the place, I disagree with you (hope others will also do so ) as for its photographic interest, .. I think it exhibits pretty exiting diversity to capture my "photographer" attention; .. the light and sky are great too .. excellent idea to share this one, .. like it

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Edited by senn: 31/12/2012 - 16:58
grahamwalton
Posted 31/12/2012 - 17:12 Link
I like the warm saturated lighting on the side of the gorge. The lighting in the sky at the far end, pulls the eye through the scene.
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mohammad
Posted 31/12/2012 - 17:43 Link
Nice place and nice shot like always.
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GIULIO57
Posted 31/12/2012 - 19:58 Link
Nice
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sandinista
Posted 31/12/2012 - 20:09 Link
The photograph packs dynamism and atmosphere David, also fascinating info into the bragain
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Tars
Posted 31/12/2012 - 22:35 Link
Now I know where my Mother in law was originally from!!! great shot.
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szgabor
Posted 01/01/2013 - 06:53 Link
Tars wrote:
Now I know where my Mother in law was originally from!!! great shot.


This is a great capture, and the info was interesting. Thank you for sharing David.
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Edited by szgabor: 01/01/2013 - 06:54
iangilmour
Posted 01/01/2013 - 10:34 Link
It looks like a fantastic location to shoot! Like your shot too, though would prefer the foreground a tad lighter.
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autumnlight
Posted 01/01/2013 - 13:11 Link
Great atmosphere and compo David.
davidtrout
Posted 01/01/2013 - 23:20 Link
You say the place is not beautiful David but your photo makes it look extremely attractive. You were blessed with great light.
David

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davidstorm
Posted 01/01/2013 - 23:53 Link
davidtrout wrote:
You say the place is not beautiful David but your photo makes it look extremely attractive. You were blessed with great light.
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Thanks David, I think I was a bit lucky with this one as this was the only time the sun came out all afternoon.

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