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I photographed the Boat Lift Beam in colour<\/a> before but wanted to explore it a little more in B+W.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lift is a fixed metal affair with straps that can lift a GRP cruiser, out of the River Great Ouse onto land in the marina. I assume it can lift narrowboats as well but haven’t seen it do this, as yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last photo I took was of the light on the end of its beam<\/a>, at night. I was pretty pleased with the result, especially its minimal aspect. Returning to photograph in B+W, I took a minimalist approach once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wanting to explore the subject in a square format, I performed this on a second image in post, in Lightroom<\/a> but this was just a trial, before going out with the camera set in square mode, to exclusively pursue this format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purposefully going out to shoot square, I believe will yield a better result but I was pleased with the crop. I’ve cropped a few images square recently and it’s definitely becoming a thing I think I might pursue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Boat Lift Beam in B+W proved to be one of my favourite current images. I have a few more images in mind, which will crop up later (no pun intended).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full images at murpworkschrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace and photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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