Misty Moat | Weekly Photo #63
This is Bodiam Castle, a 14th century castle located in East Sussex. The castle, originally built to fend off the French in case they invaded during the 100 Year War is now owned and managed by the National Trust and a popular tourist attraction here in the UK’s south east.
Fujifilm XT2 | XF10-24mm | 11mm | 1/20th Second | f/10 | ISO200
I’ve wanted to photograph Bodiam Castle ever since I first visited these medieval ruins around 15 years ago and given that I live only 60 minutes’ drive away, I’m a little ashamed it’s taken me so long to finally do so. Over the last few years, I’ve been focused on photographing London and only in the past few months have I been venturing around the UK’s south to scratch the photographic itch.
In late May I finally put it right and drove down into East Sussex for a sunrise shoot at Bodiam castle with a fellow photographer. Depending on the conditions, I had two plans lined up for the shoot. If it was cloudy, I would grab the 10-stop filter and capture a long exposure of this view along the bridge that crosses the moat and if the sky was clear, there was a good chance of mist across the water to add the required interest in the scene. As you can see, I was greeted by the latter.
As the sun was rising, I got the tripod out and mounted the Fujifilm XT2 on top. For this shot, I used the wide 10-24 lens to get more of the foreground in and help emphasise the converging lines along the bridge that lead the eye straight to the castle. Just as the sun’s warm light started to catch the side of the castle, I went ahead and captured this shot here.
I’m really pleased with this photo although I can’t help but wonder how it would look as a long exposure image with lots of clouds streaking across the sky. Well, I guess I’ll have to pop back there soon to give it a try. Oh well :-)
Until next week.
Trevor
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