The Caul, Dumfries, Long Exposure
The Caul is a weir, an overflow dam, that raises the level of the water upstream. This weir was built in the early 18th century to serve a nearby mill and to control erosion of the river bank. Breaches have been repaired several times since.
This is a previously unprocessed photo from my holiday in Scotland a few years ago. I posted another photo from this vantage point earlier, but that one was shot at 1/1000 second. It had rained the night before I visited and the river was running fast, so I wanted to capture the power of the river with a longer exposure. This photo was taken with a 10-stop filter to allow me to use a shutter speed of 8 seconds to blur the water. Although the filter is labeled as "neutral density" it's not neutral chromatically, and it imparts a cola-colored red-brown tinge to the image. It required multiple steps to color-correct the image to make this presentable. Surprisingly, the seagull near the middle of the photo remained still enough for the entire 8 seconds that it is still recognizable.
The bridge in the background is the Devorgilla Bridge, portions of which date to the 17th Century.
The Caul, Dumfries, Long Exposure
The Caul is a weir, an overflow dam, that raises the level of the water upstream. This weir was built in the early 18th century to serve a nearby mill and to control erosion of the river bank. Breaches have been repaired several times since.
This is a previously unprocessed photo from my holiday in Scotland a few years ago. I posted another photo from this vantage point earlier, but that one was shot at 1/1000 second. It had rained the night before I visited and the river was running fast, so I wanted to capture the power of the river with a longer exposure. This photo was taken with a 10-stop filter to allow me to use a shutter speed of 8 seconds to blur the water. Although the filter is labeled as "neutral density" it's not neutral chromatically, and it imparts a cola-colored red-brown tinge to the image. It required multiple steps to color-correct the image to make this presentable. Surprisingly, the seagull near the middle of the photo remained still enough for the entire 8 seconds that it is still recognizable.
The bridge in the background is the Devorgilla Bridge, portions of which date to the 17th Century.