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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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Sharon from Brooklyn, United States

Gorgeous. Doesn't look too soft here.

7 Aug 2008 6:33am

@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

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Nice perspective! Enjoy your holidays Ian! :)

7 Aug 2008 8:45am

Gromitch from Moscow, Russian Federation

Very interesting and creative method!

7 Aug 2008 8:51am

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

Marie from FRESNES, France

très belle image d'ambiance.

7 Aug 2008 10:07am

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Fantastic shot!Great composition!

7 Aug 2008 10:17am

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

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Great!

7 Aug 2008 3:10pm

Ariel from Stuttgart, Germany

Great idea! The effect in the water is fantastic.

7 Aug 2008 3:14pm

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

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

Great shot Ian...enjoy the break.

7 Aug 2008 9:05pm

JLT from Barcelona, Spain

Great prespective!

8 Aug 2008 12:34am

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

Anthony from Germany

Great effect,nicely done.

8 Aug 2008 9:10am

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

The softness works very well. A bientot!

8 Aug 2008 2:12pm

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

Marco from Verbania, Italy

well done...great shot...

19 Aug 2008 9:47pm

Mackan from Sweden

Wonderful b/w shot, the conversion is great!

19 Aug 2008 10:19pm

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

manolo from toulouse, France

you don't take pictures, you create pictures...

28 Aug 2008 7:48am

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

raha from tehran, Iran

wonderful view

28 Apr 2009 7:54am