Gold Hill Cobbles by A90Six
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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.
Comments
Wow, what a brilliant shot, love the background, awesome xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Carlotta!
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FANTASTIC IMAGE. I’ve walked up here…a few years ago….and I love that advert. Wonderful treatment :-)
Thanks Lyn! It’s a struggle isn’t it. I stopped at every bench along the way pretending to take more shots.
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fantastic image,,, well done
Thanks Wendy, glad you liked it!
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Fantastic art here Tony…just beautiful!!!
Thanks G!
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great angle
Thanks Andrei! It’s nice to get down and dirty now and then!
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LOL…..I was shattered too….lol
I so know how you felt. I took this shot when I fell over with exhaustion at the top of the hill!
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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!!!
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!
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Stunning, charming….a classic English country road….to my mind anyway! Beautifully shot.
Thanks Wendi! Your mind pretty well has it!
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Absolutely beautiful Tony, love the composition, colours and textures, wonderful work :)
Thanks Jayme!
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Great perspective, this is a wonderful shot
Thanks Mik!
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