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Corus Limestone Works, Shap
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 20 November 2009 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
A long exposure photo of the Corus factory located on the edge of the Lake District national park in Cumbria. It produces lime for the steel industry.
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Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States
I'm beginning to like this factory very much. I love the long exposure.
20 Nov 2009 5:09am
Mirjam from Kiev, Ukraine
Again a very good picture of this fabric. Very nice with the long exposure.
20 Nov 2009 5:24am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Also a very strong image with those muted colors even though I prefer the previous version with the cow as it was a bit more 'surprising'
20 Nov 2009 6:04am
Michael from United Kingdom
Can't help thinking it's like the Beauty & the Beast - such heavy industry so close to the national park. A good shot BTW.
20 Nov 2009 10:07am
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
I love the light and the tones. This must be a quite old facility, from the 1920s I think...?
20 Nov 2009 10:27am
dabbler from Minneapolis, United States
brilliant choice of a longer exposure - interesting contrast between a old rusty factory & the soft silky smoke it produces... (i like the Beauty & the Beast analogy :-))
20 Nov 2009 3:13pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Magical, Ian - the dance of smoke, sky and landscape is fantastic. All 5 stars my friend!
20 Nov 2009 5:23pm
Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom
great image, i just love these long exsposures
20 Nov 2009 6:35pm
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
well done ! I just wonder how you know the right good time of long exposure to be made?
20 Nov 2009 8:50pm
@Anna.C: Thanks Anna!....at the beginning it was just trial and error but after a bit of practice you start to get a feel for what will work. The main one is that the slower the object (smoke and clouds in this case) is moving the longer the shutter speed you'll need.
For something fast moving like a stream or waterfall you'll only need about 1/10th second but for clouds the absolute minimum is about 30 seconds even when there's a strong wind moving them across the sky. For skies in general the longer the exposure the more ethereal the effect.
Nikon D40
252/5 seconds
F/11.0
ISO 200
42 mm (35mm equiv.)