Great potential shots while driving...
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Yeah I always see them, if I have my camera with me I do normally just ditch the car and try and get the shot (not on motorway obviously) but I have been known to get off at the next junction and try and find the shot again from somewhere you can park. Not ever very successfully 
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All the time. At the moment I have harvested straw rolls in the field of yellow with the blue shy behind, great panaramas etc.
Plus there's a shot I've chased for about 4 years now. You can only get it at this time of the year for a couple of weeks. It's a view over the misty fields, layers of hedges peaking out of the mist, with sheep in the foreground and the sun rising over the mist, usually magnified by the mist. I see it 2-3 times a week at the moment.
But the only place to get this shot is on the hard shoulder of the motorway as you need the height, there's no access otherwise etc.
Plus there's a shot I've chased for about 4 years now. You can only get it at this time of the year for a couple of weeks. It's a view over the misty fields, layers of hedges peaking out of the mist, with sheep in the foreground and the sun rising over the mist, usually magnified by the mist. I see it 2-3 times a week at the moment.
But the only place to get this shot is on the hard shoulder of the motorway as you need the height, there's no access otherwise etc.
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All the time! When I'm driving down country roads, I look through the windscreen and think "That would make a lovely photograph". I usually comfort myself with the fact that I couldn't take the shot even if I had my camera, well not without being either lynched or run over! 
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I thought I had the answer, my girlfriend. I gave her my camera, gave her specific instructions... Not a single shot came out. The usual problem was she'd start faffing with the zoom so as the shot appeared neither she nor the camera were ready. I've got an SDHC card with 30 or so shots of blurrs of zoomed in objects.
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If only I had a third eye and a third hand. Or the ability to stop time.
That would rule.
That would rule.
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I've seen this one - luckily there's a few places near me in walking or biking distance where I can get it - if they are still there next week as I'm away from home for the next 5 days!
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As I commute by motorbike I'm so tempted to work out the shot beforehand, and just put the camera on a tank bag. I'd think - oh 20 secs of stopping on the hard shoulder would do it.
It's the motorway cameras though.
I've started trying to work out if there are footpaths to the side of the motorway I could use, or ask the farmer for access.
It's the motorway cameras though.
I've started trying to work out if there are footpaths to the side of the motorway I could use, or ask the farmer for access.
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I have a lot of experience with the hard shoulder of motorways and believe me no matter how good the shot is or however long it would be to take - don't do it!!!
irrespective of the legal implications you would'nt want to be hit by one of the 40 odd tonne wagons that regularly stray across into that area, many have and not lived to tell the tale let alone show the pics.
You have been warned :nono:.
irrespective of the legal implications you would'nt want to be hit by one of the 40 odd tonne wagons that regularly stray across into that area, many have and not lived to tell the tale let alone show the pics.
You have been warned :nono:.
At this time of year as I drive south on the A1M to work on an early shift I frequently see fantastic potential shots of a backlit layer of mist drifting off the fields onto the carriageway.
Despite the strong temptation I have not stopped to capture these images. Not only is the hard shoulder one of the most dangerous places most of us are ever likely to visit, but also I don't think it would go down too well at work if I were caught there without a good excuse wearing my police control room uniform.
One of these days I may ask the roads policing chaps for an early morning ride-out as the place on the hard shoulder where they stop to calibrate the VASCAR is in just the right spot but knowing the way of these things it would happen on a morning with no mist!
Despite the strong temptation I have not stopped to capture these images. Not only is the hard shoulder one of the most dangerous places most of us are ever likely to visit, but also I don't think it would go down too well at work if I were caught there without a good excuse wearing my police control room uniform.
One of these days I may ask the roads policing chaps for an early morning ride-out as the place on the hard shoulder where they stop to calibrate the VASCAR is in just the right spot but knowing the way of these things it would happen on a morning with no mist!
I missed a great shot while out with my camera club (we were goign to a train yard)
drove past a building with a really rough looking wooden roof, all miss matched and bits of it painted.
thought that would be great for a gritty style B&W shot, but I couldnt stop because I was in a convoy. Went back later but couldnt find the roof
said to myself, next time I woudl stop and be if any body complains its just tough
drove past a building with a really rough looking wooden roof, all miss matched and bits of it painted.
thought that would be great for a gritty style B&W shot, but I couldnt stop because I was in a convoy. Went back later but couldnt find the roof
said to myself, next time I woudl stop and be if any body complains its just tough
yeah your right, they probably wouldnt mind, problem was, I didnt know the way to the place we were going, and the person following me was following me because he knew the area even less lol.
As it happens I did get a shot at the train yard I liked a lot and it was largely because the roof had put me in the mind set to look for a B&W image, so it wasnt a total loss
As it happens I did get a shot at the train yard I liked a lot and it was largely because the roof had put me in the mind set to look for a B&W image, so it wasnt a total loss
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I was driving up the M6 a few weeks ago, there waas a stunning sunset near Stafford, the whole sky was red, some guy has stopped on the hard shoulder and was walking back with camera in hand looking for the right shot.
He got a loud blast on the horn, 3 points and a fine or worse death isn't worth a picture.
I'm always amazed when I see photographers stood on the outside of a bend to get a good shot of a rally car doing 90mph.
I look at it thinking what are you going to do when that car in the viewfinder seems to be getting really big
He got a loud blast on the horn, 3 points and a fine or worse death isn't worth a picture.
I'm always amazed when I see photographers stood on the outside of a bend to get a good shot of a rally car doing 90mph.
I look at it thinking what are you going to do when that car in the viewfinder seems to be getting really big
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I took a shot once on the hard shoulder - well, from the grass bank of my car whilst waiting for the recovery service. That turned out to be my last trip in the little beast, too. But yes, I echo the statements above - stopping to take picture on the hard shoulder would be very silly!
I like driving through the mountains in north Wales early in the morning. If you see something, you can just pull over and capture it.
I like driving through the mountains in north Wales early in the morning. If you see something, you can just pull over and capture it.
Oh good grief yes. All the time. Today in fact.
The Barton Bridge, M60 round Manchester. I swear it's the best view of the city, over the ship canal and today it was lit up in the sun, absolutely perfect.
Would I stop?
No way! I trained on the motorways of the UK in a funny car with a checked pattern and some funny flashy things on the roof. Trust me, you don't want to be there. If you ever break down, get over the barrier and as far away as you can. b****r the shot!
The Barton Bridge, M60 round Manchester. I swear it's the best view of the city, over the ship canal and today it was lit up in the sun, absolutely perfect.
Would I stop?
No way! I trained on the motorways of the UK in a funny car with a checked pattern and some funny flashy things on the roof. Trust me, you don't want to be there. If you ever break down, get over the barrier and as far away as you can. b****r the shot!
I just remembered a tremendous shot I missed a few months ago.
I was on a mountain road in Ireland and it was a tremendously foggy day. Visibility was probaly less than 20-30m. There were a couple of rough rocky tunnels right at the top, absolutely fog free inside and entirely unlit. Headlights didn't do much good in there as your eyes hadn't adjusted to the dark and the light at the end was stopping them doing so. It was such an atmospheric scene, dense fog, passing in to clear air are light reflecting off dripping wet rocks, passing in to pitch darkness. There was no footpath and with nothing high-visibility I wouldn't have stood a chance of being seen by traffic.
I was on a mountain road in Ireland and it was a tremendously foggy day. Visibility was probaly less than 20-30m. There were a couple of rough rocky tunnels right at the top, absolutely fog free inside and entirely unlit. Headlights didn't do much good in there as your eyes hadn't adjusted to the dark and the light at the end was stopping them doing so. It was such an atmospheric scene, dense fog, passing in to clear air are light reflecting off dripping wet rocks, passing in to pitch darkness. There was no footpath and with nothing high-visibility I wouldn't have stood a chance of being seen by traffic.