'Dales Road Trip’ Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England.

 

Several months ago we mapped out our plans for the first of our Yorkshire Dales Road Trips. Stage one was to head up above Settle to the Ribblehead Viaduct.

The Ribblehead Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway over Batty Moss at Ribblehead, North Yorkshire.

This structure has been photographed by many notable photographers and I was determined to try a few standout shots which I hope you enjoy.

There are many words to describe Ribblehead viaduct, a few that come to mind are – imposing, dramatic, stunning, amazing, impressive, but when seen close up it really comes down to a short intake of breath and WOW!!!

What a feat of planning and engineering! You cannot imagine the blood, sweat and tears that must have gone into its construction. There were many fatalities amongst the railway builders (navvies) through accidents and illness, so many in fact that the local graveyard had to be enlarged.

We set out that morning in cloudy and overcast weather conditions but when we arrived at this monumental construction the clouds had cleared leaving me with ideal conditions for the aspects of photography I had in mind. On this Dales Road Trip I had left my Canon 7D SLR and an assortment of lenses (the heavy gear) at home and intended to use the camera in my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max which I had been trialling for the last few months and had been particularly impressed with the performance of the wide angle lens, this generally produces converging verticals but I happen to like this effect and it does pack a lot of landscape in.

What a photogenic structure, taking into account the weather, time of day and the many viewpoints available it is inevitable that we will make many return trips to photograph it in its full glory.

To view all the photographs in our Album

'Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire'

 please follow the link.

Peter W. Clark photographer

We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.

(downloads and prints are available)

More location photographs of our

'Dales Road Trip'

to follow.

Sedbergh (In the Yorkshire Dales National Park)

Dent (In the Yorkshire Dales National Park)

Aysgarth

Askrigg

Hawes

Gayle

Bainbridge

and finally Buckden

Paris, Pavement Cafe's

There are many aspects to our photography, one which is to bring out the character of the locations we visit.

Several years ago we visited Paris with one or two photographic projects in mind.

One of the projects for our Image Library was to portray the character and chic of the pavement cafe's of Paris.

I hope you will enjoy our selection and re visit as more photographs are added

It was no easy task as the majority of cafe's we photographed in Paris looked extremely inviting, unfortunately we did not have the time or capacity to sample them all.

A rarity, empty tables. So Inviting.

Busy, busy, busy, people watching.

Staying cool, Front of House or should I say 'un garçon de café'

Parisian Chic

Our camera's were a Canon 7d and 30d with Canon lens EFS 18-200 plus a Sigma 10-20 DC HSM. 

All this was carried in our Kata 3N1 30 backpack.

Captions invited, please post in the comments box

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Peter W. Clark photographer

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Weddings, Brollies and Wellies

On one or two occassions we have attended weddings where the day has started in beautifull sunshine and then by noon the dark clouds have appeared followed by every brides nightmare - 

'Rain'

guess the one item that has been forgotten in all those months of preparation, yes The Brollies.

So I decided we would buy a few and keep them in the carboot for backup. I trawled the web, there were a few suppliers, Glasgow, Cardiff, London, then by chance I came across someone right on the doorstep here in Ilkley.

Valentines Day, Rombalds Hotel, Ilkley

So in your wedding preparation don't forget the Brollies, oh! and another popular item now, wellies.

Ilkley in Bloom

Most of the day has been spent sat at the computer, editing images and bringing websites up to date, so when Cecile came home and suggested we were in need of a few items from the supermarket I saw an opportunity to escape into the sunshine and suggested we walk to the little supermarket on our high street. 

As we would be carrying bags on our way back I put my small Canon point and shoot camera in my pocket, 

Lets make the most of the walk, I had previously seen all the blossom along The Grove that had erupted in the last few days and thought this was as good a chance as any to record it in the early evening sun.

The Grove, Ilkley

The Grove Ilkley

Betty's Cafe, Tea Rooms, The Grove, Ilkley

Christ Church, The Grove, Ilkley

Shadows on The Grove, Ilkley

Equipment - Canon Powershot A530

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Peter W. Clark photographer

We do hope you will enjoy the photographs and perhaps find some which will inspire and enhance your article or publication.

(downloads and prints are available)

They may also help find your next

film/video location.

Sunrise Service, Easter 2010, Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley Moor

Cecile and I went to The Sunrise Service at the Cow and Calf Rocks at Ilkley on Easter Sunday. 

One of our photographs and an article were to be published in the local paper.

On Easter Sunday Ilkley was still fast asleep when several cars from different corners of the town passed through the empty streets. It was after 6.00 am and they were all going in the direction of the little car park below the Cow and Calf Rocks.

 

Not only cars were there but also on the moors were a few brave walkers heading in that direction. It was still dark when at 6.30am the car park was full and around seventy people representing many of the churches in Ilkley greeted each other heartily. 

Gathered on the slopes by the famous Yorkshire rocks and waving colourfull ribbons everybody joined in the singing of the hymns. As the prayers continued the sun was rising and the group were taking in the light and dawn of the new day.

Rev. Dick Watson leading the service

 For a brief moment betweeen one cloud and another, the warm golden rays of the rising sun covered everything and everybody.

Ilkley Moor, Cow and Calf Area

Rev Dick Watson

On this moment  ' Thine be the Glory ' sounded really joyful on this very special Sunrise Service. 

Rev. Dick Watson, the curator of All Saints church who was leading the service for the first time was as amazed as all the other participants with the wonderfull spectacle nature had shown us. 

As we were departing the sun was hidden again in the thick cloud but below in the Wharfe valley we could see the suns rays coming through illuminating the fields and woodland. 

Very significant, bringing hope and proving 'Every cloud has a silver lining'

Maria Cecylia Paslawska  4th April 2010

General Chit Chat, This and That

Still not made a decision about printer, dithering.

Weekend was good, nice walk on Ilkley moor, very busy though everyone else had the same idea.

All my talk about bad weather for rugby photography, it was perfect on Saturday, third team against Old Brods all taken, edited and uploaded to website. The first team were away to Sandal, unfortunately Ilkley lost but are still well placed in the league. The first team play Heath at Ilkley this Saturday so will be there to photograph.

Busy at moment preparing new website ( No.3 ).

 

This time thinking forward and preparing image library, intend to host a temporary page with slideshow and links to current sites until all ready.

Also getting prepared to do food photoshoot this week, approx. twenty dishes, I want to know who's going to eat the food when were finished, should I take a large doggy bag. Maybe start the diet next week.