Fishing The Ure At Masham
2019-10-26 Afternoon Stroll
Today`s conditions were perfect for starting to examine the effect of time on the texture of water. I would capture an exposure and then capture other images of the same scene with different exposure values. Through this I would be able to see how the aesthetics of the image would change with the exposure time value. I also found the conditions and subject matter to try the original thesis of smoothing the water to show the foreground more clearly and found the theory works quite well. Finally an example of trying to capture the wind in this leaf tunnel as it swirled through the trees. It is also interesting to notice the blurred leaves do not immediately become apparent in the image and seem to add to the image in a pleasing way. Something else for further study.
About Masham
Masham – originally Maessa’s Ham – probably owed its foundation to the gentle, flood-proof rise on which it stands, near an easily fordable part of the River Ure, together with its proximity to the course of a Roman road and its position on the main route from Wensleydale to York.
The present square with its beautiful Georgian houses was created in the 18th century. The huge market place would originally have been surrounded by thatched cottages and was the site for annual Sheep Fairs with over 80,000 heads of sheep being sold some years, including animals from the flocks of nearby Fountains and Jervaulx Abbeys.
