Salisbury Traffic Trails!

Firstly, I must thank you ALL for getting my Journal up into the 4th most Popular on the entire Blip website - I was no 7 recently and now, I've managed to overtake a pair of Labradors ( you know the ones) and now it's only the highly talented professional and considerably more successful Max Ellis and John Gravett - and one other - that are in my way to the top! They have amazing models and fantastic places to go all round the world - and here I am walking about Salisbury - mostly... So, I don't see myself overtaking them anytime never so am really chuffed to even be in the list, let alone on the top row...

Well today - day of dull grey, dullish solemn and oppressing dullness, personified (have I made my point??) and so dusk shots were the only solution.

I see this scene from the top deck of the bus as it comes back in to Salisbury from Bournemouth and often has to stop at these lights. Every time I looks down the main ring road going down the slope at dusk and with the cathedral rising majestically above it all, I promise myself to try get a shot or two myself.

Actually, when one is quite a few feet shorter than the top of the bus, the viewpoint changes enormously, with things like traffic lights getting in the way. I did at least manage to hide on a bank as I really didn't want to be stared at by waiting and possibly fuming motorists, as I stand there behind a big tripod! My shots had to be in blue hour as I had to have the cathedral starting to be illuminated by its floodlights.

At the end of the day, only a few had the right light combination and so only 3 or 4 were possibilities. This was not the most audaciously messy and colourful but I did like the composition and the ghostly figure waiting at the pedestrian crossing. Essential to go in LARGE especially down the main road.

This did require quite a lot of work, to bring out the Spire, to add contrast and darken down the headlights coming up towards the camera and such. A pleasing result overall, another tick list crossed off and a satisfying photographic use of absolutely rubbish weather!!

Lens is Nikkor 16-85mm