This week’s Lens -Artists challenge set by Amy is Landscapes. I have viewed some really stunning shots today, so I think I’m going to take a slightly different interpretation of this theme. Please excuse the quality at times as these were all taken in the 1990’s with film, and there has been some degradation in the meantime. They all are special scenes I remember vividly though so I wanted to share.
The first shots were taken atop the Island of Ithaca in Greece, where my brother and later my parents lived for a number of years. I had climbed with my brother up the side of the mountain, which opened out into a stunning contrast of white rock and typical Greek harsh greenery.
The next shots were taken in Southern India around a place called Hampi. The entire landscape was covered in piles of rounded rocks, obviously the result of an ocean long receded, but giving the impression that some species of giant people had arranged the rocks for their own amusement.
And finally a couple of shots taken in the UK a few years earlier. There had been severe flooding and the fields were submerged. It made for some great reflections, and in the first photo you can see Glastonbury Tor perched on the hillside.
I realise these do not have the grandiose splendour of a lot of blogs in this challenge, but I feel each have great merit in their individuality.
Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful landscape and memories that accompany them. Each landscape has its own splendour through your lens!
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Thank you.
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Different landscapes indeed! Ithaka is so famous, thank you for taking us there – it looks very special with those white rocks. Those rounded rocks in India – how big are they? They really look gigantic, and very unusual. The reflections in the flooded fields I guess also is an unusual thing. We had flooded fields here two years ago, but this looks like it hit a bigger area.
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Questions. Well the rocks at Hampi range from small boulder to big as a house! Real land of the giants stuff. Ill do a blog on it soon. The flooding was severe, the worst I’ve known it here. Im glad i got those photos!
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Thank you – yes!
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It’s the story that makes these landscapes come to life. I can only imagine being there.
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Yes, everything is part of ‘my story’
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When did the flooding occur? We also have some up north in Townsville at the moment. Over 20 billion dollars worth of damage, so far.
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This was a long time ago. I just always liked those photos.
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I see. Always nice to re-visit (excuse the pun) old memories through photos.
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Nostalgia in my favorite pastime
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I think flooding is just normal course of business now. We keep building close to water, and the water levels are slowly rising!
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True, Gavin. Add climate change to the mix and we get disastrous once in 100 year events almost annually. Is there much appreciation for mitigating climate change over in your locale?
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No, the Govt give it lip service like most but at the end of the day business rules!
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Big business rules the government in many ways here too. Shame though. I think in time the younger generation will have a better appreciation of its importance, as they will have to face the consequences and have learnt all about it in their school years. So I am hopeful for the future, just not so much in the short term.
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I fear for the future, everyone plugged into the internet 24/7, the truth and reality blended with the indoctrination.
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The future is a concern, Gavin, but it is not in our hands, but the younger generation’s to decide. You can only control so much, unless you have the skills to become a charismatic leader, and even then are bound and shackled by party politics. I have to be satisfied that my microcosm is the best it can be, and enlighten any that choose to listen to details. The obsession with technology is an interesting turning point in human history.
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Yes, i agree, we can’t take on the world on our own. I do worry about the state we are leaving it in for our children though.
Modern technology has completely changed life, there is no doubt, we rode that wave for a while, but now we have to look at how it really fits in our lives and how to manage it really.
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Ahahaha you know what… I u a23
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I meant…. I have been to Hampi too!!!
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It is such a cool place. We spent the days hanging out under a place called the Mango Tree, did you find that?
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😁😁😁 I have to write a story about the Mango Tree!!!
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Me too! Race ya!
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✔️😂
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I remember getting tractor inner tubes on the way out,m then riding the slow river back to town!
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I’ll have to write an entire post!
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I keep meaning to put up a blog about Hampi. itr was one of the places I reall enjoyed in India. Also, I lost most of my photos from Indian but still have Hampi!
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I’ve just scanned some of mine but I really wish we had digital cameras for that trip because most of our rolls were developped in Indian studios and the quality is not always there…
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Yes, my camera was stolen on the trip and I bought a cheap one in Rajastan. Half of my photos have this little light thing on them. I’ll put them up anyway!
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I’m looking forward to seeing your shots.
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