Edit: I am not really happy with this - hadrian's wall never quite translates when I try to get some shots. It was quite hazy on Sunday which didn't help either. Any comments and tips more than welcome (and I am not fishing for compliments!).
Hadrian's Wall was a defensive fortification in Roman Britain. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was the first of two fortifications built across Great Britain. The wall was the most heavily fortified border in the Empire. A significant portion of the Hadrians wall still exists, particularly the mid-section, and for much of its length the wall can be followed on foot by Hadrian's Wall Path or by cycle on National Cycle Route 72. It is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern England. It was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Hadrian's Wall extended west from Segedunum at Wallsend on the River Tyne, via Carlisle and Kirkandrews-on-Eden, to the shore of the Solway Firth, ending a short but unknown distance west of the village of Bowness-on-Solway. Hadrian's Wall was 80 Roman miles (73 statute miles or 120 km) long.
Place name: Steel - steep bank, hill ridge; Rigg - ridge, long narrow hill, cultivated strip of land
@maggiemae The wall across the front is a dry stone wall, built without mortar usually. It's a boundary wall but not Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's wall is the grass mound on the right of the picture leading into the row of hills.
I've never really done Hadrians Wall, definitely on the to -do list! I always struggle with these kinds of shots in the Lakes and Peaks - I think the issue is you are never sure with these shots whether the wall is the focus or the landscape. I have tried with better luck moving in closer to the wall and either capturing the textures of the wall in closeup with landscape behind or vice versa, giving a sense of either (does that make sense?)
@sparkle Thanks Juliette! That's really useful. Did the shot without this boundary wall and it just looked plain boring and there was no other focal point around. I also find that ridge really challenging when it doesn't get more definition due to frost or snow or something...lots to learn and try!
@bmnorthernlight it's funny with places like this - they look so much more dramatic in real life often. I've mostly found having a person in the scene and getting closer to the focal point (ie the ridge) is helpful. And ironically bad weather is often better! I'm finding the Dales intersting to shoot - so much green and sometimes can look dull, even though it's not when you're standing there!!
@sparkle I know, can you believe after all this horrible weather I wasn't best pleased to have boring blue and hazy skies lol! The landscape would've been so much nicer with some cloud shadows here and there too ;-)
@bmnorthernlight LOL, we;re never happy! I went to a really nice castle yesterday and was bored with blue sky and sun and took the low key shot of the stained glass lighting! might try Cirencester Abbey tomorrow, or apparently I'm visiting a company on an old airfield...might be some interesting things about! won't worry aboiut the weather then, unless of course it's cloudy!! LOL
Regarding the edit:
Try reducing the amount of dry stone wall and increasing the amount of sky.
Do you know why the area it is called "Steel Rigg" as steel in a recent invention.
@andrewrome365 I think it's more likely to come from Scottish place name in origin as it pretty much describes the landscape, the ridge you can see leading off into the distance
Lovely shot of the area - Reminding me of home again - thank you :)
The only Hadrian's Wall photos I've ever been happy with of mine have been ones where its sort of marching along a high spot like a backbone.
I wonder if getting down low right close to the side of the wall might give an effective result?
June 12th, 2012
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what is Hadrian's Wall?
Try reducing the amount of dry stone wall and increasing the amount of sky.
Do you know why the area it is called "Steel Rigg" as steel in a recent invention.
The only Hadrian's Wall photos I've ever been happy with of mine have been ones where its sort of marching along a high spot like a backbone.
I wonder if getting down low right close to the side of the wall might give an effective result?