And so to finish off this short series, a few black and white images. After lugging my tripod several miles to allow me to do some exposure bracketing, I realised in post processing that it probably wasn’t necessary, there was adequate information in the correctly exposed raw file. But as I’d gone to the effort…
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#351 – Cwm Bychan – Another Get Carter Landscape – 2
Warning – equipment discussion! A popular misconception is that an ultra wide angle lens is required for landscape photography, and while useful, it can often lead to hackneyed compositions and converging verticals. Used judiciously they are a useful tool, but not the only tool in the landscape photographers bag. I bought my Nikon 16-35…
#350 – Cwm Bychan – Another Get Carter Landscape -1
If you’ve seen the classic film Get Carter, then you’ll recall the closing scenes of the film when Jack, against the backdrop of a clanking colliery ropeway on the bleak Durham coast, gets his revenge on the gangster who killed his brother. Watch it here if you’ve not seen it – it’s a tad…
#360 – Important – thevoicefromthenorth is now blog.mechanicallandscapes.com!!!!
After 7 years online, I seem to have ended up with an inconsistent array of domains and styles, even though the content is largely similar. So with view to becoming more consistent, I’ve decided to rename the blog and change its address. In fact, if you read the blog posts actually on the blog and on…
#349 – Bank Bottom Mill
Bank Bottom Mills in Marsden are a vast complex of mills that continued in production until 2003. On my brief visit in 2007, the mills appeared to be mothballed and still full of machinery, but still partially occupied. I did think they’d since been stripped, but having seen a number of reports on the…
#348 – new look to the blog!
After having used the ‘Redoable Lite’ wordpress theme since day 1 of the blog in 2008, I felt it was time for a new look, especially as there are a lot more free themes to choose from in 2014. I’ve settled on the ‘Visual’ theme for the moment, I reserve the right to change my…
#347 – Lucerne Steamers (again)
A fairly exhausting schedule recently has seen me visit beautiful Switzerland 4 times in as many months. One of the bonuses is staying in Lucerne, a small city that somehow manages to be big at the same time. Lake Lucerne is home to a small fleet of Paddle Steamers and these are slowly being brought…
346 – Inspiring Creativity – a short film from Liberatum
Too good not to share! Inspiring Creativity – A Liberatum film presented by illy from Liberatum on Vimeo.
#345 – Reworked Images 11 – Dinorwic
This is the same scene that I posted up a few posts back, albeit a few feet to the left and a few feet higher up. I’ve not made it as contrasty as the other one as I don’t think it needs it due to it being entirely monochrome. I’m not convinced about the cohesiveness…
#344 – Reworked Images 10 – The Gate
Oakwood mill is a complete ruin, quite why it’s been deemed worth keeping up rather than being demolished is beyond me, when some magnificent structures elsewhere have been flattened. I didn’t even bother looking for a way in, I took a few externals and moved on to look at other stuff in the area. I…
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