"Why fade these children of the spring?"

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"Why fade these children of the spring?"

The title is a line from William Blake’s poem, ” The book of Thel” and seemed to fit this scene from rural Yorkshire at the turn of summer into autumn, where the harvest roles on and the cattle feed on small fields left to grass.

Taken near the village of South Dalton

While the clouds roll on and dance their dance of space with the wind as their partner.

Converted in to pinhole black and white

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This shot was taken a few moments after this shot

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"Why fade these children of the spring?" by clickinhistory
"Why fade these children of the spring?" by clickinhistory
  • Lois Romer

    Lois Romer

    what awesome clouds and landscape

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Lois

  • Hélène David-Cuny

    Hélène David-Cuny

    Depth of the horizon, thickness of the cloud, this one is a 3D sculpture chiseled with the tools of a lacemaker.

  • clickinhistory replied

    that is a wonderful description, lol wish I had thought of it ;) thank you Helene

  • Lindamell

    Lindamell

    oooh…....whos cat is it in the top left corner? I don’t think its one of yours but it seems to be eating a fish. I love it x err…. not the cat the whole picture.

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol finally spotted the cat, thanks Linda..new class lesson, take them outside and have them cloud spot ;)

  • Dar Hurt

    Dar Hurt

    This is simply stunning!!!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Dar

  • Steve & Lesley

    Steve & Lesley

    excellent richard

  • clickinhistory replied

    LOL think they were looking for you, you being the site water god and all, thanks Steve

  • jon daly

    jon daly

    stunning…
    but stay behind in thirds class!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Just looked at the weather, think detention is a dryer option lol thanks Jon

  • Luis Mariano González

    Luis Mariano ...

    impressive series of black and white sceneries. The confirmed treatment gives them big dramatism

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Luis, really wanted to emphasize the drama in the clouds in this series

  • hsien-ku

    hsien-ku

    oh! you’re killing me with these skies! perfect!
    very pleased you’ve avoided that thirds nonsense.

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol think teacher Jon would disagree lol Thank you hsien-ku

  • BettinaSchwarz

    BettinaSchwarz

    fantastically impressive … the depth and dimensions are fabulous …
    really like the latest set you’ve uploaded here!!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Tina, the clouds were a dream this day and had fun with the b/w too lol

  • TaniaLosada

    TaniaLosada

    very beautiful light!

  • clickinhistory replied

    lol think we borrowed your light fora few moments ;) thank you Tania

  • Donald Cameron

    Donald Cameron

    That’s a very cool shot, the different levels of light and dark in the clouds are spot on and I do like how you’ve composed it with the sky dominating.

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thanks Donald, really pleased this one caught the movement of the sun through the clouds

  • Alan Dean

    Alan Dean

    Nice work CIH!

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you Alan

  • J.K. York

    J.K. York

    you certainly do have the most dynamic cloud formations over your way. and low too, i love how they hug the landscape. excellent work with the light.

    p.s. i assume you have a “honey do” list as well?

  • clickinhistory replied

    Thank you JK and being single means it is a real do it yourself job, but feel free to both pop over and do any jobs she spots needing doing lol

  • hologram

    hologram

    Marvellous, it’s as simple as that. It would be great to see these about 40×30 feet in a huge gallery, would be amazing.
    h

  • clickinhistory replied

    thanks for that h, having some printed up at A0 to mount them on MDF and looking for an exhibition space as we speak locally

  • secretagentman7

    secretagentman7

    I don’t know if the Wizard of Oz film (based on a phantasy book by Frank Baum) has been shown much in England , but I must say that it reminds me of a landscape from that old motion picture .

  • clickinhistory replied

    We get that movie just a few times each year over here and yes,I can see where it comes from the book and not the movie

  • eclipsegirl

    eclipsegirl

    Another fantastic work, great shade and contrast of dark and light in these clouds!

  • clickinhistory replied

    We are lucky here, the hills and sea are close enough to create these clouds, which is ideal for a cloud spotter like me lol thanks as always

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