A Cornish Summer by danob

Photography • Scenic • posted on Jan 18, 2010

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Some years ago I came across the work of a longtime Cornish resident Peter Redgrove who lived for many years in Falmouth, and felt very connected to his words, and thought how "connectedness" of Cornwall with the rest of the world. I was sat in the bench in the foreground here in a Cornish Summer and was showing a good friend around to some of my favourite locations such as this shot of St Mawes and as a history professor we spoke about other connections he had with Cornwall. Both by its maritime associations, and its long history of migration by its tin-miners, an industry stretching back to Phoenician times, Cornwall has always been in touch with the rest of the world, and this connectedness is also there, vitally, in its creative life. For many years painters and writers have been drawn to Cornwall, fascinated by its light, its atmosphere, its ability to be both far from the wider world, and yet part of it. In an earlier poem, Peter describes Cornish light as ‘the tangy pearl-light, tangy tin-light…’ (Minerals of Cornwall, Stones of Cornwall) and notes how Cornwall ‘plays and thinks with the mineral light,/It sends back its good conclusions, it is exposed,/|It sends back the light silked and silvered…’

Comments (40)

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flora-crassella

12:04PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

The words are missing to me - so wondeful is this picture!!!!

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mininessie

12:05PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

fantastic landscape!!

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bazza

12:06PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Beautiful postcard capture Danny, looks like a beautiful place to be.. Superb!!

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dadon72

12:10PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

What can I say, it's gorgeous. A beautiful setting. Great shot and work on this as well... top notch!

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decie

12:10PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

now thats a first i never knew that they had summers in that part of the world. beautiful postcard image great capture.

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maferro

12:21PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Cartão postal muito bem realizado,parabens! Postcard very well done, congratulations!

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sharky_

12:38PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Wonderful work and capture. Aloha

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carlx

12:56PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Marvellous photography, my friend!!!

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lyron

1:21PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Awesome image. Excellent picture!!!

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Kaartijer

2:27PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Great scene, excellent shot!

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knupps

2:42PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

Its so impressive. Have to investigate HDR images. Looks so fantastic.

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babuci

2:52PM | Mon, 18 January 2010

In full size I can admire a many texture. Water, grass, rocks and clouds. Wonderful harmonious capture. I put Cornwall to the "must visit when I will be there" folder.

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