steveblackdog
Turf Lock and Hotel
Thought for a moment I had uploaded the wrong picture, it doesnt look like one of mine.
Check list, water-yes, boats-yes, well masts anyway, OK must be mine :~)
I was testing a really old (early 1980's) zoom lens and thought where better than at my favourite shooting location. Strange, I dont seem to have shown the location much before, only shots from it looking out over the river, so with good light and a lens to test, time to put that right.
Turf Lock is the seaward end of the Exeter Ship Canal, behind those lock gates it goes just over 5 miles to the centre of the city of Exeter.
The river is tidal here and access into the canal for most craft is only possible at high tide which is approaching here. At low tide, this area is all mud apart from a narrow channel suitable only for small boats.
Way over to the right, under the trees, you can just glimpse the River Exe, which at this point is about half a mile wide, well at high tide anyway, just a narrow channel in the mud at low tide.
The grey building hiding in the trees is the Turf Hotel which was originally a staging post for ships crews, but now caters for tourists and is also a pub and restaurant. They used to do the most fantastic seafood barbeques on the lawn over on the right, a wonderful way to spend a summer evening, must find out if they still do it :~)
Looks idyllic in this shot, but during storms in winter, it is very bleak and exposed here. The winds coming off the sea get channelled up the river by the surrounding hills, not such a pleasant place then :~)
As for the lens, yup I'm very pleased with it, a couple of minor tweaks to the brightness and contrast is all this image has had.
Turf Lock and Hotel
Thought for a moment I had uploaded the wrong picture, it doesnt look like one of mine.
Check list, water-yes, boats-yes, well masts anyway, OK must be mine :~)
I was testing a really old (early 1980's) zoom lens and thought where better than at my favourite shooting location. Strange, I dont seem to have shown the location much before, only shots from it looking out over the river, so with good light and a lens to test, time to put that right.
Turf Lock is the seaward end of the Exeter Ship Canal, behind those lock gates it goes just over 5 miles to the centre of the city of Exeter.
The river is tidal here and access into the canal for most craft is only possible at high tide which is approaching here. At low tide, this area is all mud apart from a narrow channel suitable only for small boats.
Way over to the right, under the trees, you can just glimpse the River Exe, which at this point is about half a mile wide, well at high tide anyway, just a narrow channel in the mud at low tide.
The grey building hiding in the trees is the Turf Hotel which was originally a staging post for ships crews, but now caters for tourists and is also a pub and restaurant. They used to do the most fantastic seafood barbeques on the lawn over on the right, a wonderful way to spend a summer evening, must find out if they still do it :~)
Looks idyllic in this shot, but during storms in winter, it is very bleak and exposed here. The winds coming off the sea get channelled up the river by the surrounding hills, not such a pleasant place then :~)
As for the lens, yup I'm very pleased with it, a couple of minor tweaks to the brightness and contrast is all this image has had.