A last minute day away in late November found my wife Liz and myself exploring a new location, Ironbridge, just over the English border in Shropshire.
A fascinating town with much to see and enjoy, all within walking distance, but of course, the structure that makes this place famous in the iconic cast iron bridge over the river Severn.
Designed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard and opened in 1781, this was the first large cast iron bridge in the world, and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
So, of course, I had to photograph it, choosing dusk as my preferred time of day, to catch the transition from blue toned natural light of a cloudy afternoon to the much warmer tones of the artificial light used to illuminate the bridge.
So while Liz had a look around the shops, I was down by the riverside for fifty minutes or so, shooting the few hundred still images needed to create just these few seconds of time lapse video, before we headed back to our hotel for a rather tasty meal.
What a lovely way to spend an afternoon and evening.
Filename - ironbridge dusk timelapse 01
Camera - Canon EOS6DMK2
Lens - 17-40mm zoom @ 19mm
Exposure (start of shoot) - 1/8 sec @ f/4, ISO100
Exposure (end of shoot) - 2.5 secs @ f/4, ISO100
Filters - None.
Music - Blizzards
Location - Ironbridge, Shropshire, England
This clip - HD 720p, 30fps (4K and 1080p HD formats also available)
Clip duration - 22 seconds
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