Scar in the landscape

Garth Quarry opened in 1870 to produce granite setts for transport to developing towns and cities. It now produces roadstone and railway ballast. But not for long anymore, there is not much left of the hill.

I wanted to get closer, but there is no place to stop safely and from the entrance of the quarry you can't really see the quarry and the machines.

Looking for urban industrial sites in the country side. For the artist challenge.

[KWind]

Wonderfully composed! I like the green shades and textures.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely scene and pov

[Annie D]

Love this scene...beautiful composition

[Simply Amanda]

loving all the layers!

[Kathy]

Nice perspective on how mining takes away whole hillsides. Makes me feel a little guilty for planning granite countertops in my remodeled kitchen.

[Jules Hoogstra-Anderson]

Great composition and textures, love all the colours...great capture!

[Call me Joe]

Beautifully captured:)!

[Debs Stott]

Works well in square format

[Joyce]

You have captured this beautifully Saxa. Great detail and a super shot for the challenge

[Bep]

Mooie industriële foto.

[Louise]

A good capture, I like the colours and lines.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely capture. Love the sharpness and the lines.

[Graham Thresher]

Wonderful composition.

[Susan]

Well done you - absolutely not an easy shot to capture - very brave!! Might you try Penrhyn Quarry?

[Yao RL]

If this is what we say here - open pit mining, It is really sad.

[David]

Looks like a giant has scooped it out with his spoon! Plenty of slate quarries for you to explore in your area? Old lead, silver, etc mines too?

[Krista Marson]

this landscape photo has great color+texture. really makes the eye look.

[Jane Bennett]

@overalvandaan You've really captured the contrast between the lush grassland & the gaping scar hollowing out the hill.

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@janebennett thank you Jane for making the effort to comment on our images for the artist challenge!

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

@dailydelight would love to one day, it's still an hours drive from Porthmadog, maybe when the children are older. @yrhenwr that's a nice mythical comparison! Many redundant slate quarries, Croesor, Tanygrisiau. We've been to the copper mine near Beddgelert. Don't know about lead and silver mines though.

[Bankmann]

I like how you’ve presented this landscape. You have lines and depth - and an insterresting story to go with it. :-) (I have one of these quarries in my backyard…)