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The wall of an old mill, now returning to nature.
Wintrip's at Blaydon was a water-mill built in the 18th Century to process flints. (Flints arrived as ballast in ships returning to the Tyne, and were ground down to powder for use in the glass and pottery industries.)
It fell into disuse in 1914 when fancy tableware suddenly became less important in the overall scheme of things, and coke ovens were built on the site.
I find the remaining wall fascinating as it was obviously built on the cheap, using whatever materials – odd bricks, different sorts of stone – the builders could lay their hands on (= pilfer) from other projects.
Thanks for looking,
Moira
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D90  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 50.0 mm f/1.8 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 3 Sep 2012 - 11:44 AM |
| Focal Length: | 50mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/1.8 |
| Aperture: | f/5.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/125sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | Bricks and bramble shadows |
| Username: | 
mrswoolybill |
| Uploaded: | 24 Nov 2012 - 7:41 AM |
| Tags: | Saturday shadows, Specialist / abstract |
| Votes: | 55 |
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No 1 for me .. Very well composed. Although chris says the point is bad, it is concrete and should be lime 
V1 for me Moira - lovely combination of chunky and dainty - gorgeous shadows which for me work best without the bramble included 
Helen
Thanks folks. V1 is my favourite by a long way, I included the others to 'fill out' the picture. Annette, there's something of everything here, even chunks of timber mixed in with bricks and stone.
Moira
Lovely texture, you can almost run your hand over the screen and feel the roughness.
Dave
Wonderful shadows here, Moira, and think V1 has to be my fave too!
Trev
I prefer the added splash of green in V2, Moira. Added to the blue/grey hue of the cement, it works for me.
They have made as much use of the morter or cement as possible building this wall, far easier than having to 'acquire' more bricks and stone.
Malc
Just got back home - thanks to everyone who has called in here today, and particularly to Nezih and Barbs for their UAs - a very nice surprise on a cold day!
Moira
Nice shadows and super stoney texture in these shots. I like the touch of green in V2.
Lavina
Some great shadows here Moira, 3 nicely bonded shots.
John
Quote: v1 for not showing the source of the shadow...
My feelings entirely. But neither does V3...
Cheers everyone,
Moira
V1 for me Moira. A wonderful old piece of wall with the suggestive shadow of nature touching it.
Andy
I bet its former owners would be mortarfied if they knew that this old mill had fallen into disrepair and nature had started to reclaim it. The shadows and textures are tremendous, you have such a keen eye for detail
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