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Tweed Viaduct


Tweed Viaduct
Photo Information
Copyright: Jon Fair (Jonela) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 377 W: 2 N: 378] (2767)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-25
Categories: Daily Life, Transportation, Architecture, Experimental, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Sony Alpha A300, Sony 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom, 55mm CPL Polarizer
Exposure: f/16, 1/60 seconds
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-09-28 2:38
Viewed: 187
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have never taken photo's of the bridges at Leaderfoot before and cannot understand why because both the viaduct and road bridge are wonderful structures.
When I took this shot I couldn't quite make it out but after reviewing it on camera was very pleased with it. The reflection is of the Leaderfoot railway viaduct that crosses the river Tweed some way upstream from the Drygrange road bridge.

Information from Wikipedia:

Leaderfoot Viaduct is a railway viaduct over the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. It is situated 2.5 km east of Melrose at grid reference NT574347.

The viaduct was opened on November 16, 1863 to carry the Berwickshire Railway, which connected Reston (on the East Coast Main Line between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh) with St Boswells (on the Edinburgh to Carlisle "Waverley Line"), via Duns and Greenlaw. The engineers of the railway were Charles Jopp and Wylie & Peddie.

The arches, each of 43 feet (13 m) span, are of brickwork, and the abutments, piers and walls are of rustic-faced red sandstone. Some later strengthening of the abutments and piers with old rails and buttresses on the southern valley side is very obvious. The railway was severed by flooding during August 1948, after which passenger trains never ran west of Duns. Freight trains continued to run across the viaduct as far as Greenlaw until July 19, 1965.

The viaduct is in good condition, having been renovated by Historic Scotland between 1992 and 1995. Good views of it can be obtained from Drygrange Bridge and the modern A68 road bridge immediately downriver. There has been talk of including the viaduct in the local footpath network but it is not normally open to the public, although access to the bridge is fairly easy for those who wish to go up.


F16
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/60
Focal length 35mm

Single shot in raw converted to five images in photomatix then cropped and used clarify in pspx1.

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Hi Jon

Have taken a few pictures of this bridge but never a shot like this one. Like how you have composed this, I would have cropped this slightly to remove that small patch of grass from the top and possibly have brightened a little.
TFS

Regards Derek

Hi! Jonela

Im happy to look this shot of you!verry nice good composcition,sharpness,specialy the reflection of the bridge,and the natural colors very very good shot!!!

Regards Palaboy

like this one Jon grt thinking the reflection is excellent hate to say it but i realy like your pov and details here
tfs regards bryan

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1295 W: 0 N: 2562] (20677)
  • [2009-09-28 5:45]
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Hello,

mangigique compo, ce beau pont, très bien cadré, mis en évidence, quel reflet dans ces couleurs, une merveille.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

Now that is a cool shot, Jon.
I love how you got the arches of the bridge reflected in the water. I like the rocks in the FG and the nice detail you have. From the looks of it the sky was kind of stormy looking, too, and it shows up wonderfully. That is really a nice shot and unique POV to catch it. Many thanks and warm regards,
Shelly

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  • bri Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 363 W: 0 N: 435] (2343)
  • [2009-09-28 13:03]
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Hi Jon,
Nice detailed shot and unusual composition, good work on spotting this, I think the grass in the top left is a bit of a distraction but a nice original shot. TFS
Bri

My initial impression when I saw your thumbnail was someones upper teeth :-)Its a well composed shot with good deails and colours. Your imagination inspired me and I tried a workshop. I include it in the event that you might be interested.
Warm regards
David

Pretty unique image Jon, very imaginative.

Have photographed the viaduct on a number of occasions, but always went for the standard compo.

This is anything but standard.

A cracking image.

Nice one.

Peter

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1423 W: 275 N: 1982] (12186)
  • [2009-10-03 2:25]

Hello Jon.
Well seen and well presented.
Good choice and picture looks interesting.
Best Regards.
Janek Kloss

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