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Neath & Tennant Canal, Resolven, Wales.
Synopsis: A 'portrait' landscape shot taken on the Neath & Tennant Canal in South Wales. I liked the contrast between the soft muted reds, the blue of the sky and the white of the snow. I used the clone tool in Ps to give the appearance of freshly laid snow by cloning out the footprints. The thing I like most about this image is the fact that not one single pixel was cropped off here, no definate horizons to straighten out, no verticals to be straightened, it is how it came of the camera, minus the footprints of course.
Praktica Super TL 1000
Helios 44M 58mm F2, M42
Kodak Vision 3 250D
Home developed in Tetenal C41
Epson V600 scanned.
Hopefully the nest will be left alone and the cygnets will appear. Then the fun will start as cob and pen protect the young swans when people pass on the towpath of the Glasson Dock branch.
The Kennet and Avon canal at Hungerford bridge.
Hungerford is a nice little country town with a dark past. In 1987 a local man went on a shooting spree that left 17 people dead. See :
Spotted this frail looking guy walking along the canal went to have a chat with him to check he was ok. He was hesitant because he had spotted a tent pitched further along the canal towpath with a dog inside.
Shot taken on the towpath of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Kinver ,Staffordshire,England
High Lane Colliery was established by Joseph Wright after the closure of Norbury Colliery in 1892. I believe that Wright was at one time the Secretary of the Norbury Colliery for Messrs Clayton and Brooke. In 1907 the Great Central Railway granted Wright permission to drive an adit to the New (Accommodation) Seam from the bank of the High Lane Canal Branch. This ran under the cricket club and subsequently under the Buxton branch railway for which the LNWR gave permission for a heading 4ft square under its property.
Wright wasted no time in getting to work and these workings started production of coal on January 1st 1908. From Jan 1st to June 30th 1908 the output was 614t 19cwt 0qr @ 6d per ton royalty to the Legh estate at Lyme Hall = £15 17s 6d. He laid down a tramway from the mine entrance along teh towpath to the old abandoned Norbury Colliery canal branch and filled it with spoil from driving the tunnel. The mine closed in 1917 and Joseph Wright retired.
The photo shows the view from the towpath bridge over the canal branch. The remains of Wright's mine entrance can be seen just left of centre next to a leaning tree. The timber lintel over the entrance survives and can be clearly seen.