Ribblehead Viaduct

Accidentally bumped into Ribblehead Viaduct whilst retreating from some localised flooding around Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales before Xmas. Struck by the sheer scale of the place. Bleak too. Spent a rather lovely afternoon there - plenty of storms passing through. Will probably head back for a sunrise at some point... but in the meantime:

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All thoughts c&c gratefully received...

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2 & 4 are my favorites.

Beautiful place, fascinating structure, great light.... the only thing I don't like is the feeling of falling backwards. I'd try to avoid the converging verticals if you can.

Cheers, Kris.

First class images....

Thanks Stuart, Kris and David for thoughts and comments on these... Kris, you're absolutely right about the verticals. It's a personal thing of mine I'm afraid (and one I'd completely forgotten I did - so thank you)... Weirdly, I tend to rather like them converging, which is why I (usually) leave them as they come out of the 12-24 - something about the sense of scale and wonder and sheer gravity-defying massiveness of big structures that (for me) they imply. In many ways I wish I didn't, but there you go...

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As others here will attest, I'm rather the opposite. I even bought a 5x4 view camera with full movements so I could avoid 'em! It is a lovely spot though, well worth adding to my bucket list. I wonder why it is a "bucket list"? Hmmmmm.....

They are all dramatic but the one with the train has that bit of edge because it shows what the thing is all about; it's alive, while the others are but 'portraits'

Things to do before you "kick the bucket" i.e. go to your reward.