{"id":857,"date":"2009-08-27T06:04:35","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potd.lightshedder.com\/?p=857"},"modified":"2009-08-27T06:04:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:04:35","slug":"8272009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=857","title":{"rendered":"8\/27\/2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscapes\/England-2005\/9316316_5VyXa\/1\/#630002833_gXumW-A-LB\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/photos\/630002833_gXumW-M.jpg?resize=600%2C390\" alt=\"Ruskins View\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruskin&#39;s View<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John Ruskin, Victorian art critic, philosopher and writer, champion of Lake District painters and J.M.W Turner in particular, claimed that this was the most perfect view in all of England. There are signs all through the town of Kirkby Longsdale directing you to this spot, and a big brass plaque and stone bench to help you enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>And I suspect it looks today just about as it did in Ruskin&#8217;s time. And I suspect this is just such a day as the day on which Ruskin drew his conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Obligatory\u00a0photo.<\/p>\n<p>Minolta A1 at 28mm equivalent. F8.0 @ 1\/640th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpen landscape and Punch presets in Lightroom. Blackpoint to the right. Some Recovery for the clouds.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscapes\/England-2005\/9316316_5VyXa\/1\/630002833_gXumW\" target=\"_blank\">England 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-857\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=857&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-857\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=857&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=857&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Ruskin, Victorian art critic, philosopher and writer, champion of Lake District painters and J.M.W Turner in particular, claimed that this was the most perfect view in all of England. 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