10 April - Filey sunrise

A spectacular sunrise this morning. I was there on the beach at 0520 ready for twilight and sunrise. I wanted shots of the rocks and the calm sea today using neutral density filters to slow down the shutter speed and allow long exposures.  The moon was just in the right place to assist in the shot below:

 Moon on bay

Converted to B&W in Photoshop.

Burning Brigg

This is an HDR - 3 shots taken as soon after each other as possible 0, +2 and -2 exposure combined in Photomatix Pro to produce an HDR which was subtly adjusted in Adobe Lightroom and then Photoshop to produce the image seen here. (Click on the image to see a larger version)

09 April - more pics from Birmingham

Here are some more shots from Birmingham city centre around The Bullring. I have never been interested in architecture but increasingly I look at buildings differently, looking for patterns and abstracts.

 

Photographer of April - Jonathan Chritchley

Check out this site. Black and white photography at its best. A lot of long exposures and seascapes by this photographer based in France.

Jonathan Chritchley

07 April - Easter weekend near Birmingham

A visit to Birmingham allowed me a chance to take some architectural shots in the centre, around The Bullring.

22 March - View from a train

Here are the photos from the trip to London mentioned in the previous post. There are more on my Flickr site.

The pair

Pylon

Passing bush

The bridge

21 March - London

This week involved a trip to London for a conference. I spent one night there and include photos from 2 projects: View from a train and London. All were taken on a Canon compact G9 and then converted using Lightroom and Photoshop CS4.

Here are some photos from London:

Oxford Street 1

Oxford Street 2

Rushing by 2

Building in the mirror

Telecom tower 1

14 March - the Yorkshire coast

Some photos from this week:

Scarborough Spa

This is a single image processed in Photomatix Pro to increase detail and then put through ColorEfex Pro with a 'glamour glow' filter then converted in to black and white in Photoshop CS4.

Scarborough South Bay

Taken from Holbeck, this is a long exposure for 150 seconds at 0530 in  the morning.

Wigeon

Taken from Scalby Mills.

Colours

Here is something different.

The Grand

This is a refection at sunrise and then inverted to give more of an impressionistic feel.

Here are 3 sunrises from Scarborough South Bay (two of which I included in a previous post). The first is traditional, the second and third are impressionistic:

Orange sunrise 1

Orange sunrise 2

Orange sunrise 3

Let me know which one of these you prefer and why.

Many have asked me about my new style. I have to say that I now feel as though I am creating art, as there has been more discussion regarding impressionistic photos than anything else I have done. It seems that you either love it or hate it. Isn't this what art is? The stimulation of emotion.

Photographer of March - Emilian Chirila

Born in Brasov, Romania. Emilian tries to capture reality using unusual angles and circumstances.
He tries to present common and trite things that are most often ignored and passed by with indifference. He shoots in black and white.


Here is his website:    Emilian Chirila

09 March - New pics from Scarborough

Here are some pics from the sunrise in South Bay, Scarborough on 7th March.

This is a straight photo of the sunrise taken on a tripod without moving the camera - something I do rarely now.

A real impressionist sunrise.

Five Steps to Sunrise

This is taken by moving the camera horizontally during the exposure to emphasise the variation in colour and light by removing the detail. I am collecting a whole series of images from Scarborough and Filey for a gallery using this technique.

05 March - Filey in B&W

Some monochrome images from this week taken in Filey:

Shooting upwards at a seafront light.

The above two images are opposites with one focussing on the distance to imply what is visible through the telescope and the other focusses on the scope. Which do you prefer?