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Top Withens

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[best viewed full sized] Hello All! This shot was taken at the end of September at Top Withens, aka Wuthering Heights, on the bleak moorland above the village of Haworth, which is famous for its strong Bronte family connections, in West Yorkshire. We had taken the longer, and more difficult, route from the village on a 4 mile mud-caked hike across the moorland to get to Top Withens, which are the derelict ruins of a farmhouse on top of the highest point of the moor that Emily Bronte based her well known book Wuthering Heights on. There is a plaque on the other side of the building which reads; "Top Withens. This farmhouse has been associated with "Wuthering Heights", the Earnshaw home in Emily Bronte's novel. The buildings, even when complete bore no resemblance to the house she described, but the situation may have been in her mind when she wrote of the moorland setting of the heights". This photo is a blend of four differently exposed images from the same RAW file to show what the eye would see as if you were actually there. I have used dodge and burn in the foreground to show the details a little better and also boosted the saturation because of the poor colour and lighting due to bad weather. Thanks for looking and any comments and critique are, as always, more than welcome and valued! Carl "Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed; one may guess that the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted furs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun". Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Comments (31)


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erlandpil

9:50AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

very good picture erland

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durleybeachbum

10:09AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Marvellous piece of work! What a wild place.

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mps

10:40AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Splendid image

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kgb224

10:44AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Superb capture and post work my friend. God Bless.

alanwilliams

10:46AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

storm brewing, a great atmosphere

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jayfar

11:12AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

A wonderful moody image Carl.

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brewgirlca

11:57AM | Sun, 04 November 2012

This is a stunning addition to this delightful series. Just shows there is no bad weather for photography and in fact the worse the weather often the better it is! Great job of image stacking to show the detail. I wonder how it would look with an HDR process? Did that bit of bright sky really appear over the building? It is really unique and striking.

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wysiwig

12:51PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Stunning work. Looks like you're in for trouble. Your work has not been in vain. You've produced a real work of art.

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art-digital

12:58PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

splendide

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pauldeleu

1:36PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Highly gifted.

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Nathan_Ruby

2:15PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Beautiful shot, I love the mood from this picture! 5*

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flavia49

4:29PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

marvelous picture

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jeroni

4:30PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

Fantastic light and mood. Superb shot

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sandra46

5:44PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

superlative creation! great image!

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npauling

6:30PM | Sun, 04 November 2012

A very beautiful moody capture with super colours and a great feeling of space.

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elisheba

3:00AM | Mon, 05 November 2012

It is always a pleasure to see the new photographs you post.:) And you really seem to have a gift with "old school" HDR -HDR that is handmade. On my Lumix TZ-18 I have the high dynamic range option/filter available among its options: it works perfectly whenever I use it ;p I've been shooting like crazy since I bought my 3 new cameras (new Lumix TZ-18, the infrared Bell'n Howell AND my beautiful and stunning Nikon D3100!) I'm so totally in love with them and photography in general! Anyway, once again you achieved an impressive and expressive work here, congrats!!:) Eli

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sharky_

5:17AM | Mon, 05 November 2012

Very nice... Aloha

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fallen21

6:31AM | Mon, 05 November 2012

Splendid place & view, beautifully captured.

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moochagoo

12:26PM | Tue, 06 November 2012

Awesome atmosphere and lighting

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kbrog

3:55PM | Thu, 08 November 2012

Beautiful landscape and capture! :)

Ilona-Krijgsman

5:00PM | Thu, 08 November 2012

such a moody image...and what a gorgeous place.....I would love to follow that path that leads me to the other side...lovely

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junge1

5:29PM | Thu, 08 November 2012

Cool capture!

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dakotabluemoon

6:13AM | Fri, 09 November 2012

This is spectacular and wondering if u have ever seen the movie.The original movie sucks but the remake of it is so dramatic and a real tearful sad story of it thank u so much for this image.

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mariogiannecchini

12:15PM | Mon, 12 November 2012

very beautiful image , Carl !

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aksirp

2:20PM | Fri, 18 January 2013

very interesting background and superb landscape! long time no see, hope for new pics!

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dochtersions

12:13PM | Fri, 08 February 2013

This is a most excellent treatment of your beautiful photos, Carl. The atmosphere is magnificent, as the colors and the air is so wonderful. Thank you for the information. Yes I know the book/story. :)

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FredNunes

12:54PM | Fri, 08 February 2013

Really impressive landscape here and mood.

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abreojos

10:10AM | Sat, 09 February 2013

Amazing shot and excellent post work.

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bmac62

2:25PM | Wed, 13 February 2013

Hi Carl, For no good reason I've been missing your wonderful gallery. It looks to me like we have some very similar landscape interests. I am shortly going to trade up in my camera gear moving from Olympus DSLRs to a Canon full-frame DSLR. Not only do I really like your subject, composition and postwork but appreciate that you've told us what you've done here. Great job and I'll be more faithful with my comments in the future:)

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danapommet

7:33PM | Wed, 13 March 2013

A super POV going along the path and up toward the building. Nice postwork!

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