Tagged: bridge

  1. Today’s Photo Devil’s BridgeThis is Devil’s Bridge in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. There are, of course, many bridges throughout Europe referred to as “Devil’s Bridge” and curiously, they often share a similar legend, thus:Legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it. When the bridge was finished, the woman threw bread over the bridge and her dog chased after it, thereby outwitting the Devil.Because, obviously, animals have no soul… =/In any case, not only does this ancient bridge, made around 1370AD, sport beautifully constructed arches of gritstone ashlar, but the river bed around has these wonderful sloping rocks, covered in moss and other plant life. This makes for good compositions and playing around. =)This bridge is well-known in Britain for two other reasons: first, because it’s a popular meeting point for Britain’s bikers and, second, because of the mobile hot food van, Devil’s Bridge Butty Bar, which has been featured on various TV programmes! Me and Lisabet enjoyed a delicious burger from it. =) Today’s Photo Devil’s BridgeThis is Devil’s Bridge in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. There are, of course, many bridges throughout Europe referred to as “Devil’s Bridge” and curiously, they often share a similar legend, thus:Legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it. When the bridge was finished, the woman threw bread over the bridge and her dog chased after it, thereby outwitting the Devil.Because, obviously, animals have no soul… =/In any case, not only does this ancient bridge, made around 1370AD, sport beautifully constructed arches of gritstone ashlar, but the river bed around has these wonderful sloping rocks, covered in moss and other plant life. This makes for good compositions and playing around. =)This bridge is well-known in Britain for two other reasons: first, because it’s a popular meeting point for Britain’s bikers and, second, because of the mobile hot food van, Devil’s Bridge Butty Bar, which has been featured on various TV programmes! Me and Lisabet enjoyed a delicious burger from it. =)

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    Devil’s Bridge

    This is Devil’s Bridge in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. There are, of course, many bridges throughout Europe referred to as “Devil’s Bridge” and curiously, they often share a similar legend, thus:

    Legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it. When the bridge was finished, the woman threw bread over the bridge and her dog chased after it, thereby outwitting the Devil.

    Because, obviously, animals have no soul… =/

    In any case, not only does this ancient bridge, made around 1370AD, sport beautifully constructed arches of gritstone ashlar, but the river bed around has these wonderful sloping rocks, covered in moss and other plant life. This makes for good compositions and playing around. =)

    This bridge is well-known in Britain for two other reasons: first, because it’s a popular meeting point for Britain’s bikers and, second, because of the mobile hot food van, Devil’s Bridge Butty Bar, which has been featured on various TV programmes! Me and Lisabet enjoyed a delicious burger from it. =)

  2. Today’s Photo The City Changes. Into something even more beautiful. Lancaster during Blue Hour (or even Purple Hour by this point). Looking out to the city lighting up across the River Lune. Today’s Photo The City Changes. Into something even more beautiful. Lancaster during Blue Hour (or even Purple Hour by this point). Looking out to the city lighting up across the River Lune.

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    The City Changes. Into something even more beautiful.

    Lancaster during Blue Hour (or even Purple Hour by this point). Looking out to the city lighting up across the River Lune.

  3. Today’s Photo Locomoting Across the Lune. There are quite a few bridges that cross the River Lune in and around Lancaster, but this one’s the funkiest. This is the Lune Millennium Bridge, designed by Whitby Bird and Partners, and built at a cost of £1.8m to commemorate the millennium of 2000. The first time I crossed it I mentally bookmarked it for a photo. Those beams remind me of a ship’s sail. Just me? I was fortunate to get some lovely pinks during Lancaster’s post-sunset Blue Hour as well. Click here for the full-size image. Today’s Photo Locomoting Across the Lune. There are quite a few bridges that cross the River Lune in and around Lancaster, but this one’s the funkiest. This is the Lune Millennium Bridge, designed by Whitby Bird and Partners, and built at a cost of £1.8m to commemorate the millennium of 2000. The first time I crossed it I mentally bookmarked it for a photo. Those beams remind me of a ship’s sail. Just me? I was fortunate to get some lovely pinks during Lancaster’s post-sunset Blue Hour as well. Click here for the full-size image.

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    Locomoting Across the Lune. There are quite a few bridges that cross the River Lune in and around Lancaster, but this one’s the funkiest. This is the Lune Millennium Bridge, designed by Whitby Bird and Partners, and built at a cost of £1.8m to commemorate the millennium of 2000.

    The first time I crossed it I mentally bookmarked it for a photo. Those beams remind me of a ship’s sail. Just me?

    I was fortunate to get some lovely pinks during Lancaster’s post-sunset Blue Hour as well.

    Click here for the full-size image.

  4. Today’s Photo Deep In The Woods. This is deep inside Mason Wood in Preston, Lancashire. It had been threatening rain all day, but thankfully the thick foliage sheltered me and Fie (and my camera) from the rain. We’ve already had enough rain in June, dammit! Just past this bridge and up the hill, we met a cheerful Jack Russell. That dog looked like it was having the time of its life. Click here for the full-size image. Today’s Photo Deep In The Woods. This is deep inside Mason Wood in Preston, Lancashire. It had been threatening rain all day, but thankfully the thick foliage sheltered me and Fie (and my camera) from the rain. We’ve already had enough rain in June, dammit! Just past this bridge and up the hill, we met a cheerful Jack Russell. That dog looked like it was having the time of its life. Click here for the full-size image.

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    Deep In The Woods. This is deep inside Mason Wood in Preston, Lancashire. It had been threatening rain all day, but thankfully the thick foliage sheltered me and Fie (and my camera) from the rain. We’ve already had enough rain in June, dammit!

    Just past this bridge and up the hill, we met a cheerful Jack Russell. That dog looked like it was having the time of its life.

    Click here for the full-size image.

  5. Today’s Photo Down On The Rocky Shore. Once we made our way to Marles Wood near Ribchester in Lancashire, we scouted out the area for quality shots before the sunset, then hiked through the woods. The reason was to get to here. This is Dinckley Bridge, near the Dinckley Woods; a tiny suspension bridge that crosses the River Ribble. The temptation for me and Bamber to get right onto the bridge for more photos was strong, but behind us I could the sun setting, so I fired off a bracket of 5 for this shot then headed back quickly to Marles Wood for the sunset shot. As ever, this was shot on my trusty Nikon D60. Yes, that means manually adjusting the exposure compensation to make HDR brackets. Hardcore. I used my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens, which I love, and because I wanted capture that sensation of flowing water, I opted for long exposures; my +2EV exposure being 20 seconds. Shot at f8, ISO100 at 11mm focal length, shutter speeds of 1.1, 2.2, 4.5, 10 and 20 seconds from dark to light. The RAWs were cleaned in Darktable, the HDR made in Luminance HDR and the resulting base HDR was remixed with some of the original exposures in GIMP. Click here for the full-size image. Today’s Photo Down On The Rocky Shore. Once we made our way to Marles Wood near Ribchester in Lancashire, we scouted out the area for quality shots before the sunset, then hiked through the woods. The reason was to get to here. This is Dinckley Bridge, near the Dinckley Woods; a tiny suspension bridge that crosses the River Ribble. The temptation for me and Bamber to get right onto the bridge for more photos was strong, but behind us I could the sun setting, so I fired off a bracket of 5 for this shot then headed back quickly to Marles Wood for the sunset shot. As ever, this was shot on my trusty Nikon D60. Yes, that means manually adjusting the exposure compensation to make HDR brackets. Hardcore. I used my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens, which I love, and because I wanted capture that sensation of flowing water, I opted for long exposures; my +2EV exposure being 20 seconds. Shot at f8, ISO100 at 11mm focal length, shutter speeds of 1.1, 2.2, 4.5, 10 and 20 seconds from dark to light. The RAWs were cleaned in Darktable, the HDR made in Luminance HDR and the resulting base HDR was remixed with some of the original exposures in GIMP. Click here for the full-size image.

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    Down On The Rocky Shore. Once we made our way to Marles Wood near Ribchester in Lancashire, we scouted out the area for quality shots before the sunset, then hiked through the woods. The reason was to get to here.

    This is Dinckley Bridge, near the Dinckley Woods; a tiny suspension bridge that crosses the River Ribble. The temptation for me and Bamber to get right onto the bridge for more photos was strong, but behind us I could the sun setting, so I fired off a bracket of 5 for this shot then headed back quickly to Marles Wood for the sunset shot.

    As ever, this was shot on my trusty Nikon D60. Yes, that means manually adjusting the exposure compensation to make HDR brackets. Hardcore. I used my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens, which I love, and because I wanted capture that sensation of flowing water, I opted for long exposures; my +2EV exposure being 20 seconds. Shot at f8, ISO100 at 11mm focal length, shutter speeds of 1.1, 2.2, 4.5, 10 and 20 seconds from dark to light.

    The RAWs were cleaned in Darktable, the HDR made in Luminance HDR and the resulting base HDR was remixed with some of the original exposures in GIMP.

    Click here for the full-size image.

  6. Today’s Photo Fly You Fools! The tiny bridge that crosses the stream upon first entering Over Hacking Wood, 50% of the way through the Tolkien Trail. At this point, Fie and Bamber had wandered off downstream to skip across the rocks in the stream. =] This is not a full HDR photo; this shot is mostly the -1EV exposure, but I’ve masked in some of the “base” HDR image created back into the bridge textures and some of the rocks. HDR really loves wood and rock textures. =] Click here for the full-size image. Today’s Photo Fly You Fools! The tiny bridge that crosses the stream upon first entering Over Hacking Wood, 50% of the way through the Tolkien Trail. At this point, Fie and Bamber had wandered off downstream to skip across the rocks in the stream. =] This is not a full HDR photo; this shot is mostly the -1EV exposure, but I’ve masked in some of the “base” HDR image created back into the bridge textures and some of the rocks. HDR really loves wood and rock textures. =] Click here for the full-size image.

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    Fly You Fools! The tiny bridge that crosses the stream upon first entering Over Hacking Wood, 50% of the way through the Tolkien Trail. At this point, Fie and Bamber had wandered off downstream to skip across the rocks in the stream. =]

    This is not a full HDR photo; this shot is mostly the -1EV exposure, but I’ve masked in some of the “base” HDR image created back into the bridge textures and some of the rocks. HDR really loves wood and rock textures. =]

    Click here for the full-size image.

  7. Today’s Photo Triple Arch. This is the Aqueduct that crosses the River Ribble, shot during mine, Bamber and Fie’s hike through the Tolkien Trail. The triple-arch structure marked us as being about 90% of the way through our journey.  This graceful stone aqueduct was constructed in the 1880s by the Blackburn Corporation. It originally carried water from Whitehall via an underground pipeline. We also rested upon reaching the Aqueduct, more for Bamber’s sake: as in order to get here, we had to cross through a field of very tall grass and Bamber suffered one of the worst hayfever attacks I’d ever seen. Poor guy.  Click here for the full-size image. Today’s Photo Triple Arch. This is the Aqueduct that crosses the River Ribble, shot during mine, Bamber and Fie’s hike through the Tolkien Trail. The triple-arch structure marked us as being about 90% of the way through our journey.  This graceful stone aqueduct was constructed in the 1880s by the Blackburn Corporation. It originally carried water from Whitehall via an underground pipeline. We also rested upon reaching the Aqueduct, more for Bamber’s sake: as in order to get here, we had to cross through a field of very tall grass and Bamber suffered one of the worst hayfever attacks I’d ever seen. Poor guy.  Click here for the full-size image.

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    Triple Arch. This is the Aqueduct that crosses the River Ribble, shot during mine, Bamber and Fie’s hike through the Tolkien Trail. The triple-arch structure marked us as being about 90% of the way through our journey. 

    This graceful stone aqueduct was constructed in the 1880s by the Blackburn Corporation. It originally carried water from Whitehall via an underground pipeline.

    We also rested upon reaching the Aqueduct, more for Bamber’s sake: as in order to get here, we had to cross through a field of very tall grass and Bamber suffered one of the worst hayfever attacks I’d ever seen. Poor guy. 

    Click here for the full-size image.

  8. I Like Big Buildings And I Cannot Lie As well as finding gorgeous British landscapes and beauty spots, I am also a massive fan of architecture. Thankfully, in Britain, you are not short of incredible and awe-inspiring architecture to shoot. Britain is chock-full of amazing buildings, from ancient and crumbling (yet still preserved) monasteries to modern masterpieces. It’s one of the things I love about this country. Today’s Photo Though not really a building, I’ve always loved these train bridges that cross the River Ribble on the outskirts of Preston. The giant pillars sit firm and proud in the current of the Ribble; there’s something incredibly industrial about them, perhaps a by-product of Preston’s more industrial and prosperous days. This was shot on a gorgeous early April weekend when I went a on a little photowalk around the outskirts of Preston with my friend Angela. She has awesome hair. I have an awesome Beard. We make a good team. Click here for the full-size image. I Like Big Buildings And I Cannot Lie As well as finding gorgeous British landscapes and beauty spots, I am also a massive fan of architecture. Thankfully, in Britain, you are not short of incredible and awe-inspiring architecture to shoot. Britain is chock-full of amazing buildings, from ancient and crumbling (yet still preserved) monasteries to modern masterpieces. It’s one of the things I love about this country. Today’s Photo Though not really a building, I’ve always loved these train bridges that cross the River Ribble on the outskirts of Preston. The giant pillars sit firm and proud in the current of the Ribble; there’s something incredibly industrial about them, perhaps a by-product of Preston’s more industrial and prosperous days. This was shot on a gorgeous early April weekend when I went a on a little photowalk around the outskirts of Preston with my friend Angela. She has awesome hair. I have an awesome Beard. We make a good team. Click here for the full-size image.

    I Like Big Buildings And I Cannot Lie

    As well as finding gorgeous British landscapes and beauty spots, I am also a massive fan of architecture. Thankfully, in Britain, you are not short of incredible and awe-inspiring architecture to shoot. Britain is chock-full of amazing buildings, from ancient and crumbling (yet still preserved) monasteries to modern masterpieces. It’s one of the things I love about this country.

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    Though not really a building, I’ve always loved these train bridges that cross the River Ribble on the outskirts of Preston. The giant pillars sit firm and proud in the current of the Ribble; there’s something incredibly industrial about them, perhaps a by-product of Preston’s more industrial and prosperous days.

    This was shot on a gorgeous early April weekend when I went a on a little photowalk around the outskirts of Preston with my friend Angela. She has awesome hair. I have an awesome Beard. We make a good team.

    Click here for the full-size image.

  9. Hello! Ola! Salut! Gutentag! Konitchi-wa! So, I felt that it’s time to do things properly and that’s why I’ve started a new site, dedicated to my love of HDR photography with open-source software and beautiful British landscapes. I hope you like what you see! And feel free to ask me anything. Today’s Photo This was the last photo I shot from my little solo photowalk around the Fishwick Nature Reserve. I had never heard of it before, which is interesting considering I’ve lived in Preston for around 6 years, but now I’m really glad I did. After I exited the nature reserve, I came across this scene.London Road bridge, crossing the River Ribble. The sky covered in thick, fluffy clouds, the calm and open river casting delicious reflections on everything. It was a lovely feeling to get this shot after the 4 hours I’d spent trekking around the Nature Reserve.Shot on my Nikon D60 with my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens (love this lens!). HDR created in Luminance HDR and humanised in GIMP. Hello! Ola! Salut! Gutentag! Konitchi-wa! So, I felt that it’s time to do things properly and that’s why I’ve started a new site, dedicated to my love of HDR photography with open-source software and beautiful British landscapes. I hope you like what you see! And feel free to ask me anything. Today’s Photo This was the last photo I shot from my little solo photowalk around the Fishwick Nature Reserve. I had never heard of it before, which is interesting considering I’ve lived in Preston for around 6 years, but now I’m really glad I did. After I exited the nature reserve, I came across this scene.London Road bridge, crossing the River Ribble. The sky covered in thick, fluffy clouds, the calm and open river casting delicious reflections on everything. It was a lovely feeling to get this shot after the 4 hours I’d spent trekking around the Nature Reserve.Shot on my Nikon D60 with my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens (love this lens!). HDR created in Luminance HDR and humanised in GIMP.

    Hello! Ola! Salut! Gutentag! Konitchi-wa!

    So, I felt that it’s time to do things properly and that’s why I’ve started a new site, dedicated to my love of HDR photography with open-source software and beautiful British landscapes. I hope you like what you see! And feel free to ask me anything.

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    This was the last photo I shot from my little solo photowalk around the Fishwick Nature Reserve. I had never heard of it before, which is interesting considering I’ve lived in Preston for around 6 years, but now I’m really glad I did. After I exited the nature reserve, I came across this scene.

    London Road bridge, crossing the River Ribble. The sky covered in thick, fluffy clouds, the calm and open river casting delicious reflections on everything. It was a lovely feeling to get this shot after the 4 hours I’d spent trekking around the Nature Reserve.

    Shot on my Nikon D60 with my Tokina 11-16mm super wide angle lens (love this lens!). HDR created in Luminance HDR and humanised in GIMP.