[slackline]

I'm sure theres something wrong about this but I can't quite put my finger on it.......

Humans hadn't evolved 30million* years ago when the boulders were being formed.  


*No idea if thats right, had a quick search to find a date, but couldn't find much on the geology straight off.

Did however find the following article which may interest andi_e and other geologists...

Coker, David A.; Torquato, Salvatore; Dunsmuir, John H (1996)Morphology and physical properties of Fontainebleau sandstone via a tomographic analysis Journal of Geophysical Research 101:17497-17506

Plenty of other articles out there on the structure of the sandstone too.  This was vaguely interesting too.

[dave]

from now on i'm going to be paranoind at cul de chien of the tide coming in.

[lagerstarfish]

That picture could be made even better by using an animated wave effect on the water (not sure what those shite moving picture things are called - you know, typically a waterfall scene, shown on the back wall of indian takeaways).

[tomtom]

*No idea if thats right, had a quick search to find a date, but couldn't find much on the geology straight off.

Did however find the following article which may interest andi_e and other geologists...

Coker, David A.; Torquato, Salvatore; Dunsmuir, John H (1996)Morphology and physical properties of Fontainebleau sandstone via a tomographic analysis Journal of Geophysical Research 101:17497-17506

A classic  academics looking for somewhere to test their new analysis/bit of kit and I bet one of them was a climber.. I can see it now at the project/supervision meeting "erm whey dont we try it out at font...?" 
I'm sure there are lots of good science reasons, but most 'fieldwork' in the UK seems to be done remarkably close to a good cafe/pub 

[lagerstarfish]

I'm sure there are lots of good science reasons, but most 'fieldwork' in the UK seems to be done remarkably close to a good cafe/pub 

Cafes and pubs are the cause of all major geological events - FACT.

[Oli]

I can't seem to embed it properly, something to do with Mick Ryan's empire?

http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=99310

[hongkongstuey]

I think stuff like this is fab;

home sweet home - I live in the bottom left of the piccie, one the (many) flats visible just above the hillside

[SteveM]

Can't embed this. There's probably a reason for that 

http://scovophoto.smugmug.com/gallery/3326989_Stwcj/1/396276072_HaJuX/Large

It's for sale if you're that mad/rich/blind*

*delete as appropriate

[SA Chris]

delete as appropriate

If only I could.

[Fiend]

Dunno quite what's going on here but I'll bet one of my lesser-used limbs that the sky didn't actually look like that.

[slackline]

Dunno quite what's going on here but I'll bet one of my lesser-used limbs that the sky didn't actually look like that.

Depends if you were viewing it through a Polariser (please ignore the bastardised American spelling of the page).

Which is your least used appendage? 

[Fiend]

Brain, I think. Hang on, no, that's most used but most useless.


My eyes don't have a Polariser that makes the sky look like that...

[dave]

that sky can actually look like that to the bare eye at altitude.

[Jaspersharpe]

Wanaka.

[dave]

take that back!

[lagerstarfish]

hopefully it will die a death like B&W'ing photos but leaving the climber/their shirt in colour.

Amen to that. However the effect is created it looks wank.

It turns out that this effect can be done with video too. With similar aesthetic value.

[Adam Lincoln]

a horror on ukc http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=100454

[Bubba]

omg, i agree that is a horror.

[SA Chris]

The Horror The Horror.

[Fiend]

I dunno is it worse doing something that's just trying to create a new image or a bit of artwork, rather than doing something that's try to tinker with and "improve" an existing image.

I think that one is most guilty of being pointless and mediocre execution. An attempt at distortion art might not be shameful per se....


Anyway...

[Jaspersharpe]

It turns out that this effect can be done with video too. With similar aesthetic value.

Fuck, that brings back how painful those crimps are.

[tommytwotone]

The Guardian's had some British Landscape Photography comp...though there would appear to be a few entries for the UKBPHOS as well:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2008/oct/27/uk-photography-landscape-photographer?picture=339034150

[SA Chris]

I guess my idea of what constitutes a landscape is outdated.

[Bubba]

The Guardian's had some British Landscape Photography comp...though there would appear to be a few entries for the UKBPHOS as well:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2008/oct/27/uk-photography-landscape-photographer?picture=339034150

What's going on here? KKK convention?

[SA Chris]

Back to cavorting druids, death by stoning and dung for dinner.

now in HDR.