January Photography Thread

[teuchter]

Surprise View left hand of on the A6187 between Sheffield and Hathersage.

Reminds me of one I took recently of some deer. I didn't have a zoom lens unfortunately, so it's not as good as yours.

 

[cybertect]

January fun with Volkswagens...

 

[Dreadwear]

Both taken in January.

 

[army_of_one]

 

[cybertect]

A few of the boy out in Ewell last Sunday.

 

[janeb]

Couple of weekends ago, Whitley Bay

 

[mort]

Updgraded to a nikon d90 today. playing around with it...

some monkeying around with curves, sharpen etc in pshop. overall a lovely bit of kit

 

[e19896]

Derbyshire's industrial heritage is vast - from the Derwent Valley Mills (one of the Midlands two world heritage site's), Derby's railway and aerospace industries (which continue to this day) and North Derbyshire's mining to name but a few. The county was also home to numerous foundries and perhaps the best known were those at Stanton and Staveley.

Iron production in Stanton dates back to the Roman period and remains have been found of Medieval operations. The true beginning is believed to be when Benjamin Smith of Chesterfield established several furnaces along the Nutbrook Canal. Unfortunately Smith struggled and the company went through a series of takeovers during the 19th century.

In the 1870s there was a huge demand for Iron due to the ongoing Franco Prussian War and became the Stanton Ironworks Company. In 1960 it merged with the works at Staveley near Chesterfield to become Stanton and Staveley and was nationalised into British Steel.

In the 1980s it was privatised and was acquired by the Pont-a-Mouson group later Saint Gobain. At its peak it employed over 12,000 people, production ceased in 2007.

A more concise history can be found here - www.stantonironworks.co.uk

What a way to start 2009 off for urban exploration thanks for the heads up from Mr T and befor you think idd like some of that read here The rest of the images are here ..

 

[army_of_one]

 

[Herbsman.]

photos

Bad! (i.e. good)

 

[Rainingstairs]

big kitty

 

[Nina]

Starlings swarm Brighton pier

 

[army_of_one]

 

[Herbsman.]

That's nice Nina.

Army of One... is your monitor OK or was that top one meant to look like a surreal painting?

 

[Dreadwear]

That's nice Nina.

Army of One... is your monitor OK or was that top one meant to look like a surreal painting?

I must say I really like that effect.

 

[army_of_one]

That's nice Nina.

Army of One... is your monitor OK or was that top one meant to look like a surreal painting?

I just got PSE 7 and I was fiddling about to see what I could produce.

I'm all for surrealism and impressionism.

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[Herbsman.]

I was looking for a portrait location in the local woods and ended up taking these:

my eye really fucking hurt lots for hours after takin that

Slight curves adjustment and massive Velviaesque sharpness & saturation boost...

 

[Herbsman.]

I just got PSE 7 and I was fiddling about to see what I could produce.

I'm all for surrealism and impressionism.

It's not my cup of tea but I'm all for surrealist tweakage too

 

[Herbsman.]

neonwilderness... that 2nd one is BADD

its a bit un-straight, but still badass

btw... just wondering do you also have trouble holding the camera straight while holding it for vertical composition? I have to try really hard to keep my horizontal lines straight, & when I look at my pics later on the camera is always slightly tilted to the left.

 

[neonwilderness]

Yeah I can never seem to compose a shot straight either. Although in that one the window at the back is level, I must have been standing a bit off centre and using a wide lens has emphasized the effect.

I think I might have another go at editing that again tonight, the lighting is a bit off in a couple of places too.

 

[Herbsman.]

Yeh, I find it a lot harder to compose straight with my wide lens, seems fine on the 50mm.

I don;t notice a lot when I'm looking through the viewfinder lol

 

[neonwilderness]

I've just come to the conclusion that I don't stand straight

 

[neonwilderness]

Here's a slightly different version. Still a bit overexposed in places and the orientation still looks a bit off

 

[Refused as fuck]

Your face looks a bit off.

 

[neonwilderness]

That probably explains why my photos usually need rotating

 

[army_of_one]

I've been trying to work on my composition while shooting around town. I guess I still have a long way to go.

 

[tom_craggs]

Working on a few different Land art project ideas at the moment.

 

[Herbsman.]

Well army of one, it seems to be working.

 

[Paul Russell]