Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Liver Building, Liverpool
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 5 August 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Time passing on the clocks of Liverpool's iconic landmark waterfront building under the statues of the liver birds...the symbols of the city.
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Sharon from Brooklyn, United States
Very nice take on this building. Having spent a great deal of time in Liverpool, this shot makes me smile. Great sky again too!
5 Aug 2008 5:27am
@Sharon: Thanks Sharon....I used to work on Water Street in the Martins (Barclays) Bank building opposite where the passport office used to be.
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Your new filters make this building shine. Really great!
5 Aug 2008 8:15am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
An interesting shot with a disturbing perspective here, Ian! Possesses some dark qualities and would fit into some end time movie... Wow!
5 Aug 2008 8:34am
jkjond from Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom
I like it, though something not clicking with the composition. Not sure what, maybe the right hand dome in the background?
I worked in James Street in the building over the station. It was always clad in scafolding when I was there (mid 80s) as the tiles weren't glued on very well. Used to watch kids pleying in the water clock sculpture round the back, entertaining when they tipped washing up liquid in it. We used to pop 'downstairs' to the pub below on a Friday lunchtime, can't remember the name, something to do with Queen Victoria.
Always good to see your Liverpool shots, they bring back lots of happy memories.
5 Aug 2008 9:36am
@ZmAjEvA: Thanks ZmAjEvA!....in answer to your question the movement blur in the clouds comes from using a long exposure time. I bought a 10 stop neutral density filter recently which is basically a piece of black glass that you screw onto the front of the lens which means you can use a shutter speed 10 times longer than would normally be rquired to achieve the correct exposure. Many photographers use 3 stop versions etc for photographing waterfalls where you want some blur to show water movement.
Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States
I think the comp. has to stand the way it is in order to see the dramatic sky, good on ya!
5 Aug 2008 11:56am
daniel kurniawan from solo, Indonesia
marvelous!.. is this taken at night ian? well done..
5 Aug 2008 1:04pm
@daniel kurniawan: Thanks Daniel....no, this was taken in daytime around midday but I recently bought a 10 stop nd filter which allowed me to slow the shutter speed down and get this photo using my tripod.
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Gorgeous Ian!!! Another shot using the ND filter? Love the effect much... seems to work (particularly well in b&w) to give distinction to the subject.
5 Aug 2008 1:48pm
@hugo poon: Thanks Hugo....yes, this is the new 10 stop nd filter again. The photo was taken at around midday.
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Beautiful! I love the effect of the long exposure on that sky.
5 Aug 2008 2:01pm
Lorraine from Canada
Whatever it is you're learning, it's worth all the sweat, blood and tears, 'cause Ian, this is a Masterpiece...I'll always remember my first learning experience about straightening horizon was suggested helpfully by you...I'm grateful for that, so photoshop has offered options that made this sky ? I find it's a difficult program and while I've mastered some of it, layers are a bit of a question mark right now ;)
5 Aug 2008 2:06pm
Lorena from Fort Myers, United States
I love this shot. The movement is incredible!
5 Aug 2008 4:03pm
Momo from Montpellier, France
Your standard high quality Ian with a touch of fabulous drama in this one...really nice...
5 Aug 2008 4:23pm
Ramiro De Leon from Panama CIty, Panama
Very Nice shot Ian...i love the sky. congrats
5 Aug 2008 4:39pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
love the still 'movement' of these skies... just makes the spirit soar!
5 Aug 2008 5:14pm
zOOm from Paris, France
Splendid portfolio and impressive work ! WOW ! I'm a fan !
5 Aug 2008 6:40pm
Pouhou from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
nothing original (in my comment) I like the composition and the B&W processing
by the way the ND10 filter is in my list it produce a fantastic effect on the clouds, really appropriate for the B&W, One question what about the sharpness did you see a difference between shooting whit and whithout the filter ?
5 Aug 2008 7:09pm
@Pouhou: Thanks Pouhou!....in answer to your question it's a bit early to tell what effect this filter has on sharpness as I haven't taken enough photos yet. On the 2 occasions when I've been using it the wind was extremely strong and there was some high frquency vibration in my tripod so it's difficult to judge sharpness.....also I've been using the lens fully open, which at 10mm is f22 and I would expect an element of softness from diffraction.
There is certainly a difference to the colours as this filter has a slight warming effect which i quite like.
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
An other picture wit a great effect of long exposure on the sky. Very good.
6 Aug 2008 12:34am
danthro from Suburbia, United States
wow, what an imposing structure. cool architecture shot!
6 Aug 2008 3:25am
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
The Exif data says you gave this a twenty second exposure which tells me those clouds were moving along at a pretty good clip. The effect is stunning. A beautiful impact.
6 Aug 2008 10:55pm
@Stephen Phillips: Thanks Stephen....yes, it was an extremely windy day and the clouds were tearing past at a great rate of knots!
aki-pon from Japan
It is an amateur cameraman in Japan.
Your photograph is read, and it is impressed.
The fantastic do float of the cloud, and it is impressive.
24 Aug 2008 6:19am
mark mcnulty from Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nice to see something so iconic photographed in an original way.
26 Apr 2009 8:57am
Nikon D40
20 seconds
F/22.0
ISO 200
27 mm (35mm equiv.)