Another shot of Beachy head lighthouse.
Processed in Topaz B&W Effects, Photomatix and Lightroom 5.
Tag: Photomatix
Beachy Head lighthouse
The iconic Beachy Head lighthouse, Eastbourne.
Originally I’d arranged to meet up with three other photographers for a mornings excursion but due to one calling off sick and another turning up but forgetting to pack the appropriate footwear, in the end just two of us ventured round. The weather had been awful all night and the rain didn’t stop until we had walked nearly half way round. Luck was on our side though and there was a break in the clouds just as the sun popped over the horizon. The tide times didn’t allow for much of a stay but it was just long enough for the two of us to grab a few shots and some that we were both pleased with.
Usually I use ND grads for my landscape work but having just acquired a new super-wide zoom lens, I haven’t yet been able to purchase a new filter system that will accommodate the larger filter thread. As a result, I had to resort to exposure bracketing for some of the more extreme contrast scenes, such as this one.
Processed in Photomatix and Lightroom 5.
Last cafe
This used to be the last cafe between the English and Scottish border in Northumberland. Since it’s closure, the last cafe is now a couple of miles further back up the road. I bet their sign went up pretty darn quick following this place’s demise.
No filters, processed in Photomatix Pro, Topaz B&W Effect2 and Lightroom 5.
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Tarr Steps mono
One of my Fave shots so far this year.
The contrast of light was so great that I had to bracket exposures even with my ND grads on. Blended in Photomatix then converted to mono using Topaz B&W Effect2, addition work in Lightroom 5.
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Tarr Steps
I’ve been neglecting this blog somewhat so it’s about time I got things started again.
I’ve decided to start posting new pics here as well as uploading to Flickr, just to keep things ticking over. These will consist mainly of just pictures with little or no text to accompany them. So lets kick things off with a few pics taken during our new years holiday to Somerset. Apologies to those who may have already seen these posted to Flickr.
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Pett Level Pill box revisit
Having set off from a successful shoot at Winchelsea beach I headed back towards Pett level and decided to make a return visit to the WW2 pill box. I had made a short visit here earlier in the year but only took a few pics of the pill box itself. The old magazine and gun emplacement still exists and can be found about 20 yards down to the left and it was here that I wanted to get a better look at this time.
As you walk across you can see the concrete roof and this walled trench linking one part to another. Moving down a little further reveals the entrance and steps down into the main areas where access is very easy indeed. The main thing I found was how dark it was in side the main room, taking me a good few minutes for my eyes to adjust.
As you can see by all the tagging there have been many visitors down here over the years. The exposures needed to get the shots from inside this room were quite long, ranging from 30 seconds to 2 minutes to get the brackets needed to make the HDR image you see here.
As you move on from the room pictures above you enter into the magazine area and then through towards the trench you can see from the second picture taken from up top. A you walk through there are two more small rooms/storage areas to your right and then straight ahead is a partial ladder which gets you back up top…Well at least it used to; this and a couple of other holes have been covered over with metal grates presumably to stop people falling down after dark.
There’s a fair amount of tagging covering the walls of this place, unfortunately nothing of any note.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this little visit, thanks for looking.
Dave Wares 