Gateway To Infinity
On a recent visit to Dundee to check out the V&A (pics to follow!), I walked a bit further along from the V&A on the riverside, and found myself underneath the Tay Road Bridge, right where it comes onto land on the Dundee side of the mighty Firth of Tay, from Newport-in-Tay on the southern (Fife) side of the river.
Opened in 1966, it is an impressive 2, 250 metres long (1,4 miles), connecting Dundee to Fife (which in turn has two huge road bridges and the Rail Bridge crossing the Forth to Edinburgh - our rugged coastline needs lots of bridges!).
I've found shooting directly under structures like a bridge can give amazing perspective shots (I'm sure many of you have played with such shots too). I took several shots, but it was only when I zoomed in more on the large piers, retreating back towards the other shore, that I was happy with the shot, it was just begging to be taken in mono.
You'll have to imagine the sound - it was a windy day, so it was howling around the structure, the tide was high and I could hear the water of this mighty river splashing, and of course the constant bass rumble of vehicles zooming up above me on the road deck.
Gateway To Infinity
On a recent visit to Dundee to check out the V&A (pics to follow!), I walked a bit further along from the V&A on the riverside, and found myself underneath the Tay Road Bridge, right where it comes onto land on the Dundee side of the mighty Firth of Tay, from Newport-in-Tay on the southern (Fife) side of the river.
Opened in 1966, it is an impressive 2, 250 metres long (1,4 miles), connecting Dundee to Fife (which in turn has two huge road bridges and the Rail Bridge crossing the Forth to Edinburgh - our rugged coastline needs lots of bridges!).
I've found shooting directly under structures like a bridge can give amazing perspective shots (I'm sure many of you have played with such shots too). I took several shots, but it was only when I zoomed in more on the large piers, retreating back towards the other shore, that I was happy with the shot, it was just begging to be taken in mono.
You'll have to imagine the sound - it was a windy day, so it was howling around the structure, the tide was high and I could hear the water of this mighty river splashing, and of course the constant bass rumble of vehicles zooming up above me on the road deck.