Wind withered tree in limestone fields on Twistleton Scar End, Yorkshire Dales, England.
Inspired by Falc's 'Clints and Grykes' entry in the first challenge
The title Weathering Heights is a play on words from the famous book 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë. The novel is named after the Yorkshire manor on the moors on which the story centres (wuthering is a Yorkshire word referring to turbulent weather).
The windswept tree is a common site around these parts due to their unsheltered location and exposure to the often harsh environment so common on these moors, particularly in winter! The limestone rock doesn't escape either, as you can clearly see the effects of the chemical process known as carbonation, resulting in the distinctive appearence of limestone known as clints and grykes. These are formed when rainwater flowing over an impermeable surface on reaching (permeable) limestone, dissolves the joints into grooves called grykes, leaving blocks or clumps of limestone in between called clints!
I'm sure there are experts out there that may dissagree with me on that, but that's about as much as I know on the subject anyway!!! :-)
Post-challenge:
Thank you to everyone who voted and left comments. I'm really pleased this did so well...and a blue to boot! Prior to voting I had been hoping for a top 5 (well...a ribbon of some sort if I'm brutally honest! :-), so this is a wonderful suprise!
p.s. A print of this is going to have pride of place over my bed as we're just about to have the bedroom re-decorated and have new furniture installed, and the colours will match it to a tee!
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I pretty much friggin hate you, in the total cool sense, of course. This is a very nice photo. I like the tree. um, yeah. But basically, it is such a nicely composed shot. I am truly happy for you that you were able to take this photo. I hope you enjoy it and continue to share it with the world!
um, wow! that's flipping amazing. i Really really want this as my computer desktop wallpaper at work. If you emailed me a big version of it i would absolutely love you to death desert_shadow72@yahoo.com - if you don't want to i understand
Hey Paulo, congrats on the blue, very well deserved, and thanks for the note, that was appreciated. I've been meaning to get up to Twistleton, now I have to get up there ;-)
Somehow i really feel that a 1:2 crop will give the tree more prominence. Nevertheless, what a great shot! the colours and contrast bring out the dramatic clouds and textured rocks so much more. EXCELLENT!
Excellent photo. It is obvious that you took care in scouting out the perfect subject, location, perspective, time of day, etc., etc. to come up with a winner. It's all about attention to detail. Well done.
paulo, beatiful image. I just love the tones in this one. lovely use of the foreground to add interest and texture to the shot. wonderful light, too! congrats on the blue ribbon!
A truely spectacular piece of landscape....I am a Bronte fan, so you had me with the title anyway. Congrats on the Blue, and I enjoyed reading your 'about'.
An all-encompassing majestic view, photographed and processed beautifully. Congratulations on a very well deserved blue ribbon! And I really appreciate the explanation included here as well.
It's such an interesting shot that I will forgive you the groan-inducing pun of a title. The juxtaposition of the deeply fissured rocks with the softer bucolic mid-ground is very good, and of course the tree is reduced to an uncertain limpet here. 7.
not quite sure, but the horizon looks tilted. other than that a great shot, I like the large portion of foreground included here as well as the color treatment.
Love this! Great perspective, dramatic lighting, and interesting juxtaposition of the desolation of rock and barren tree with the green rolling hills in the background. Very cool.
Excellent use of foreground, and very well balanced in light/shado/composition. What I like best, though, is the angle of the poor tree - what a harsh environment, yet it's there. Great location - 'grats on making great use of it, too.
I knew this one would have to be in there somewhere. (Could this be the most photographed tree in Britain?)I thought I'd seen it from just about every angle but you've produced yet another and IMO a really stunning image. I don't need to wish you luck - this has got front page stamped all over it.
wow. this is so far my favorite image in the challenge. those rocks are just beatuiful, the landscape is so beautiful. the windswept appearence of the tree adds a desolate look to the photo. looks like scotland to me, of course i've never been there(sob) so what do i know?-9
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