Beyond Wilden Marsh Nature Reserve
When I walk the two miles south along the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Canal, I pass through Stourport-on-Severn to the River Severn. At Stourport-on-Severn is the canal basin/port. Here are a few photos of the historic port:
Nice shots. I especially like the second with the subdued lighting and the depth added by the angle of the wooden crossing arm.
Thanks David. It’s a sunset shot of Blossom’s Tea Rooms.
These pictures make me envy your location. And Tea Rooms to boot!
Yes, we have it all here.
If I ever visit the area, I will visit Blossom’s and raise a cup to you! Maybe you’ll be there? Tea or coffee is it?
Oh definitely tea, Ashley.
I am right in thinking that Stourport only came into existence because of the canal?
Your are right, Tom. Have you been doing your homework?
I have been reading ‘The Making of the English Landscape’ by Hoskins and he says that Stourport is the only English town to be made entirely by canals.
And he is correct.
Very nice images, Michael, and so nice to see the Wilden Marsh environs.
Thank you Ellen.
Lovely scenes. I can see they have been processed. What app do you use? Is it Lightroom? Perhaps the dark blue next to the cloud in the main basin could be stepped back a little. Masking out some of the effects helps keep it real (if you want to :-)). I just watched a terrific tutorial on skies put out by onOne.
I purposely exaggerated that and other images. I like filtering images to make them more interesting when I’m bored with “real” images. I don’t have Photoshop or Lightroom. I use Gimp.
I see Gimp does have layer masks and other features like Photoshop. With a bit of work you could edit only parts of an image. I teach Photoshop and Lightroom so pardon me for butting in. I sometimes can’t help myself.
You were making a comment and not butting in, Sherry. I appreciate your advice. 🙂
Just looked at the main basin photo and I accept what you are saying, Sherry. I think I rarely give my images the attention they deserve. Certainly the blue sky could be toned down.