Submitter's name:	Roger Wesson
Title:	Teesdale
Gear used:	OM-1n + Zuiko 135/3.5
Film used:	Ilford XP-2 400
Technical details:	There was some mention on the list a few weeks ago about how effective telephoto landscapes could be, so I took off my 28mm lens for once and gave the 135 a go.
Subject information:	A week of glorious sunny weather naturally gave way to leaden skies and drizzle the day I decided to head out into the country. Undaunted, I put some black and white film in, and took this shot up on the moors in County Durham in the north of England.
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Comment left by: benson (benson@research.haifa.ac.il)

I love this shot. I spent a couple of years at St. Andrews. I would bicycle through the countryside on the weekends. This picture captures that experience beautifully. Forever fog rolling up the hills. In the spring, the fields were full of wheat and yellow rape (for oil). They roll the wheat in that unique European way (round bales, not square). B&W does justice to this as color would never do! You should consider going back to this spot to show the seasonal changes.

Comment left by: Doro (no e-mail specified)

most definitely a landscape :) - the eyes can wander about - this picture is an invitation to travel there and discover all the interesting fotogenic spots!

Comment left by: john robison, olympia, washington state, usa (omrobison@yahoo.com)

I really like this one, reminds me of the type of pictures on a james harriot calandar I had back in the mid 80's

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Perfect! I love the clear and sharp detail in the foreground with mist and glare washing out the far distance. Tremendous sense of place, and I like the building in the lower left corner.

Comment left by: Adam Bolt (boldbolty@iprimus.comau)

This is why I started turning many of my photos into B&W or Sepia toned. Because there are no colours to distract, my eye wanders freely over the wonderfully image you have created, looking at how the soft diffused light works its way though the mist, and then again at the wonderful shapes and textures B&W brings to a photo. Cheers Adam

Comment left by: Adam Bolt (boldbolty@iprimus.comau)

This is why I started turning many of my photos into B&W or Sepia toned. Because there are no colours to distract, my eye wanders freely over the wonderfully image you have created, looking at how the soft diffused light works its way though the mist, and then again at the wonderful shapes and textures B&W brings to a photo. Cheers Adam

Comment left by: Walt Wayman (hiwayman@mynra.com)

Simply excellent. I give it my highest compliment: I wish I had taken it.

Comment left by: Stephen Scharf (scharfsj@ix.netcom.com)

Just a wonderful photograph. I echo everything everyone else has said. Wish it was mine!

Comment left by: Charles Sdunek (charles@mormons.com)

I like this photo. I can almost imagine myself sitting on damp stone wall looking out onto the scene. Great shot.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Beautiful tonal range

Comment left by: Joel Wilcox (no e-mail specified)

Undaunted indeed. This is inspiration.

Comment left by: Brian Swale (bj@caverock.net.nz)

At first glance I thought this was Swaledale, but no, it's the next valley to the north; a more intimate landscape than the southern wide-open moorland vistas. B&W has worked very well here, and the detail is impressively sharp. The fog & mist gives a beautiful sense of 3D, and the dry-stone farm fences and stone farm barns help the eye find its way to the village nestled in the valley bottom, with the mist providing visual closure in the far distance. A great photograph.

Comment left by: Andy Gilbert (gilbs@142tpr.freeserve.co.uk)

Great! Particularly this shot, among several on the gallery, make me want to go out & do some B&W.

Comment left by: Chris Barker (imagopus@threeshoes.co.uk)

Interesting, as I would not have thought of taking this scene. But you have seen the details that make it work: the barn in the foreground, the network of drystone walls zigzagging away, and the wet road winding away in the distance to the vanishing point. Well done.

Comment left by: Steve Wright (steve.wright@capita.co.uk)

Great shot - typifies what our 'Dales' are all about in the North of England. You obviously picked a 'typical atmospheric week' - the sun was NOT shining as usual!! Love the perspective with the 135mm. I live 12 miles from here and I still haven't 'done this shot' - must get my arse into gear!! Always liked XP2 for B&W though. Several people in the UK have made a few pounds (dollars etc) selling books containing these type of shots - they look geat and are always in demand - be it B&W or colour. But B&W always gives it the edge with character. I've been taking a City & Guilds Photographic course using slide material (Fuji Sensia) for the last year - think I'll dig out my XP2 now before the 'sell by' date expires. Good work!

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