There’s an invitation this week, in Amy‘s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, to consider Framing the Shot.
Walking in the Yorkshire Dales gives so many photo opportunities that I thought I’d stay right here, on my home patch, to give this a go.
Here’s a wintry shot from just outside my own village. Trees provide a traditional frame.
Over in Reeth, I made use of some less-than-attractive wire fencing to frame the distant hillside.
Harlow Carr Gardens provided its own frame above a pond.
While at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, (in West Yorkshire, this one) Henry Moore provided a frame through which to view the landscape.
But there’s no need to take framing so literally. There are other ways of a picture inviting you in.
Those fields of rape plot the path we may take over the hills.
While these two suggest the limitless landscape lying beyond the dry stone walls.
And these sheep, this cormorant, highlight the vastness beyond them, just as the tree below, utterly unframed, suggests the famous bleakness of the Top Withens moorland near Hawarth, home of the Brontë sisters
Let’s finish with typical Yorkshire weather. A view taken in the Crimple Valley one very dismal day in May.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #60– Framing the Shot
Both interesting and enjoyable, thank you.
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It was fun choosing images.
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I really love the wire in the 2nd picture and the one of Pennine Way near Gargrave has a lovely, simple arrangement of ‘domes’. The Dales are just so lovely, in any weather (well, perhaps not in a total downpour or thick fog)!
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We had friends from France over one year when it rained every single day of their visit. They expected no different ….
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Thanks for this virtual wander, Margaret! The Henry Moore makes a great frame, Harlow Carr looks good, and I enjoyed the landscapes
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Good – thank you. Strolling through a pile of photos is so much easier than hiking, isn’t it?
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Yes, but not as interesting or as heal.hy!
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Such creative ways of interpreting the theme, and each very effective photo stands on its own really well too. A really enjoyable post – thanks.
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Thank you. It was quite fun trawling through my collection again.
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Lovely photos, Margaret. I really liked the less-than-attractive wire framed view. So out of the ordinary. The sheep and the cormorant also draw the eye. Love them. Regards. Tracy.
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Oh thanks, Tracy. The wire frame seems to be getting quite a few votes. Just goes to show. Chocolate box views don’t always win!
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That’s kinda different, the hillside with wire.
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I thought so when I spotted it.
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Fabulous framing the shots. You’re right, Margaret, no need to take framing so literally. There are other ways of a picture inviting you in. I especially love the green hill photo and Henry Moor frame.
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Thank you. I rather liked those too.
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I loved every one. Made even more enjoyable because I have been to every location you framed. Well done Margaret.
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Thank you. I’m glad you know Yorkshire well – your life history doesn’t reveal how well, but I gather you’ve settled for the Midlands. You must have your reasons……
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My army career started with 3 years at The Army Apprentices College, Harrogate. I returned to Catterick many times for various courses, and we’ve spent many happy holidays in various locations in Yorkshire. I was originally from the Cheshire /Shropshire /Staffordshire border area. As to why we ended up in Nottingham, that’s a story all by itself!
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What a gadabout! Nearly as bad as me! But that too is another story…..
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Did I mention Bahrain, Germany, Bahrain, Blandford Forum, Gibraltar, Germany, Benbecula and St Kilda Outer Hebrides, Germany, Cyprus, Germany, Dover, and Northern Ireland?
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Excellent photos and selections. I like the fencing in Reeth. Allegorical. Man’s attempt to capture Nature.
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Indeed. North Yorkshire is well stitched together by dry stone walls, and its landscape manicured by sheep.
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A lovely collection; makes me think I’m viewing in a gallery 🙂 I particularly love the less literally framed shots. The cormorant is my favourite.
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I liked him too. He and his pals provided several dramatic shots.
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Having read so many books about the Yorkshire Dales, these landscapes seem almost familiar – even though I’ve never been there 🙂 I rather like the shot with the wire fencing for it’s unconventionality. Good choice.
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Thank you Sandy. It seems you need to plan a visit if you’re already well-read about them.
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Framing and boundaries are always of interest to the Art History types, myself included, and I think the intriguing image partially shot through the wired fencing would keep a discussion seminar going all morning.
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That’ll be the day, when I become ‘required reading’ for a university module!
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Oh you never know!
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A great selection. The wire framed hills give a strong sense of the wind and weather that might have shaped the fence.
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Oh yes. They can certainly do ‘weather’ up in Reeth.
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What a great set of photos! These challenges clearly inspire you to pull out interesting pictures. I like them all . . . maybe the wire fence and Moore sculpture the best.
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I’m really going to have to go and see that farmer and tell him his fencing has been a great hit!
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Great choices Margaret, I too love the wire shot, very creative!
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Thank you. I had fun that day.
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Great photos and I too thought the wire fence was a dramatic frame…the first one with the sheep could make a peaceful Christmas card.
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Good point. Thank you! And a bonus point for being the first to mention Christmas this year 😉 !
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Love them all, Margaret – hard to choose here if I will have one favorite only…But the second and the third really spoke to me! Just so clever this gallery – and beautiful landscapes.
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Thank you Leya. Your appreciation means a lot.
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A wonderful selection of framed photos, Margaret. I love them all and can’t choose a favourite.
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Thanks Clare. I guess that is the right answer!
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That photo where you used the very unattractive wire is a really interesting photo.
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Thank you. Not your average country idyll.
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I think my favorite photo is the one with the wire fence. This post makes me realize that I should think more about framing when I take photos.
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Of course we rarely see your photos. Your hidden talent perhaps!
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