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📠Davidstow Airfield 💀
I'd been wanting to explore Davidstow Woods for some time. When I finally made the trip, I found myself instead drawn to the nearby (and well photographed) abandoned airfield control tower.
For me, the gloomy foreboding clouds seemed a perfect backdrop to the graffiti covered derelict building. With the main subject locked in, I wandered the area for a little while - looking for an interesting foreground. I found this puddle snaking towards the focal point. That'll do!
I also tried to carefully coax the wild horses & ponies into a mid-ground position. They were having none of it and trotted off! Later, when I got back to my car, the buggers were all up in my grill - looking for treats I'd imagine! *Note to self, next time bring apples!*
Info from Wikipedia...
The land was acquired in 1941 and a three-runway airfield with extensive dispersal areas was constructed in the first half of 1942. RAF Davidstow Moor closed in December 1945 at the end of World War II and many of the buildings including the hangars were soon removed. It became a motor racing circuit, known as Davidstow Circuit and in the early 1950s three Formula One races were held there (the Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Races) including the first success for the Lotus marque.
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 24mm | ƒ-13 | 1-13 sec | ISO 100 | Tripod | No filters | Davidstow Airfield
Copyright Andrew Hocking 2021
www.hocking-photography.co.uk
**Contact me or head over to my website for prints**
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📠Davidstow Airfield 💀
I'd been wanting to explore Davidstow Woods for some time. When I finally made the trip, I found myself instead drawn to the nearby (and well photographed) abandoned airfield control tower.
For me, the gloomy foreboding clouds seemed a perfect backdrop to the graffiti covered derelict building. With the main subject locked in, I wandered the area for a little while - looking for an interesting foreground. I found this puddle snaking towards the focal point. That'll do!
I also tried to carefully coax the wild horses & ponies into a mid-ground position. They were having none of it and trotted off! Later, when I got back to my car, the buggers were all up in my grill - looking for treats I'd imagine! *Note to self, next time bring apples!*
Info from Wikipedia...
The land was acquired in 1941 and a three-runway airfield with extensive dispersal areas was constructed in the first half of 1942. RAF Davidstow Moor closed in December 1945 at the end of World War II and many of the buildings including the hangars were soon removed. It became a motor racing circuit, known as Davidstow Circuit and in the early 1950s three Formula One races were held there (the Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Races) including the first success for the Lotus marque.
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 24mm | ƒ-13 | 1-13 sec | ISO 100 | Tripod | No filters | Davidstow Airfield
Copyright Andrew Hocking 2021
www.hocking-photography.co.uk
**Contact me or head over to my website for prints**
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