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Cornwall, a photographic adventure, 14

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Here are the monochrome conversions of some of the photographs I took on Rough Tor. I thought the gritty rock suited the black and white treatment, and the intense blue of the sky allowed me to turn it nearly to black using the red filter in Silver Efex, the conversion software I used.

Cornwall, a photographic adventure, 13

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After some cloud the previous day, the weather had reverted to clear and blue. I wanted to spend some more time on Bodmin Moor, so we drove to the the car park for Rough Tor, a low hill which lies near the hamlet of Poldhue. The sat nav initially took me up a long farm track but a very friendly local put me right and led me to the correct location. There were some school parties going for an expedition and a lot of dog walkers striding out on to the moor, but in this big scenery I soon lost them. We walked over the plain in front of the tor and I saw a flock of birds that I initially though were knots wheeling and turning in the sky. On our return from the tor I noticed that they had landed. Moving closer I saw that they were golden plover, the males still in their winter plumage. They ran and chattered through the grass, but as I got closer to them froze and huddled down, silent. We climbed to the jumble of boulders on the top of the tor where I took p

Cornwall, a photographic adventure, 15

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Walking on Rough Tor with Hettie, I mainly concentrated on 'normal' photography, but here are three pictures taken using intentional camera movement and multiple exposure techniques..