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Photos - Mine

I like photography as something of a pseudo-hobby. I don't especially know much about it, but sometimes I get lucky anyway. Here are some.

Originally I only included photos here if I especially liked them. However, these days I often include photos in the diary. Different selection criteria apply. For the diary, I might include a photo that isn't especially impressive, if I especially want to include a photo of the subject to accompany the diary text. But that means I have all these photos already available on the site. I've therefore started including them here, because I might as well; it doesn't take any more work or space on the site.

Perhaps later, I will include a separate category for photos I have especially liked...

• UK Day Trips
• Dad's Visit (August 2002)
• Ironbridge Weekend (May 2002)
• Peak District (March 2002)
• Rhine Valley, Germany (February 2002)
• Scotland Trip (July/August 2001)
• Yorkshire (May 2001)
• York (May 2001)
• UK Trip (May/June 2000)
• Various other photos

Or, you can...

• See them all (HUGE download)

Peak District (March 2002)
	Winnats Pass (58 KB). Castleton, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. Near Peveril Castle, we came to a very sudden steep downward grade called Winnats Pass. The sides are wildly contoured and shockingly green. This is also cave country; Winnats Pass was probably originally caves that simply fell in. (Note to self: Don't jump up and down energetically on the bits of landscape that still remain!)
	View into Castleton (65 KB). Castleton, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. At the bottom of Winnats Pass is the town of Castleton. I've caught its outlying fields, looking very hazy indeed. As you work your way up the photo, you begin to realise just how little of the photo is actually sky!
	Stone walls in Castleton (56 KB). Castleton, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. Typical Derbyshire scene--countryside crosshatched with stone walls.
	Peveril panorama (241 KB). Castleton, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. See note about viewing panoramas. A panorama of Castleton and the stunning countryside, shot from what remains of the ramparts of Peveril Castle, which looms over Castleton.
	Magic Hour (98 KB). Near Eyam, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. You've probably noticed that near sunrise and sunset, the character of sunlight changes completely. I call this Magic Hour. Things become much more red and golden and look far more dramatic. We were in a sheep-field looking for a stone circle as sunset approached. We never did find the stone circle. Oh well!
	A country lane (73 KB). Near Eyam, Derbyshire, England; 28 Mar 2002. More of the picturesque British countryside...It's like this everywhere.
	Chatsworth panorama (499 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. See note about viewing panoramas. England is full of great estates and otherwise vast piles of stone, usually with mind-boggling gardens attached. One of the more staggering examples is Chatsworth, which we went to in spite of ourselves. This is a panorama from the gardens, overlooking the back of the house. The Emperor Fountain is at the left end of the photo; then all of Chatsworth; then on the right you see the rose garden (inside the hedge) and the old greenhouse.
	Greenhouse (91 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. There's an old greenhouse, but there's also the new greenhouse, which is a modern-looking thing. I like the juxtaposition of these struts with the corner of Chatsworth peeking through behind it.
	Gargoyle (185 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. A fun gargoyle, one of a pair at the top of the Cascade at Chatsworth.
	Glimpses (202 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. A glimpse of Chatsworth through an arch.
	Twisty twigs (138 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. There were several very short trees where every branch was twisted and tangled like hair.
	Hedge maze (129 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. Naturally Chatsworth wouldn't be complete without its very own hedge maze... This was my first ever! I was utterly charmed.
	A fine prospect (66 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. The view toward Chatsworth from the other end of a long pool ("the Canal"), encompassing the Emperor Fountain (which is something like 280 ft high).
	Ceiling bosses (162 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. Inside Chatsworth, in one of the dining halls.
	Henry VIII rosary beads (138 KB). Chatsworth, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. On display at Chatsworth.
	Rounded streambank (122 KB). Dovedale, Near Thorpe, Derbyshire, England; 29 Mar 2002. We spent some time in Dovedale, a valley that snakes between peaks and includes some interesting geology. Although I took lots of photos of the surrounding hills, for some reason all the photos I've ended up liking are of the stream. Here I quite like the remarkably civilised way the grass comes up flat to the edge of the stream, then photogenically rounds off into the water.
	Rounded water (152 KB). Dovedale, Near Thorpe, Derbyshire, England; 29 Mar 2002. Even the water in the stream makes nice rounded shapes where it babbles over a small drop.
	Shadow (83 KB). Dovedale, Near Thorpe, Derbyshire, England; 29 Mar 2002. The setting sun blocked by a peak, its rays visibly slanting over the valley, which is otherwise drowned in shadow.
	Trees (186 KB). Dovedale, Near Thorpe, Derbyshire, England; 29 Mar 2002. The stream passing through a tunnel of trees.
	Furrowed lawn and old trees (178 KB). Ilam, Staffordshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. On the grounds of nearby Ilam Hall.
	Bronze window (137 KB). Ilam, Staffordshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. Window in a crypt attached to the church beside Ilam Hall. I like the way the setting sun makes it glow as if it were made of bronze.
	Contoured countryside (78 KB). Near Pilsbury, Derbyshire, England; 30 Mar 2002. More gorgeously undulating countryside, this time seen from about 200 feet above. Did I mention that it's like this everywhere?
	Ancient yew tree (305 KB). Churchtown, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, England; 1 Apr 2002. In the town of Darley Dale there is a tree that has managed to outlast everything around it, many times. It is apparently 33 ft in circumference, or about 10 ft in diameter. It's certainly an impressive sight. It's not as tall as you might expect (although it's not short by any means); it seems to have put most of its effort into girth instead. To give a better impression of what it's like to stand below it, I've taken a 4-shot panorama from directly below, which fits in a lot more than a single frame could. To view it, I recommend starting at the base and scrolling slowly upward. (The fence at the base looks funny because of stitching issues in the panorama.) Estimates of its age vary; the guide says 1200 years old, the plaque claims 2000. It has certainly outlasted several churches on this site, including the original Saxon one. Makes you feel pretty young.

^* Note about viewing panoramas: I recommend opening panoramas full-size in whatever your viewer is, then scrolling slowly to the other end. This creates the sense of standing there and turning your head.