Every day over at the Geograph website, a new image is picked to be "The Picture of The Day". That has been my honour on several occasions including today. I was pleased to note that a picture I took in January 2022 had been selected.
I remember that day pretty well. It was mild and sunny for the end of January and so I headed out west of Sheffield to The Derwent Valley. I blogged about that walking excursion here.
This was the image I contributed to Geograph though I didn't include it in the blogpost:-
As you can see, water from the reservoir behind the dam wall was overlapping it. To the left, waterboard workers were safely burning off unruly undergrowth - hence the smoke. I guess that when you are responsible for an invaluable water supply, it is vital that you maintain the edges of the reservoir as well as monitoring the water itself.
I thought that the swirling smoke in this image suggested that a cloud had fallen from the sky. The map of Great Britain and Ireland at the top shows you the location of this dam - right in the heart of the island of Britain.
It's very dramatic, with that high curved wall of the dam.
ReplyDeleteThe light felt just right at that moment,
DeleteGood day to you, Yorkshire Pudding. Thank you for stopping by my blog and saying hello. I apologize for the letter confusion. I think I cleared it up but I was just repurposing a letter written by a very funny lady. Looking at your blogorama, I see a few familiar names. Anyway, glad to finally cross paths with you and I hope you are well. Winning photo of the day was well-deserved as it is quite a lovely picture. The smoke definitely looks like a cloud and that would have been my guess until I read your explanation. Have a good one and I hope to hear from you again.
ReplyDeleteYou seem like a very well-mannered fellow Mr Shife and of course manners maketh the man. I appreciate your return visit.
DeleteWell done! How old is the dam?
ReplyDeleteConstruction began in 1902 but the reservoir was not fully functional until 1916.
DeleteYou can rightly be proud of the picture and of being the photographer for Photo of the Day.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations
Your kind support is always appreciated.
DeleteGreat picture, the Geograph people have chosen well.
ReplyDeleteYes. I was pretty pleased with that one.
DeletePerhaps the smoke is the ghost of the Dambusters plane YP?
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling that that blew away eighty years ago Dave!
DeleteThat's a great photo!
ReplyDeleteSo many stones, each one selected, cut and placed by hand.
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific photo and a well-deserving one for photo of the day!
ReplyDeleteNice picture! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteInteresting photo YP., it's an excellent choice.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Neil!
ReplyDeleteI think about the men that worked on that dam. What a huge job!
Very atmospheric
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! It is a beautiful picture! So much going on in that one picture.
ReplyDeleteThat's a dam fine photo, YP!
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