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The Falls here are split into two parts by a large rock, the trees and bushes just seem to find somewhere to grow whatever the circumstances. I guess the light is low but there is plenty of water.

I've been using stand development here to try and get some detail in the shadows as well as trying to keep the highlights in the water under control. Also I'm lazy and the stand development lets me have a nice sit down for an hour!

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I'm trying to capture some of the beauty and power of waterfalls, focusing on the nearby Yorkshire Dales. There are a lot to go at, nothing as huge as Niagara Falls but just as important in their own way. I love the way that the combination of time, the abrasive power of the water, the hardness of the rock combine to form something beautiful and unique - and ever changing. I'm intrigued to know what was there before that the water has washed away over the centuries.

Its good to be back on the Hasselblad and working in medium format again - i seem to have been shooting 35mm for the last 6 months!

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Well I've managed to get one of my photography based projects for 2012 off the ground already. Got a website set up now so I can start recording some of my work away from the clutter of Flickr (much though I love Flickr to bits). I've also got my blogging head together so I will be posting on or via Posterous as well as putting photos on Tumblr and tweeting about my activities as well. I'm not sure I can face Facebook just yet but I'll keep that idea for later.

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All of the above are still in the 'under construction' or development stage and I'm not certain where all this is heading of course but at least I'm starting to pull things together in a way that makes sense to me and I hope I might make some new contacts along the way.

Of course I'd welcome feedback on anything I do - whether that is related to my photography or any of this online stuff.

The image is one I took in the Dordogne, summer 2011.

I've been trying to reduce the size of the images I post online as they've been far larger than they need to be. I'm starting to add a 'save for web' stage to my disgital workflow. Hopefully I haven't overdone it with this!

The image was shot on an Olympus OM1n, 28mm f2.8, Delta 100 film, developed in HC110 solution B.

MICHAL ROVNER'S MAKOM AT THE LOUVRE
Standing in the courtyard they are made from stone reclaimed from various Israeli and Palestinian buildings destroyed in the conflict there. Rovner enlisted the help of Israeli and Palestinian masons to construct the piece.

There were two such pieces on exhibit and with no explanation as to what they were or why they were in the setting it allowed for a bit of freedom of thought. I was thinking something about a space which was accessible but out of reach, you couldn't get inside even though you could see in there. they were quite stark in the setting but i guess that wasn't particularly relevant and just co-incidence. I thought the numbering could signify something but i'm guessing it was just part of the construction process, putting things together in the right place.

sometimes everyone seems so into their own world they don't look around to see what's happening