A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)
Not sure what chunks of slate this size are used for, but here they are, being washed in a
simulated quarry operation in the Slate Museum in Llanberis, North Wales. This is a
fascinating museum, beautifully presented, displaying all aspects of mining in Wales including
engineering, transport, foundry work, the people involved in it from time immemorial, even
their canteen. Slate quarrying is a much-reduced industry now, but at least it survives - folk
still need slate for roofing, coasters, snooker tables, and to split open in the search for small
dinosaurs. This image may look like a black and white picture, but it's in full colour, the sort of
full colour you get with black slate and white water. I've slightly cropped the original image to
strengthen the composition (I didn't want to get too close with the camera with all that water
splashing about), and increased the contrast to heighten the dynamics of the picture (at the
small cost of detail in the front slate slab). Olympus E-30, 45mm, ISO 200, 1/20th sec at
f/16.
Not sure what chunks of slate this size are used for, but here they are, being washed in a
simulated quarry operation in the Slate Museum in Llanberis, North Wales. This is a fascinating
museum, beautifully presented, displaying all aspects of mining in Wales including engineering,
transport, foundry work, the people involved in it from time immemorial, even their canteen.
Slate quarrying is a much-reduced industry now, but at least it survives - folk still need slate for
roofing, coasters, snooker tables, and to split open in the search for small dinosaurs. This image
may look like a black and white picture, but it's in full colour, the sort of full colour you get with
black slate and white water. I've slightly cropped the original image to strengthen the composition
(I didn't want to get too close with the camera with all that water splashing about), and
increased the contrast to heighten the dynamics of the picture (at the small cost of detail in the
front slate slab). Olympus E-30, 45mm, ISO 200, 1/20th sec at f/16.
A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£26)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)