View down the Severn from Shepperdine,

I was attracted by the simplicity of this shot with curve of the riverbank and clouds coming from the radar? tower.

c&c welcome

[Scottnorwo]

nicely composed. sky colors are beautiful

[juanraortiz]

Fantastic. As you say is very atractive the curve of the river. Even the lines of flowers and the clouds seem to point at something hidden behind the house, nest to the blurred bridge.

[Black Magic]

Gorgeous! That grass is just begging for a romantic picnic

[Graham V]

Cheers for the comments...........much appreciated

[RoxnDox]

Beautiful shot!

The structure is a stream gaging station, measuring the height of the water's surface. The vertical tube is a stilling well, connected to the river proper by a pipe that allows flow to the well so they're at the same level. Inside the well is a float sensor to measure the water surface, connected to a data recorder inside the upper structure. The antenna transmits the readings periodically to a computer system that processes the data and feeds it to the users (flood forecasters, databases, etc).

What can I say, this is what I do for a living (the database software for the US version of this setup)

Jim

EDIT: I just love Google maps - found your station at coordinates 51.667642, -2.555217

[Graham V]

Thanks Jim, very interesting info.
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