Gold Hill Cobbles

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Gold Hill Cobbles

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Gold Hill Cobbles
Gold Hill is a famous street in Shaftesbury in Dorset, England. It is a steep cobbled street featured on the cover of countless books about Dorset, chocolate boxes, postcards, calendars and in television commercials.

Gold Hill featured in the 1973 “Boy on Bike” tv ads for Hovis bread. The advert was voted Britain’s favourite advertisement of all time. It was directed by Ridley Scott, and includes the distinctive music of Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9.

As it is such a well known and much photographed street, I tried to capture something a little different.

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Gold Hill Cobbles by A90Six
Gold Hill Cobbles by A90Six
  • mrscarlotta

    mrscarlotta

    Wow, what a brilliant shot, love the background, awesome xxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Carlotta!
                                            :) Tony.

  • LYN EVANS

    LYN EVANS

    FANTASTIC IMAGE. I’ve walked up here…a few years ago….and I love that advert. Wonderful treatment :-)

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Lyn! It’s a struggle isn’t it. I stopped at every bench along the way pretending to take more shots.
                                            :) Tony.

  • midzing

    midzing

    fantastic image,,, well done

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Wendy, glad you liked it!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Glenna Walker

    Glenna Walker

    Fantastic art here Tony…just beautiful!!!

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks G!
                                            :) Tony.

  • andreisky

    andreisky

    great angle

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Andrei! It’s nice to get down and dirty now and then!
                                            :) Tony.

  • LYN EVANS

    LYN EVANS

    LOL…..I was shattered too….lol

  • A90Six replied

    I so know how you felt. I took this shot when I fell over with exhaustion at the top of the hill!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Tessa Bishop

    Tessa Bishop

    What I reckon happened was, you had a little too much Gold Hill ale, caught your 5 inch heels in the cobbles, and bam, there you were on the ground and there was the shot! Great shot too!!!

  • A90Six replied

    You got it in one Tess! I fell and grabbed the camera straight away and started snapping to hide my embarrassment. It would have worked too if my knees weren’t bleeding and my hat hadn’t rolled halfway back down the hill. The hiccoughs rather gave the game away as well!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Wendi Donaldson

    Wendi Donaldson

    Stunning, charming….a classic English country road….to my mind anyway! Beautifully shot.

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Wendi! Your mind pretty well has it!
                                            :) Tony.

  • DarkStars

    DarkStars

    Absolutely beautiful Tony, love the composition, colours and textures, wonderful work :)

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Jayme!
                                            :) Tony.

  • kalaryder

    kalaryder

    Great perspective, this is a wonderful shot

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Mik!
                                            :) Tony.

  • georgieboy98

    georgieboy98

    A great take Tony and I always thoughy struggling up here was a bit like the climb up the main (the only) street in Clovelly. The low angle was inspired and there weren’t too many people around to wonder why you were lying face down in the middle of their road! A terrific piece of work mate. Peter

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Peter! The advent of flippable lcd screens on cameras has made taking such shots so much easier.
                                            :) Tony.

  • Béla Török

    Béla Török

    Great work, Tony!

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Béla!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Paulette x

    Paulette x

    Excellent and original – love it :) x

  • A90Six replied

    Cheers P.
                                            :) Tony. x

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    I see you also own a camera with a flippy screen – useful isn’t it!!??? LOVE the perspective on this – great shot mate. xx

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Rosalie! Oh yes, wouldn’t be without the flippy-screen these days. They are so good for low shots, high shots and surreptitious candid shots. You can get some great angles without breaking your neck.
                                            :) Tony.

  • Squealia

    Squealia

    Lovely shot, now for some reason I always assumed that Hovis advert was somewhere further North!

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Celia! The accent used for the ad (pretending to be the old man thinking back to when he was a boy, pushing the Hovis bike up the hill) was Yorkshire. That’s probably why.
                                            :) Tony.

  • vadim19

    vadim19

    Wonderful work, interesting angle!

  • A90Six replied

    thanks vadim!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Jonicool

    Jonicool

    Wonderful comp and treatment!

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Joni!
                                            :) Tony.

  • DIANEPEAREN

    DIANEPEAREN

    BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE…....IT PUTS A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO RUNNING OUT TO THE SHOPS FOR A LOAF OF BREAD. THINK OF THOSE POOR WORKMEN WHO BUILT THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE….WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT THE HAMMER DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ROAD…..........

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Diane! Imagine the struggle getting the bricks up there!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    Wow, this is great. I have a friend who moved from the USA to Dorset and tells me she has a house on a hill, with a steep back yard. I’m going to email her a link to your picture, perhaps one of those houses is hers? Anyway, great picture it also reminds me of that town in the David Lean film “Ryan’s Daughter” but I think that was filmed in Ireland. :}

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Mary! Dorset is full of hills, but you never know! Ryan’s Daughter was filmed in Dingle in County Kerry Ireland. I will probably make a trip to the town when I go to Kerry in a couple of weeks time. Watch this space!
                                            :) Tony.

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    I always watch you Tony.. would love to see the quaint hills of County Kerry too! so good shooting. :}

  • hans olsen

    hans olsen

    I love the treatment you have given this.

  • A90Six replied

    Thanks Hans!
    :) Tony.

  • Cedric Canard

    Cedric Canard

    Your perspective on this is awesome. I remember this street from my time in England and you’re right it is a popular subject with photographers and just think,,, you got the best shot of all :)

  • A90Six replied

    Thank you so much Cedric! Let’s hope some chocolate box manufaturer likes it too!
    :) Tony.

  • Keith G. Hawley

    Keith G. Hawley

    Nice image… Mind you, having looked through your portfolio, they are all top shots. Keep up the good work…

  • SandraRos

    SandraRos

  • cas slater

    cas slater

    lovely shot! love the low angle!

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