Previous
Next
Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Looking west into the late afternoon sun along the M62 transpennine motorway in northern England as it snakes across the moors near the aptly named Windy Hill.....it was blowing so hard that I could hardly stand upright hence the high shutter speed and wide open aperture.
Like what you see here and are interested in photographic composition?.....the blog section of my website now has a complete set of 5 articles covering my personal approach to the subject: Ian Bramham Photography - Blog
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to my website Ian Bramham - Fine Art Photography where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
@Mirko Herzner: What a really nice thing to say...thanks Mirko!
@Mike: Hi Mike, This was taken from the top of the famous Sammonden Bridge where it crosses the motorway: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammonden
@yz: Thanks yz!
@Jean-François: Thanks for that Jean-François!
@IanSmith: Hi Ian! Not often you can say that about a motorway is it!
@MadScientist: Thanks very much! Yes, it was that fascinating light that made me stop and take this photo!
@john4jack: Thanks very much....yes, those curves are great aren't they in the way they follow the contours of the landscape!
@Musa: Thanks very much Musa!
@Mike Paulison: Thanks very much Mike....high viewpoint photography is something I certainly want to try again whenever I get a chance.
@Drey: Thanks Drey!
@Ted: Thanks Ted....I suppose that all the photos that we take are products of what we've seen and done in our lives so in that respect I'm sure you're right that seeing John Davies photos must have influenced this one subconsciously but in truth I wasn't thinking about the high viewpoint at the time. I was heading back home to Cheshire in the late afternoon from a business meeting in Yorkshire and decided to take the scenic route across the moors rather than down along the M62 itself. As I crossed the motorway this is the scene that I saw with that amazing fascinating light gleaming off the road surface and turning it into a ribbon of light. I stopped the car just past the bridge and walked back to take this photo - boy was it windy - I'm not exactly a featherweight but I could hardly stay on my feet so the camera was moving all over the place. 1/3200th of a second exposure time was just about right :-)
@hugo poon: Thanks Hugo...I hope you had a good break over Easter!
@Guillermina: Hi Guillermina!....well I'm an architect rather than a civil engineer but I do find engineering really fascinating. At it's highest level it is the purest form of design - 'form follows function' and all that! Just look at the way the road snakes across the landscape following the natural contours of the land!
NIKON D40
1/3200 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
127 mm (35mm equiv.)
