Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Liverpool Waterfront
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 7 August 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Another experiment with the new 10 stop neutral density filter which allows extended shutter times to be used for daylight shots like this one.
It was very windy and my tripod was vibrating like the string of a musical instrument so this image is softer than I'm used to.
This will be my last post for a couple of weeks as I'm off on holiday to France....thanks for all your support - I really appreciate it!
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Links to the websites of other photographers whose work I love and who have all helped me enormously over a long period of time. I find the work of all 3 to be inspirational.
@Sharon: Thanks Sharon!
Kris from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Amazing Shot.
I've been looking for some fine examples of long exposure work to inspire me to try it out again, and I have to say this, and your other work is just that. Inspiring.
I think its the overall composition that makes this for me. I feel the need to walk into the image.
7 Aug 2008 6:57am
@Kris: Thanks very much Kris.....I've only just got this 10 stop filter so I'm still learning with it. I'm looking forward to trying even longer 1/2 hour exposures at dusk (1/2 hour is the maximum on my Nikon D40)
Dan from Bolton, United Kingdom
Excellent shot, love the softness, and I don't think its too soft. The black and white processing works really well too.
7 Aug 2008 7:14am
@Dan: Thanks Dan....fortunately this type of long exposure photo suits a slightly softer look I think!
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Lovely. I especially like how the photo is divided compositionally in half, with the water and the building and the sidewalk all having an interesting part. Very nicely done (as always).
7 Aug 2008 7:52am
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Very nice post to say goodbye, Ian! Enjoy your holidays!
7 Aug 2008 8:06am
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Your filters create interesting effects; the sea looks like a layer of asphalt.
Have some nice holidays!
7 Aug 2008 9:36am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
You leave us in a great, great mood, this is superb, of course, thanks for info yesterday, I appreciate it. Have a wonderful holidays :)
7 Aug 2008 11:27am
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Ian, this is my favourite in this series... enjoy very much the extraordinary mood enhanced by the empty street, silky water and motion blurred clouds!!! Have a great time!:-)
7 Aug 2008 2:53pm
photaouf from Paris, France
Good perspective and black white, the longexposure makes the water nice too :) well done
7 Aug 2008 7:59pm
tom from Frankfurt, Germany
Excellent! I like the effect in the sky. So far I only tried it with water shots only. B
7 Aug 2008 8:47pm
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Brilliant, again, Ian!!
Have a fantastic time... and I know we'll be in for a treat with what you bring back... ;-)
8 Aug 2008 3:50am
kerfendal from Paris, France
i like the atmosphere of your shot, kind of pic you can put on yiour wall and keep attention each day
8 Aug 2008 4:33am
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
A notable departure from your accustomed fare. Such a stark and dramatic feel to this. Very good.
Enjoy your holiday, Ian. Bring back many images to treat us. Travel well.
8 Aug 2008 5:08am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Beautiful photo. Really well done. Have a nice vacation.
9 Aug 2008 2:53am
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Beautiful shot Ian, superb rendition.
I'll be visiting Liverpool tomorrow, hope stays dry.
11 Aug 2008 3:17pm
T-Daddy from Dachsbach, nähe Erlangen, Germany
Their photos are so fantastisch and perfect. I did not come out from being astonished than I their photos regarded and a large fan of you and their kind of the Photografie became. I hope it understand which I wrote my English am very badly.
11 Aug 2008 6:45pm
Marcie from United States
Love the simplicity of this image. The water is so perfectly smooth. Amazing!
11 Aug 2008 9:15pm
Paolo from Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy
Clouds, water and cars, you catched them all !
very nice.
12 Aug 2008 8:30pm
NJ & SB Photography from Spain
buena perspectiva, el cielo muy bueno, bien capturada!!
13 Aug 2008 1:27pm
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Excellent work as usual, Ian. The composition is perfect.
17 Aug 2008 11:21am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Still beautiful after all this time....are you back yet? ;) can't wait to see your new photos....
19 Aug 2008 3:14pm
Margie from Auckland, New Zealand
I was so sure I'd already commented on this. I was having another peek to see when you were due back from your holidays and nope! Maybe I was having a "senior moment"!?
ANYWAY...this is great! The composition really pulls you into the picture. I hope you have/had a good holiday. :)
20 Aug 2008 10:17am
zOOm from Paris, France
Fantastic perspective, and the b&w is just perfect. That's a great composiiton.
20 Aug 2008 4:26pm
aki-pon from Japan
Also in Japan, there is scenery that looks alike well. It is red and the brick warehouse is very
famous of Yokohama.
However, it is few to see the photograph fantastically taken like you in Japan. It is a very
wonderful photograph.
24 Aug 2008 8:35am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
A curious very good image: wel composed in two zones, the time of exposition gave you a great sea and sky, amd the b/w is splendid.
Good holidays.
24 Aug 2008 5:50pm
ruben latre from Terrassa, Spain
... all your work is so impressive, I love this long exposure that makes the ocean become a flat surface... Really nice composition and B&W exposure... excellent job as always !!
30 Aug 2008 9:54am
April from Iloilo City, Philippines
i love your work. your pictures are inspirational. i wanna be a great photographer like you.
2 Sep 2008 2:11pm
