Ashness Bridge, Lake District

Ashness Bridge is apparently one of the most photographed things in the Lake District, and many shots will be taken looking downstream across Derwent Water to Keswick. However, the weather wasn't that good, so here's one looking upstream.

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That really looks old! Really neat. Great shot with the foreground water and a well exposed sky.

Stefan

Lovely shot John. I'm wondering, does the water flow vary much throughout the year? It looks a bit dry in this one but still a very beautiful scene.

You must be right john about it being the most photographic scenes, I've seen this bridge a few times before and I think one was from Dimitri.
It's always nice though to see this shot again as it shows the age of the bridge well and I assume there's plenty of history behind it.
Very nice shot John dispite the sky (out of your control) and a great choice for a FG.

Stefan A wrote in post #2088265
That really looks old! Really neat. Great shot with the foreground water and a well exposed sky.

Stefan

Thanks Stefan. The 2-stop ND grad might have helped here.

HrcRacing wrote in post #2088602
Lovely shot John. I'm wondering, does the water flow vary much throughout the year? It looks a bit dry in this one but still a very beautiful scene.

I would guess so Robert, and could easily imagine a much greater flow in winter.

Frank_Hollahan wrote in post #2088647
You must be right john about it being the most photographic scenes, I've seen this bridge a few times before and I think one was from Dimitri.
It's always nice though to see this shot again as it shows the age of the bridge well and I assume there's plenty of history behind it.
Very nice shot John dispite the sky (out of your control) and a great choice for a FG.

Thanks Frank. I'm not sure whether the bridge has any real history other than being a little bridge over a little river. I would reckon that it has just became more famous because of the surrounding scenery.

Frank_Hollahan wrote in post #2088647
You must be right john about it being the most photographic scenes, I've seen this bridge a few times before and I think one was from Dimitri.
It's always nice though to see this shot again as it shows the age of the bridge well and I assume there's plenty of history behind it.
Very nice shot John dispite the sky (out of your control) and a great choice for a FG.

No,not from me Frank,i only went down there once with an X friend but didn`t do much,sometime in the future i hope.

Lovely stone bridge .Very rugged country.

John,i like the comp and everything else but one thing buddy,its very bright for my taste.
I checked the histogram and its perfect,sometimes it doesn`t have to be though,just my nagging for tonight.

Reigh Higgins wrote in post #2089985
Lovely stone bridge .Very rugged country.

That little bit is, but just drive 5 mins along the road to Keswick, and you can get all the cafes and other trappings of civilisation.

dv2004 wrote in post #2089994
John,i like the comp and everything else but one thing buddy,its very bright for my taste.
I checked the histogram and its perfect,sometimes it doesn`t have to be though,just my nagging for tonight.

I looked at the photo in light (no pun intended) of your comments, and I know what you mean, so I reprocessed it and adjusted the midtones slightly. The save for web option always seems to dull the colours down, but I think that this version is better.

Wow, that made a huge difference John. Looks great.

Yes,it is a bit John,i`m glad you saw what i was talking about.

HrcRacing wrote in post #2090264
Wow, that made a huge difference John. Looks great.

Thanks Robert.

dv2004 wrote in post #2090267
Yes,it is a bit John,i`m glad you saw what i was talking about.

It was obvious when you pointed it out. I must admit that the "fault" was mine as I can sometimes just go on autopilot when using the levels adjustment...

Great work on your second post John, the first one was too bright for me also, the bridge seemed to be lost in the rocks of the stream in #1.

Its a lovely old bridge, John and I really like the composition, very much.
Just one question, what were you doing out of Scotland? !!

andydajo wrote in post #2091529
Great work on your second post John, the first one was too bright for me also, the bridge seemed to be lost in the rocks of the stream in #1.

Thanks John. I was useful feedback that will make me pay a bit more attention when processing in future.

weemannie wrote in post #2091567
Its a lovely old bridge, John and I really like the composition, very much.
Just one question, what were you doing out of Scotland? !!

Thanks Trevor. Sacrilege isn't it? The reality is that getting to the Lakes takes much the same amount of time as getting to Glencoe, and as I hadn't been before I thought that it would make a nice change.