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[pwhole]

I must admit to not spending too long with the actual taking of the photos, as long as they're roughly in the correct exposure range, as I know I can fix most things later - though haze/steam is the worst, not least as I hate the blue tinge it gives to everything. The real stinker with this set is that I didn't notice a tiny spot of water on my lens, from a splash from the endless waterfall pouring through the roof. It was only when I got home that I noticed it - easy to hide on one or two, but on some it was right over the stal-covered rocks, and they were real stinkers to fix, me being a fussy bastard. But we'd all decided this was a once-only trip (as the crawl with a bag is so miserable), and I was injured anyway, so figured it was best to just get it fixed.

Here's a picture of my naked ass two days after the accident. You can't see the giant lump on the thigh from this angle, but it's only just going down, three weeks later - I suspect a faint compression fracture in the bone surface. Initially I thought it was the face of Jesus I could see, but then realised it was Fyodor Dostoyevsky, as the beard's too long for Jesus

 

[chunky]

I like to see a person suffer for their art....Plus another location I never have to go to, so much appreciated 

 

[Wardy]

This is definitely my favourite thread.
The images are great and I love to go back and browse / dream.
It is also such a positive thread and so whilst not being the best photographer I decided to chance my arm with 3 shots from a recent Croesor Rhosydd trip with a great group from UCET.
The trip is just great fun, but I never really thought I could capture it on my phone.
I took them using a Google Pixel which was featured in the descent article a few issues back.

 

[Wardy]

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[Wardy]

The 3rd of my weekly allowance

 

[Paul Marvin]

The 3rd of my weekly allowance

Great vivid colours lovely 

 

[Cantclimbtom]

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Wow, liking that pic, I can imagine trying to take that myself and getting the exposure wrong, either hopelessly under exposed or correct for the darker areas and the daylight section badly overexposed.
How much of that was the cunning of the camera software and how much was you playing with the image afterwards to get it to come out so well

 

[Pegasus]

The 4th of Wardy's weekly allowance of 3 - I've made an exception 

Super shot too...keep 'em coming folks, loving this thread 

 

[Wardy]

I was really happy with the shots and impressed how the colours come out which may in part be due to the mines conditions and the colour of my lamp.
They have however not been worked on at all and are just as they come off the phone.

As it is so easy to take on the phone and you can instantly review it is easy to have another go and address the issues from the previous shot.

From previous peoples shots I knew the water could look good and after taking a shot I simply refined where I lit it up.

I suppose what I am saying and others will back up is that the phone takes away the real technical issues so you can just "focus" on the framing and where you shine your light.
The only thing I can take credit for is getting up that day and being there!

 

[Mr Mike]

Some photos from Rampgill, Nenthead.

 

[PeteHall]

Some photos from Rampgill, Nenthead.

That first junction featured as my desktop background for about 5 years! I'll have to dig the photo out again 

 

[GarDouth]

Whinstone mine in the North York Moors. First explore at the weekend and we were pretty sure no one had been in for probably 100 years!

 

[chunky]

Whinstone mine in the North York Moors. First explore at the weekend and we were pretty sure no one had been in for probably 100 years!

Wow that's awesome. Congratulations on both the find and the photo. [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

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[pwhole]

If I ignore the really tiny cavers, that looks like a regular-sized mine level - amazing. What were they mining? Just stone?

 

[GarDouth]

What were they mining? Just stone?

It's a Whinstone mine. It's really hard so was used for road stone. The "Whinstone Ridge" runs along the top of the North York Moors and has numerous mines in it but this is one of the most impressive I've seen. The entrance is a collapsed hole (original entrances are all blocked) with quite an awkward decent hanging from a rather dodgy tree so I think it has deterred people in the past.

 

[Brains]

Whinstone, as in the Great Whin Sill is an intrusive dolerite, the deeper version of basalt. However, this may be a local name for very hard rock rather than an indication of its geological nature?

 

[Steve Clark]

My last attempt with a DSLR was a bit of a disaster. Drowned it on a trip to the minarets, because I squeezed it into a slightly too small peli case and/or trapped the lanyard in the seal. Sold on ebay for parts.

Two years on, new peli case for xmas and a new to me secondhand 600D, we had another go and risked it down Sunset Hole on Tuesday :

 

[chunky]

Oh no. I've just done an 'interview' for someones photography A level and when asked what the most important piece of equipment unique to cave photography was I actually answered what you transport your kit in.

Great photos. I do like Sunset hole. Pegasus and I had a play at a pitch shot there a couple of years ago with me tandeming on the line.

 

[chunky]

As I haven't taken my camera underground for a couple of months, took it this weekend for a play in South Wales.

2nd river oxbow Ogof Ffynnon Ddu

Dudley members having a break at a cascade in the main stream way after their first ever SRT trip down the Nave pitches

A quick grab from Sundays trip to Ogof Craig A Ffynnon of the impressive passage toward the 5th boulder choke.

Full resolution photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/markburkey/

 

[The Old Ruminator]

Withyhill Cave.