Ian Bramham's Photoblog
The Lake District, NW England
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 26 July 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Another photo that I've just processed from my recent trip to the mountainous region of the Lake District in NW England. This is the packhorse bridge at Wasdale Head.
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fcofont from Valencia, Spain
A truly piece of fine art photography, this is absolutely beautiful, Great work!
26 Jul 2008 5:44am
Vincent Bertrand from Montréal, Canada
I do not want to take away anything to your other pictures, but this one is truly magnificient (I find my phrase strange, I try to adapt from French... sorry). This is a perfect example of composition factors all put together: two diagonal, a pattern - rocks (and subtle repeat of it - the wall) , a point of interest brought by diagonals to a golden point of thirds - pass of bridge, reversed triangle - mountains. It's all there. But enough blah blah about so called theory of composition. I love your B&W. Sharp, true, lot of contrast. I wonder how this bridge can hold.
26 Jul 2008 6:23am
@Vincent Bertrand: Thanks very much Vincent....your compositional analysis is over kind to me as I honestly didn't think about all those different things when I was taking the photo. When things are going well with the camera, as they were on this day in the Lake District, I rarely 'think' about anything other than trying to achieve simplicity and balance in the frame of the viewfinder.
If I've come to any conclusions about composition over the last 12 months or so then I would say that I always try and strive for simplicity and balance.
The more simple the elements of a photo are the easier it is to achieve balance. When the two things occur together in a photo with some interesting light and a nice subject then that's when I'm truly happy.
Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom
When I first saw this on DPR I was blown away by the additional detail and tone you have coaxed out of the series. I'm still blown away. This is a spectacular shot and you have raised the bar again!
I read your description of the PP but would you say that RAW has made the difference as I know I'm seeing major improvement in my own for using it (or have you always shot RAW)?
26 Jul 2008 7:08am
@Ted: Thanks Ted....in answer to your question I've been shooting in RAW format since the first few days of getting this D40 and I'm no expert on the advantages of RAW over JPEG other than I love the total control that RAW gives me over white balance.
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Excellent photo. Good composition and very good b&w.
26 Jul 2008 8:50am
maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand
absolutely like a scene out of Brigadoon(the old B&W movie) stunning
26 Jul 2008 9:00am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Dear Ian, you can't start this... with the words 'Another photo...' :) you're modest, that's always good, this photo has broken the rule of 'feeling' and went right into the more genuine: sentiment...WOW
26 Jul 2008 10:57am
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
This is an amazing view ! Your lucky to see these places first hand.
26 Jul 2008 1:24pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
this is the 2nd "storybook" photo I've seen today. I love that bridge! you've caught some sweet light. Your pp is awsome
26 Jul 2008 1:29pm
kdl212 from Brooklyn, United States
I appreciate your apparent belief in a compositional center, as opposed to images with focal points exclusively tied to the tried and true rule of thirds.
26 Jul 2008 2:26pm
@kdl212: Thanks....to me composition is more about simplicity and balance rather than anything else (see my earlier reply to Vincent)
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
This is a very good image, Ian. It is very well balanced and full of details. Without the bridge it would`ve been a very nice nature shot. But the bridge adds some mystery to it. A story, may be. A man made structure entertains a thought of placing an imaginary object... And then it is endless game since this image could fit into any time frame.
26 Jul 2008 3:11pm
@Nataly: Thanks Nataly.....you're right. I was taking a photo of a beautiful old arched bridge which happened to also have a lovely backdrop and great clouds in the sky.
kerfendal from Paris, France
wonderful job, this dramatic composition is perfect, the light in the bottom drive us to the center of the picture on the bridge for a complete overview
26 Jul 2008 3:54pm
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Landscapes like this come to my mind when I'm thinking of the Shire in Tolkien's Lord of the rings or similar books. Just great!
26 Jul 2008 11:53pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful picture, very pleasant to look at and go all around.
27 Jul 2008 3:34am
Quinn from Canada
Between your photo's beautifully balanced composition and Vincent's comment, I sense that I may have learned something very important, though it may take me a great long while before I can put it into practice. Thank you...
27 Jul 2008 4:58am
Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Panama City, Panama
This is a beautiful photo Ian, fantastic landscape!
27 Jul 2008 10:32am
Jeff from Honolulu, United States
Another idilic landscape. I like the way the lines of the background hills and the arch of the bridge are an inversion of each other, drawing my eye to the center of the photograph. Well done.
30 Jul 2008 7:22am
Nikon D40
1/640 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)