I was on a job recently that sailed out of a port near Edinburgh and I got to look at this thing:
Which I assume I could get arrested for photographing. Nobody told me not to though so here it is. I can't imagine any state secrets are visible in this iPhone shot. Cool thing to see up close though.
All the super secret submarines are off to the left.
And then we sailed out at dawn, under the Forth bridges. First the road bridge which, although it is soon to be replaced and is widely disliked, I think actually deserves a little bit more attention. It just needs to get looked at in isolation, not when next to one of the most (I think THE most) beautiful bridges in the world.
See? If that was anywhere but next to the Forth Rail Bridge then it would be celebrated. Admittedly, it is a bad bit of engineering - all the strands are popping at an alarming rate - but, if nothing at all else redeems it, it makes the best viewing platform for its older sister to the east.
And, obviously, there is this:
Surely the most evocative and beautiful piece of engineering in the world. I've seen it many times from the road bridge, from the shore at either side and from a train travelling across it (far better when you can open a window on the door and get a look up at it). Unfortunately I've never had a job on the bridge. I had an offer but went somewhere better paid instead.
This was a first view from below and the combination of low view and dawn fog is a winner, in my opinion.
All photos taken with an iPhone 5 and processed in Lightroom. On the internet you don't need to spend money.
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