The Remote Warren House Inn
Nov 17, 2016 18:40:09 #
My earlier post 'Through a Dartmoor Window' (that didn't quite receive rave reviews) was taken inside this inn. Here, the remoteness is more obvious and it's easy to imagine it being cut-off in heavy snowfall, as in 1963 when the only thing to get through for twelve weeks was a helicopter. It has it's own electricity generators, LPG gas storage, spring water and sceptic tank drainage and describes itself as 'self-sufficient' - which I guess is not optional.
Typical Dartmoor scenery - which I don't find very easy to pp, particularly when taken midday-ish, as here. Any suggestions, other than wait for golden hour?
Typical Dartmoor scenery - which I don't find very easy to pp, particularly when taken midday-ish, as here. Any suggestions, other than wait for golden hour?
Nov 17, 2016 19:22:50 #
I like the hazy look; you have to pause and peer into the distance to discover the building. There are interesting textures and understated shadows in the foreground.
For me, the mood is about isolation and perhaps loneliness and a bit of mystery - until I check their website and see they're on Facebook and Twitter
It's very interesting learning about this historic inn, Dave!
For me, the mood is about isolation and perhaps loneliness and a bit of mystery - until I check their website and see they're on Facebook and Twitter
It's very interesting learning about this historic inn, Dave!
Nov 18, 2016 04:41:21 #
Your snap has rather a lot of not very much surrounding the subject.
Mindful of the fact that there is always the risk of losing some degree of detail when doing so I nevertheless cropped some to draw more attention to the inn then applied a bit of a filter to make it look better.
Suggest maybe a longer lens.
Mindful of the fact that there is always the risk of losing some degree of detail when doing so I nevertheless cropped some to draw more attention to the inn then applied a bit of a filter to make it look better.
Suggest maybe a longer lens.
Nov 18, 2016 05:20:37 #
Nov 18, 2016 05:32:43 #
winterrose wrote:
Your snap has rather a lot of not very much surrounding the subject.
Mindful of the fact that there is always the risk of losing some degree of detail when doing so I nevertheless cropped some to draw more attention to the inn then applied a bit of a filter to make it look better.
Suggest maybe a longer lens.
Mindful of the fact that there is always the risk of losing some degree of detail when doing so I nevertheless cropped some to draw more attention to the inn then applied a bit of a filter to make it look better.
Suggest maybe a longer lens.
It's possible you're missing the point here, or maybe just pulling my leg, either way, thanks for looking.
Nov 18, 2016 05:33:11 #
Griff wrote:
You say they have a sceptic tank - I just don't believe it!
Fair enough.
Nov 18, 2016 05:39:17 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I like the hazy look; you have to pause and peer into the distance to discover the building. There are interesting textures and understated shadows in the foreground.
For me, the mood is about isolation and perhaps loneliness and a bit of mystery - until I check their website and see they're on Facebook and Twitter
It's very interesting learning about this historic inn, Dave!
For me, the mood is about isolation and perhaps loneliness and a bit of mystery - until I check their website and see they're on Facebook and Twitter
It's very interesting learning about this historic inn, Dave!
Yes, that's how it feels looking back from this viewpoint Linda, and how the landlord must feel at times, I guess. All my info came from their history website - although I don't remember being able to get online whilst visiting, perhaps they don't share their wifi. Anyway, if you're snowed-in there the web might be a lifesaver!
Nov 18, 2016 10:50:00 #
magnetoman wrote:
Fair enough.
Sorry for the rather facile joke.
I think the photograph is excellent and well catches the sweep of the bleak moorland. It deserves a large print
Please don't mess it about, other than by mild cropping.
PP, in the search for 'impact' so often degrades the delicacy of the original, only to produce some entirely spurious, chrome-plated, bit of kitsch.
Nov 18, 2016 10:51:10 #
I keep coming back to this image, so I must like it - a lot! I've read about the moors all my life but have never seen them. Your image goes a long way in explaining their mystery, and the danger in being alone there. I have to ask why would one build an inn in that remote a region. But of course, the answer is likely that people - like me - would want to see what it's like to be there and staying in an inn is the obvious way to do so. I do admire people who decide to settle in adverse locations and live there in total self-sufficiency. I don't think I'd visit in winter.
Now to the image. Your subject totally fills the frame. Although you have called this The Warren House, I think the actual subject is the moor itself. The house is simply a part of the scene. The colours are soft and pretty; the sky is very interesting. I think anything you might do in further PP might ruin the realism of the image. It is hauntingly beautiful just as is.
Now to the image. Your subject totally fills the frame. Although you have called this The Warren House, I think the actual subject is the moor itself. The house is simply a part of the scene. The colours are soft and pretty; the sky is very interesting. I think anything you might do in further PP might ruin the realism of the image. It is hauntingly beautiful just as is.
Nov 18, 2016 11:48:05 #
AzPicLady wrote:
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Well worth a visit without doubt APL, any time of year. The inn originally served the needs of the local tin-miners. There are lots of (now disused) mines on the moor - just one engine house survives and is pretty-much the same as those seen in Cornwall. The warren part of the name comes from rabbit warrens, which the miners maintained for easy food supplies.
I used this title simply to give a link with my previous post but you are right, its about the moor. Thanks for commenting on the pp. I certainly felt more able to wreck it than improve it!
Nov 18, 2016 11:51:19 #
Griff wrote:
Sorry for the rather facile joke.
I think the photograph is excellent and well catches the sweep of the bleak moorland. It deserves a large print
Please don't mess it about, other than by mild cropping.
PP, in the search for 'impact' so often degrades the delicacy of the original, only to produce some entirely spurious, chrome-plated, bit of kitsch.
I think the photograph is excellent and well catches the sweep of the bleak moorland. It deserves a large print
Please don't mess it about, other than by mild cropping.
PP, in the search for 'impact' so often degrades the delicacy of the original, only to produce some entirely spurious, chrome-plated, bit of kitsch.
Glad you came back Griff, and pleased that you like it. Agree, the pp is tricky and could so easily end-up messing things up.
Nov 18, 2016 16:03:32 #
magnetoman wrote:
My earlier post 'Through a Dartmoor Window' (that ... (show quote)
Since there is not a lot going on in the sky, and there is a lot of detail in the foreground, I think I would crop out a fair amount of the sky. This again would get your subject out of the middle, it would make the inn bigger in the shot and it would focus attention to the textures and space in the foreground; which would be a good thing. This shot has a lot of potential and I don't think it is hurt that much by middle of the day.
Erich
Nov 18, 2016 16:27:42 #
ebrunner wrote:
Since there is not a lot going on in the sky, and there is a lot of detail in the foreground, I think I would crop out a fair amount of the sky. This again would get your subject out of the middle, it would make the inn bigger in the shot and it would focus attention to the textures and space in the foreground; which would be a good thing. This shot has a lot of potential and I don't think it is hurt that much by middle of the day.
Erich
Erich
Thanks Erich but I think that would detract from the 'remoteness' point of the shot. I'd rather step back to reduce the sky and include more foreground, even making the inn smaller. As it happens, I do have such a shot which, upon reflection, I think I prefer to the posted shot. Pays to 'work the situation', as they say. And its a sneaky way of putting another pic up!....
Nov 18, 2016 17:02:09 #
magnetoman wrote:
...Pays to 'work the situation', as they say. And its a sneaky way of putting another pic up!....
You just keep coming up with more goodies, Dave
Love this viewpoint. Again, the hazy distance works to advantage, I think.Nov 18, 2016 17:20:55 #
There has always been something appealing to me about being snowbound (with everything I need of course😃) and not even have the Internet, so pictures like this always fascinate me. Makes me just want to go. Thanks for taking me away!
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