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Introduction - This is where I will post more information about pieces of my work, giving a better insight into what went into making the image technically and what the work means to me.
Alance Reflection by Paul Gibbons
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Alance Reflections - is the cropped version of Reflections one of my first photographic works to be offered for sale at Redbubble, other than this cropping no other adjustments have been made.
Yarrow Reservoir - named after its tributary, the River Yarrow - is the newest reservoir in the whole Rivington chain in Lancashire, England, and has a storage capacity second only to Anglezarke Reservoir.
On the banks of the reservoir is a 'face in the wall' - an effigy carved into a large stone on top of the dry stone wall, which is said to depict an inspector who worked for the Liverpool Corporation and made workers' lives a misery.
The photograph is taken towards Alance Bridge where the River Yarrow enters the reservoir, which passes through Lead Mines Clough.
The earliest recorded evidence of lead mining in the Lead Mines Clough area is from 1690. Though the yield was always small, production continued through the 1700s, finally ending around 1830. It seems that whilst the most productive time was in the late 1700s, this was often disrupted by disputes between the landowners and miners. Overlooking the valley is a war memorial, commemorating the crew of an RAF Wellington bomber which crashed there during the second world war.
I walk this area regularly and have taken a number of photographs of this view in different lighting conditions and times of day but this is my personal favourite image.
Technical Information - The photograph was taken on 7th February 2007 at 16:32 the camera used was a Fuji Finepics S9600 set to Aperture priority, f5.6 at 1/100th of a second shutter speed, focal length 19mm, using a tripod.
I just love the diffused reflection and the glorious pastel colours which seem to blend into each other, it is very reminiscent of the landscape artosts of the 19th Century.
Below are 4 other images of the same bridge at different times and in very different conditions.
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Source of information wikipedia