Barden Tower Bridge, a photo from North Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

Image of the bridge near Barden Towers (Yorkshire dales).
Happy Christmas :)

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mjrogers50 (263) 2004-12-24 8:16

The crispness of the image, the subdued colours and strong composition make for a classic shot.

Hanssie (11022) 2004-12-24 8:39

An English "classic" shot indeed !
Nice with the bridge, great landscape, always love it ! For you and your family, have warm Christmas Days, Stephen !

RGatward (20108) 2004-12-24 8:46

Classic English winter landscape. Nicely composed and exposed. Very clod and bleak feeling.

jhm (211734) 2004-12-24 11:54

A beautiful construction of the bridge Stephen, the brickwork together with the splendid form and the three openings, the river beneath with the fast water give a wonderful composition.
Merry Christmas for you and your family..

cgrindahl (6113) 2004-12-24 18:39

You don't have much light on the first day of winter, but you manage the scene very well Stephen, giving us a look at England in its full mantle of gloooom. I grew up in Minnesota with its harsh, cold winters and bright sunlight, even in winter. When I moved as an adult to Seattle, the thing that I found most troubling was the loss of the sun through most of the winter. I planned on doing some graduate study in Edinburgh while living in Seattle and checked the weather in England. I was surprised to discover that Seattle has about the same amount of sunlight during the year as London has.

All that said, this is a fine capture, with good detail, especially the bare trees.

Hope you have a fine holiday Stephen. We'll meet again, hopefully in the new year.

e_g (767) 2004-12-25 21:05

What can I say? A perfect shot, Stephen. It's like a painting, balanced in colour and composition and with a very English mood. Congratulations and - Merry Christmas!

robiuk (10807) 2004-12-26 15:25

The bridge - at last!
;-D
I love the colours and as someone says - the sharpness!
Good cropping and many fine details. Congrats!
Belated Merry Christmas ans a Happy New Year, Stephen, 2 u & ur family,
Robi

pamastro (7296) 2004-12-27 1:36

Another beautiful countryside shot. The bridge is really well shown. It has some great stonework. I also like the very slight frost on parts of the ground. There's just enough white in parts it seems to be to give a nice chill to the atmosphere. The sky and bare tree add to that. And on the tree, that is an impressive one. It looks so perfectly symmetrical. It was a dark day but well rendered. And I hope you had a good Christmas, also.