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13-JAN-2005 Lee Rudd

Spinsters' Rock

Thursday 13th January 2005 - Day 26

This is a Dolmen, or what remains of a neolithic burial barrow, once the barrow collapses. It dates from between 4000 and 2500 BC, late Stone Age. For scale, i could fit under it, stooping very little.

I suppose this is less than 10 miles (16 kilometres) from home, but I had never found it. I am thankful that I found it today.

Memo to self... when using pop-up flash as fill in, take lens hood off!

I'm a bit brighter today, the crown has been glued back in, so I am back on solids again.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/80s f/9.0 at 18.0mm iso200 with Flash hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time13-Jan-2005 16:12:14
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1/80 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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Guest 13-Feb-2006 19:22
Massive rocks emphasised by the little tree. Love the sky.
Guest 11-Feb-2005 04:13
This is beautiful,Lee. I love the silhoutted rock formation and that gorgeous sky!
Guest 14-Jan-2005 05:22
Lee, you live in such an interesting place. What a neat formation, and to capture it with such a dramatic sky is an added bonus! Bravo :)
Susanne14-Jan-2005 02:09
My lord what an awesome sky in the background and that rock just truly beautifies this entire image even more.
Cheryl Hawkins13-Jan-2005 23:22
Beatiful, I love the photo within the photo created by the rock framing the tree. This is excellent. I have to VOTE.
Guest 13-Jan-2005 22:50
Impressive shot, love the sky!
Guest 13-Jan-2005 22:26
Lee I love this shot but I would have used the scratch remover to take othe the power line. (Maybe Im being a bit pedantic!)
Graham Whitehead13-Jan-2005 21:28
Great image, love the sky and the low viewpoint. Very dramatic.
Guest 13-Jan-2005 18:49
Lovely sky - the little tree really makes it!
Coleen Perilloux Landry13-Jan-2005 18:20
Nice image, but what an awful name for it. Glad you're back in shape, quasi.
Gayle P. Clement13-Jan-2005 18:19
Awesome rock and beautiful sky!