A roundabout and light trails on the road through Ambleside in the English Lake District.

In this photograph, I tried to capture the essence of the 15th century cottage while conveying how modern life had encroached on it, causing a loss of identity over the past six centuries. To show how the busy road hurried people straight past, I included the arrows circling the mini-roundabout to help symbolise hectic, modern life. I used a neutral density filter to slow down the shutter speed and the resulting exposure of 8 seconds gave the passing cars plenty of time to get down the road. This was important as I wanted the light trails to draw the viewer into the picture and down the road to emphasize that it was a sense of place, and not just traffic, that had passed the house by.

This is a limited edition print with a print run of 100.

Ref: ELE03

Location: Ambleside, Lake District, England

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Limited Edition 45x30cm - AU$750.00