Motorway tunnels good for car pics ?

[jackal]

anyone know of any Mway (or any other type) tunnels with lighting in them that might be good for some car photography


down in the south east or midlands would be best... i.e. 1-2 hrs from london


trying to google this but its quite a hard thing to research


regards


Rich

[EmmaP]

Err... wouldn't that be dangerous and illegal on a motorway?

There is a really great underpass on the main road near the Clifton Suspension bridge. If you drive away from the bridge, going in the opposite direction to the city docks, you'll see it on your right, less than a mile from the bridge. It will be quite safe to park up there.

Edited by EmmaP on Saturday 12th January 11:41

[jackal]

thanks for the tip

what makes it good ?

[Dogsey]

jackal said:

anyone know of any Mway (or any other type) tunnels with lighting in them that might be good for some car photography


down in the south east or midlands would be best... i.e. 1-2 hrs from london


trying to google this but its quite a hard thing to research


regards


Rich

Loads of tunnel in London if you know where to look.

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

EmmaP said:

Err... wouldn't that be dangerous and illegal on a motorway?

There is a really great underpass on the main road near the Clifton Suspension bridge. If you drive away from the bridge, going in the opposite direction to the city docks, you'll see it on your right, less than a mile from the bridge. It will be quite safe to park up there.

Edited by EmmaP on Saturday 12th January 11:41

I'm not sure about this - there is a covered part of the road here to protect from falling rocks, but it's open at the sides and not lit.

AFAIK the nearest place would be the Brynglass tunnel on the M4 outside Newport, but it's not very attractive - I'd stay in London.

Edited by S. Gonzales Esq. on Saturday 12th January 19:14

[DanH]

Rich,

Depends what you want to do as you can't stop in them, but some good tunnels in East London where I used to live. Its a nightmare to get there though from Surrey though as the traffic is always shit (part of why I moved out). Still if you can put up with that, consider the limehouse link, blackwall tunnel + Rotherhithe tunnel (Brunell designed). All E14 postcode.

I've considered going up there with my camera mounted on the cage and doing some shots through the tunnel, but not had the time yet. The traffic is at least clear after midnight when you'd probably want to take them, but be careful the tunnels aren't closed for maintenance as they all seem to shut regularly at night for this.

p.s. sorry I haven't got back to you about a date to do those pics of my car. So busy with work at the moment.

[Dogsey]

DanH said:

Rich,

Depends what you want to do as you can't stop in them, but some good tunnels in East London where I used to live. Its a nightmare to get there though from Surrey though as the traffic is always shit (part of why I moved out). Still if you can put up with that, consider the limehouse link, blackwall tunnel + Rotherhithe tunnel (Brunell designed). All E14 postcode.

The tunnels just off Tooley St (under London Bridge station) are probably the best for static photography as far as atmosphere at least, plus parts are daylight lit . Westferry Circus is also handy, it's an underground roundabout by Canary Wharf, easy to park up at the right time of day (night) although the lighting causes colour problems in there.

DanH said:

The traffic is at least clear after midnight when you'd probably want to take them, but be careful the tunnels aren't closed for maintenance as they all seem to shut regularly at night for this.

You also have to look out for large groups of sportscars making lots of noise.

[EmmaP]

S. Gonzales Esq. said:

I'm not sure about this - there is a covered part of the road here to protect from falling rocks, but it's open at the sides and not lit.

It was not under the bridge but less than a mile from it. I was passing in the car and it certainly appeared to be a good spot as it seemed to offer space to park underneath, away from traffic.

Edited by EmmaP on Monday 14th January 00:13

[S. Gonzales Esq.]

EmmaP said:

S. Gonzales Esq. said:

I'm not sure about this - there is a covered part of the road here to protect from falling rocks, but it's open at the sides and not lit.

It was not under the bridge but less than a mile from it. I was passing in the car and it certainly appeared to be a good spot as it seemed to offer space to park underneath, away from traffic.

Edited by EmmaP on Monday 14th January 00:13

The only tunnels on the right where you describe are for the railway line - not a safe place to park.

[Goldeeno]

In the interest of rolling shots, do most people just hang out the window?? If so i am a willing daredevil, of course, this would mean id have to be a passenger... i have a prefference to porsches and lambos

[DIW35]

There is the Medway tunnel at Rochester. Nice thing about it is that there's a roundabout at each end, so you can keep turning around and go through as many times as you want.

[EmmaP]

S. Gonzales Esq. said:

The only tunnels on the right where you describe are for the railway line - not a safe place to park.

It wasn't a tunnel, it was parking under a road bridge.