Urbex – Page 5 – Dave Wares

Painted

Mar 30, 2014Dec 23, 2015 Dave Wares

Went on a bit of an explore this morning and found some stunning pieces of graffiti.

This wall was vast, far too long for my lens to fit it all in one shot. So I decided to try to do a panorama stitch, only instead of staying in one spot and panning the camera around, I shuffled from one side of the room to the other. It would be a hit and miss idea as there was no accurate measuring out, it was all done with a bit of guess work and luck.

The resulting shot was created by stitching five photos together using Photoshop Elements 9. Additional work was done to tweak warp and perspective and then the image was further cropped to tidy up around the edges. I then styled the image by running it through Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.3.

Pretty pleased with how this turned out considering the low tech approach.

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Morris

Mar 23, 2014Dec 23, 2015 Dave Wares

Morris Minor Traveller.

Processed in Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.3

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Walls have eyes #1

Mar 23, 2014Dec 23, 2015 Dave Wares

Spotted on a walk around the backstreets, Hastings.

Processed in Lightroom 5.3

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Dirt Bike

Mar 10, 2014Dec 23, 2015 Dave Wares

Tucked away in a cold, dark, damp room, locked behind an iron gate somewhere under the streets of Hastings sits this old bike (and a couple of others). Well hidden, most people wouldn’t even notice its existence, save for the keen eye of an exploring photographer. 😉

I wasn’t expecting to find anything like this so I wasn’t set up for working in really dark conditions…No tripod. There was, however, just enough light to shoot handheld with the ISO pushed to 800. Noise is obviously evident and this would, undoubtedly, annoy some people but taking clean crisp images is not what my work is all about. To me, atmosphere and emotion far outweigh a camera’s image quality capability. Not that there’s anything wrong with that either, there are certainly times when I want clean/sharp images too. Knowing the strengths and weaknesses of your gear and applying that knowledge to the subject matter can help to add/change an images look and feel. It all depends on what really matters to you.

Like all art, photography is very subjective and one person’s idea of what photography should be will differ from another’s.

Your photography, your art, do it your way.

Processed in Topaz B&W Effects 2 and Lightroom 5.3

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