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Derelict Slipway, Morecambe Bay
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 28 October 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
A long exposure photo using my extreme neutral density filters (2 of them totalling 16 stops of light reduction)
This is what the slipway looked like back in December 2007 in one of the first photos I took with my then new Nikon D40: http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2007-12-17.html
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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.
@Didier DE ZAN: Thanks Didier!
Mirko Herzner from Germany
Wonderful! So how long did you expose that, Ian? This has the mood of a post-nuclear-war scenario...
28 Oct 2009 6:07am
@Mirko Herzner: Thanks Mirko.....ironically Heysham nuclear power station is located just across the bay from this spot. Photo of it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbramham/3996622770/sizes/o/
Mirko Herzner from Germany
Question answered... I should look for exif data first before asking ;-)
28 Oct 2009 6:08am
@Foto-aksent: Thanks very much!
Naveen Bachwani from Mumbai (Bombay), India
What a composition!
I love the way the remaining ruins leave imaginary lines that can be traced throughout the photograph!
28 Oct 2009 7:03am
@Naveen Bachwani: Thanks Naveen!
Reiner from Brensbach, Germany
Excellent b&w with great lighting. Like the simplicity and angle.
28 Oct 2009 8:20am
@Reiner: Thanks Reiner!
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks Ana!
@Sarito: Thanks Sarito!
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Amazing shot! The tranquility (which is also a result of your exposition technique) makes it look like an abandoned cult site.
28 Oct 2009 9:55am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
A place to cross to get too heaven, moody yet soft, brilliant
28 Oct 2009 10:04am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
So beautiful. The sweeping lines of the clouds and light toward the center pull the eye in.
28 Oct 2009 11:34am
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
Amazing transformation in such little time. I like the tone and mood of the shot.
28 Oct 2009 1:37pm
Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom
I'm trying to work out how many minutes the shutter was open..........I give up. A super super result for your effort.
28 Oct 2009 7:32pm
Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom
classic stuff Ian...I know that it is but it's hard to believe it's the same slipway...the ravages of time can be brutal!
28 Oct 2009 8:22pm
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
beautiful composition! how quickly things can change indeed! the b&w vision enhances the feeling of destruction and decay even further...
29 Oct 2009 2:01am
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Like a prog rock album cover! It's a striking shot, you composed this really well to get the most out of the objects and reflections.
29 Oct 2009 1:22pm
Frida from Sweden
Beautiful composition and I like the section were the sky is brighter it leads the eye trough the picture.
30 Oct 2009 4:46pm
Al from Glasgow, United Kingdom
very beautiful, really like the long exposure work you are doing
1 Nov 2009 11:14pm
Richard from Twickenham, United Kingdom
Awesome. I love the composition and the processing.
4 Nov 2009 5:48pm
Nikon D40
1053/5 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
15 mm (35mm equiv.)