Curatorial description (Accessed: 1 January 2019)
Buckham was the leading aerial photographer of his day and was renowned for his atmospheric shots of the landscape. He felt that the most spectacular cloud formations and theatrical light could be captured on stormy days, with bursts of sunshine and occasional showers of rain. Over the years he amassed a vast collection of photographs of skies which he integrated with a separate landscape photograph to enhance the drama and create a more impressive composition. In this image a dramatic shaft of light shines down on the Forth Rail Bridge below, whilst a lone plane is only just visible flying overhead.
