Had a quick trip up to Dartford and did some pictures by the Darent, Then home to fit a new radio in the car.
Showing posts with label Dartford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dartford. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Monday, May 31, 2021
Bike Ride and a Sunset
Took my bike out for a ride today in the glorious sun. Later out for a great sunset.
Thursday, May 20, 2021
30th anniversary.
30 years since I took my iconic shot of a sunset at the Dartford Bridge.
and from 30 years ago
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Thursday, May 06, 2021
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Dartford bridge with a new lens
Got the final lens to complete my transition to Mirrorless cameras today. A 70-300mm lens.
Arrived just as I was going out, so stopped at Greenhithe to shoot the classic shot of the Dartford crossing.
Also realised that the view has improved with the demolition of Littlebrook power station.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Sunset over Dartford bridge.
It has been a very warm weekend and bank holiday Monday was spent un the garden.
In the evening I took my camera to Greenhithe to watch the sunset.
In the evening I took my camera to Greenhithe to watch the sunset.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Dartford Bridge images 22 years apart.
Another warm evening today and I decided to go out to see what I could find to photograph.
At this time of year the sun sets directly behind the Dartford Bridge as viewed from Greenhithe. It is a return to the scene of one of my most used image. Twenty two years ago, just before the Dartford bridge joined in the middle, I got a picture of the sun setting right in the gap of the unfinished bridge.
Shot on film, Ektachrome or whatever 100 ISO film I was shooting at the time. The camera would have been an Olympus OM1 or OM2sp lens most likely a 50mm or 35mm.
Luck played a great part in the image. The bridge had been under construction for some time but was completed very quickly from this point, as the risk of wind damage to the bridge increases as the two sides get closer together, due to vortices created by the wind interacting with the edge of the deck. The weather that spring had been very poor with few clear evenings only a grey overcast when I was free to shoot. One evening the sun came out and I was free, so I went out with my camera. I knew roughly where I needed to be to get the image as I had tracked the sun on an OS map, but I could only get the exact location by being on the ground. This was long before the internet and smart phones with apps that can work out all that information. Also I had to accept the tide as it was on that night.
The results were worth the effort. I shot several rolls of film and a couple of the images have been used on several occasions. This image was used as a magazine cover and won me the prize of Transport photographer of the year in 1991.
Tonights images are slightly different.
At this time of year the sun sets directly behind the Dartford Bridge as viewed from Greenhithe. It is a return to the scene of one of my most used image. Twenty two years ago, just before the Dartford bridge joined in the middle, I got a picture of the sun setting right in the gap of the unfinished bridge.
Shot on film, Ektachrome or whatever 100 ISO film I was shooting at the time. The camera would have been an Olympus OM1 or OM2sp lens most likely a 50mm or 35mm.
Luck played a great part in the image. The bridge had been under construction for some time but was completed very quickly from this point, as the risk of wind damage to the bridge increases as the two sides get closer together, due to vortices created by the wind interacting with the edge of the deck. The weather that spring had been very poor with few clear evenings only a grey overcast when I was free to shoot. One evening the sun came out and I was free, so I went out with my camera. I knew roughly where I needed to be to get the image as I had tracked the sun on an OS map, but I could only get the exact location by being on the ground. This was long before the internet and smart phones with apps that can work out all that information. Also I had to accept the tide as it was on that night.
The results were worth the effort. I shot several rolls of film and a couple of the images have been used on several occasions. This image was used as a magazine cover and won me the prize of Transport photographer of the year in 1991.
Tonights images are slightly different.
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