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  • #1

    Coniston Copper Mines

    It was sunny on Saturday .....

    So I went underground ....


    I went here ...



    To see stuff like this ...



    There is NO colour adjustment - All I did was connect the flash and say go !

    More on my website http://www.shenstone.me.uk/galleries/mining/index.html

    Hope you like some of them

    Regards
    Andy
    4/3 Kit E510, E30 + 35macro, 11-22, 14-45 (x2), 14-54, 40-150 (both types), 70-300,
    m 4/3 EM1MkII + 60 macro, 12-100 Pro, 100-400
    FL20, FL36 x2 , FL50, cactus slaves etc.
    The Boss (Mrs Shenstone) E620, EM10-II, 14-41Ez, 40-150R, 9 cap and whatever she can nick from me when she wants it

    My places
    http://www.shenstone.me.uk
    http://landroverkaty.blogspot.com/
    https://vimeo.com/shenstone
    http://cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/
    http://swga.org.uk/
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    Re: Coniston Copper Mines

    Urghhh - these made me shudder. Beautiful colours, dramatic situations and very interesting but I hate going underground in all but the tamest of caves - when the darkness closes in I feel like I'm suffocating!

    But good for you, do you do much caving?
    John

    "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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    • #3
      Re: Coniston Copper Mines

      Me too John, there's no way I'd get into those caves, not in a million years. Hey Andy - that looks like quite a drop over the edges of those very sturdy pipes used as a walkway eh

      You're a much braver man than I!!
      John

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      • #4
        Re: Coniston Copper Mines

        Great shots! Does the normal visitor have to swing Tarzan-like across those pipes?
        Stephen

        A camera takes a picture. A photographer makes a picture

        Fuji X system, + Leica and Bronica film

        My Flickr site

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            Re: Coniston Copper Mines

            I saw your galleries earlier and wanted time to think what to say.

            Well, no wonder you have broad shoulders etc I can imagine almost caveman sized.

            That looks like tough going but imagine a great experience. Terrific colours.

            Regards. Barr1e
            Just like that - gone in a flash! Now in use.

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            • #7
              Re: Coniston Copper Mines

              Andy, What great shots - definately out of the ordinary. Are those pipes or wooden poles? Either way, you would not catch me going over them

              Do you know of the history of the mines?

              Thanks for showing us your images.

              Peter
              Best Regards

              PeterD

              www.imageinuk.com/

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              • #8
                Re: Coniston Copper Mines

                Gosh! Amazing colours.

                There are some wonderful things to see underground, it's another one of "those things" I did before kids! I can't imagine having to work in a mine though, I much prefer daylight.
                - my pictures -

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                • #9
                  Re: Coniston Copper Mines

                  Thanks for the nice comments - to answer some of the many questions..

                  John Zukio - I first went caving in 1984 so I have been practising a long time , but recently I've not done as much caving as I would like to - work has been really busy this year - I keep promising myself I will do more.

                  John - MusicMan - You will note that the caver is clipped to a wire line - IMHO no-one in their right mind would trust those rusty pipes! Oh - and I did have nightmares on Saturday Night after the trip - Caves are fine - Old mines in IMO are much more dangerous so it takes something like this to get me in there.

                  Stephen - There is no such thing as a Normal visitor in these places - you need to be properly equipped and guided be someone who knows where the asfe passages are. We didn't do any Tarzan moves, but we did do 3 30m (100ft approx) abseils

                  Danny - FL36 on a CB-05 cord on the E500.

                  Lavatubes are a pain - the black rock simply sucks at the light so I would tend to take only a very close picture or use more than one flash controlled via I/R slave units.

                  The camera is packed into a Pelibox - in this case a 1300 http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1300 which is about right for a single DLSR, Flash and a few spares - I've padded the case fully inside and put a couple of bar towels on top of the cameras to clean my hands before touching them

                  Peter - not a lot - try this http://www.mineexplorer.org.uk/coniston.htm or get a copy of the guide if you want to learn more [ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coniston-Copper-Mines-Field-Guide/dp/0902363360[/ame]

                  We were lucky enough to be guided by the author's nephew, but with so much going on I didn't remember it all

                  Ellie - I agree with the sentiment - as a Geologist I've been lucky enough to visit loads over the years, but these days I make my living from IT and am not unhappy to be able to visit for pleasure only. BTW - just because you have kids is no excuse - where are the next generation of cavers coming from - you'd be welcome on a trip with a camera or I could always use a model !

                  Regards to all & thanks for the interest

                  Andy
                  4/3 Kit E510, E30 + 35macro, 11-22, 14-45 (x2), 14-54, 40-150 (both types), 70-300,
                  m 4/3 EM1MkII + 60 macro, 12-100 Pro, 100-400
                  FL20, FL36 x2 , FL50, cactus slaves etc.
                  The Boss (Mrs Shenstone) E620, EM10-II, 14-41Ez, 40-150R, 9 cap and whatever she can nick from me when she wants it

                  My places
                  http://www.shenstone.me.uk
                  http://landroverkaty.blogspot.com/
                  https://vimeo.com/shenstone
                  http://cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/
                  http://swga.org.uk/

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                  • #10
                    Re: Coniston Copper Mines

                    Thanks Andy, that was a very interesting read. I am amazed at the determination and ingenuity of those early miners. How they surmounted the problems they faced to enable mining to continue. A little ironic that they faced problems of flooding by using water to drive the pumps long before any other technology was available.

                    Thanks again for the images and the link.

                    Peter
                    Best Regards

                    PeterD

                    www.imageinuk.com/

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