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Packhorse Bridge


Packhorse Bridge
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1278 W: 157 N: 1300] (6917)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-08
Categories: Nature, Architecture
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 DC EX HSM, Cokin P121S
Exposure: f/16, 1/20 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Summer vacation 2007: Scotland
Date Submitted: 2007-07-31 10:06
Viewed: 892
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This picturesque structure spans the Livet at Bridgend where the river tumbles through a narrow rocky gorge. The exact age of the bridge is unknown but it is thought to have been built in connection with the nearby Blairfindy castle. Two arches of the bridge now survive, the third having been ripped away by flood waters during the great "Muckle Spate" of 1829.

What is a packhorse bridge
A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the horse's panniers.

Packhorse bridges were often built on the trade routes (often called packhorse routes) that formed major transport arteries across Britain until the coming of the turnpike roads and canals in the 18th century.

We were on our way from our campsite in Aberlour to the Cairngorms when we came by this old bridge. After surveying the area, I found a good spot to set up my tripod. It took some effort to reach it since I had to position myself on some slippery rocks. I had some trouble with the exposure, since I wanted to have some movement in the water without risking of loosing details in the sky. I finally used a grad ND filter to get the best result. But still the sky didn't turn out perfect. I have decided to work with HDR and tone mapping to get this result.
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  • Great 
  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1320 W: 31 N: 1634] (9994)
  • [2007-07-31 10:42]

Hi Niek

That looks lovely, wonderful composition drawing the eye from the FG detail up to the arch of the bridge. Nice exposure. The greens look lush

TFS

Karan

hello niek!
wonderful view on this bridge with great composition and colors.
i like it.
tfs
zoran

Hi Niek:
Great angle that you chose on this one and excellent exposures and details!
David

Hi Niek,
Great shot, nice colours and a great bridge, I like the movement you have captured in the water, good POV too and an interesting note.
Tfs Andy

Hi Niek, other than the heavy frame, I love this shot! Good pov on this with the crescent shape of the bridge. The sky was fine, TFS.

Hello Niek,
It is amazing to see such an old structure still working, but more or less taken over by nature!
Good point of view to tell the story of the bridge, rich colours and fine details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Bonjour Niek
Voilà une très belle image de la nature.Cela ressemble à un tableau.Une belle composition bien gérée à tous les niveaux.
Bonne journée.
Amicalement
Gildas

Hello Niek
Here a very beautiful image of nature. That resembles a table. A beautiful composition managed well on all the levels. Good day.
In a friendly way
Gildas

Hoi Niek,
Geweldige plaat, prachtige kleuren heerlijke compositie. Word alleen een beetje onrustig van het onscherpe water, begrijp je bedoeling maar ik heb er geen echt goed "gevoel" bij. De boog over het water is wel een prachtig detail! Toch weer een prachtige inzending duzz!
TFS
Hans

:) Later....

NB: ga het weekend van de 18e naar Engeland, moeten onze meeting een week opschuiven naar de 25e, is dat een probleem?

Hallo Niek.
Kon je daar als 'Backpacker' ook over? haha
Mooi plaatje. Bedankt voor de info.
Jan

Well worth all the effort Niek, excellent shot, great to see portrait mode being used in landscape work.

Peter

HAHA! How I LOVE wide angles! they make an ordinary pic just jump! This is super! Love the burnt colors, really nice shot from a low profile! B-)
Linda
I'll be back.........

Hello Niek.
Lovely vertical landscape. Great POV and colour. Good composition and a nice sense of movement in the water. Looking forward to more of these. Well done.
Regards, Steve.

Very nice moody shot Niek, I almost could imagine I was a troll living under this bridge. I love the shadows and light, the water has a nice texture. I especially like the right hand side and foreground textures the rocks on the right leading the eye up to the bridge, well done.

Hi Niek,

Interesting to see this kind of bridge, which is not used for that purpose anymore. It remind me when playing city development game . .

Very well captured and composed with great detail of the bridege and surroinding. I like the angle in vertical format.

Tfs,
Tjutjut

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  • Loon Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 105 W: 11 N: 91] (1163)
  • [2007-08-01 22:18]

Hi Niek,
And again you come up with a gorgeous shot.
At first glance i had visions of you slippery sliding down the slope just to get that perfect shot.
Well you did it. The lush green versus the grey sky and rumblin' water make it look sort of ancient but dynamic.
TFS
X
Loon

Niek,
This reminds me of Olde England. Very charming capture.

Hello Niek,

Beautiful fresh colors here. Nicely composed. Looks like a painting. TFS

Vandana
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Hi Niek, i've just been looking at a picture similar to this in a photography book in the last 2 or 3 weeks, and your rendition is every bit as good. The flat lighting looks to suit this, and the foreground rock gives some nice interest, great natural colours and excellent DOF throughout. Well done mate.

Niek,
a very beautiful one here too !
Nice composition and format.
good exposure and general presentation.
Very well done !

Best regards,
Daniel

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  • k-2 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 632 W: 13 N: 491] (3541)
  • [2007-12-13 20:49]

Nice exposure time and nice geometries of the river vs arch. TFS. K2

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