The Clyde Arc Glasgow.

I have shot this bridge many times from various angles the other night i was down hoping for a good tide and no wind.

When i say hoping i knew the tidal predictions and the wind speed before driving into Glasgow for the shot…

Best tide conditions for shooting  “glass shots” on the Clyde and most other tidal rivers are within a 2 hour window of the high tide coming in. The wind speeds need to be well below 10mph but preferable that they are lower or non existent.

Naturally as the sun sets the wind speed drops which helps you further in getting that shot in the bag.

I hung around for about 1.5 hours waiting for the light and the tide to be right. The midges were biting good style which did not help at all but its the price you pay in Scotland for those summer night shots.

I took this compositional shot at 22:34 whilst working out the best composition.

Tech spec; Canon 5dmkii 17-40mm lens at 40mm iso 1250 F11 1/8th seconds exposure Lee .6ND Hard Grad

I wasn’t happy with the composition so i moved a bit and zoomed out to get a better angle on it.

I settled on the composition below, this i found a bit more pleasing on the eye

So dropping the ISO i took the following shot which was the first one without a tester. I just checked the focus manually using the zoom facility on live view to make sure it was as in focus as you can get in near darkness.

Tech spec; Canon 5dmkii 17-40mm at 36mm f11 ISO 100 118 seconds exposure Lee .6ND Hard Grad.

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