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Wrynose Pass
Wrynose Pass lies on a narrow, minor road that twists and turns from Little Langdale onward to Cockley Beck. Here, after plunging to Wrynose Bottom, the road forks. One arm leads south through Dunnerdale; the other fork connects with Hardknott Pass, where the road heads westward through Eskdale.
Wrynose is part of the old Roman road named the 10th iter. It served the troops stationed at Hardknott Fort, and bits of the old road remain running alongside the present one. The unusual name, Wrynose, comes from 'pass of the stallion' and referred to the fact that the steep gradients (up to 1 in 3) needed a well-muscled horse to attain the top.
From Little Langdale the road sandwiches its way through the isolated and unsettled reaches of the Lakeland and Furness fells and climbs to its 1281-foot high summit. At the top is the Three Shires Stone. This denotes the boundary where three original counties once came together (pre 1974): Lancashire, Westmorland, and Cumberland.
Views are far-reaching and dramatic. Southward is Coniston Old Man, while to the north are the Langdale Pikes. Both the River Brathay and the River Duddon have their origin at Wrynose.
Courtesy of www.cumbriadirectory.com
This was a very difficult exposure to handle and has resulted in an area of pure black just under the bridge, the sun was strong and even to the naked eye it was very dark, so I knew that the camera would find it virtually impossible to render any detail in that area. I had to be really quick here, just above the bridge is the road (Wrynose Pass) and their is nowhere to park so I had the road blocked whilst I jumped down the embankment to take this. Hope you like it, for all it's faults I still thought it was nice to show this beautiful old bridge.
PP resized, resharpened, border/title added, also I tried lifting this with shadows/highlights but it looked terrible, so opted for slight adjustment of the middle slider in levels.
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(11740) - [2007-08-22 1:48]
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Nice shot...
Good morning Dean
Love it, could just see myself sitting there on the rocks listening to the trickle of the water. the underside of the bridge is dark but I dont think this matters as we can see through to the waterfall the otherside so the darkness gives a good perspective.
TFS regards Helen
Beautiful as always! Lovely metering and delightful sharpness, saturation, composition.
Rew
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Hi Dean, Interesting capture here, looking under the bridge and through to the flowing water. I think if you had of just included a little bit more of the bridge at the top, seems a little cut off, it would have been slightly better in composition.
Well presented as always.
Regards
Dawn.
Hi Dean,
I have to agree with Dawn on the top crop. But I don't find it too bothering. On both my screens the shaded area on the bridge looks fine. I can still see th bricks and also some color. I really like you POV where you framed the falls with the bridge. I am just amazed that you were able to spot this POV from the road.
TFS,
Niek
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