I took this shot a couple of weeks ago and, for some reason, didn't really look at it at the time, partly because I expected it to be yet another "snapshot" taken from the North Pier (Blackpool). But having looked at it I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. My daughter and I were walking back down the pier watching the mist drifting around Blackpool Tower, and this is one of a sequence of shots I took as we wandered along.
In terms of processing: I didn't do too much to this shot other than to change the colour temperature in Photoshop CS when I converted the RAW file, not to alter the image, but to 'correct' the fact that it looked colder than I remembered .
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Canon G5
8.25pm on 10/8/04
f4.0
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17.6mm
RAW
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minor rotation/crop
comment by andy at 01:32 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
This shot is absolutely amazing. I thought this was from a postcard or something :) Great work as always.
comment bybrenda at 01:57 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
perfect..
comment byCharlie at 02:12 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
I really like the atmospheric quality of the background...it gives it a dreamy quality that's particularly effective. :)
comment by Maxine at 02:23 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
It is absolutely wonderful Dave. I just love when you do painting while trying to do a shot. Well done!
comment bySteve Jenereaux at 04:00 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
How the heck did you make this so painting-like??? I guess its the fog? Are you sure this isn't a painting?? Excellent!!
comment by Tom B at 04:14 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
As I have said so many other times -- Fantastic --.
comment byDarieus at 04:59 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
really stunning, you inspire...
comment byJasper at 06:38 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
You make the english coast look interesting ;)
comment by Jere Seitz at 10:10 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
WOW!!!!
Jere
comment byHouser at 10:27 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
It's a wonderful shot Dave. It reminds me of an ancient bazaar.
comment byEmily at 10:34 AM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
beautiful how the foreground slwly fades away into the mist/fog. greyish and colourful at the same time. very nice.
comment byMark at 12:50 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
Great shot! Its got kind of a renaissance painting feel to it...
comment bykendall at 12:54 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
I thought this was a victorian landscape painting. Lovely.
comment byian at 03:07 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
beautiful, david.
comment bymark at 03:36 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
I clicked your web link today and when this picture opened, the only thing i said was, "wow"....Obviuosly the picture is awesome, but also this a cool place (BlackPool). I wish we had something like this where I live.
comment byJeremy at 04:17 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
Beautiful, one of your best
comment bymathew at 05:29 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
this picture looks superb. i love the whole feel to it.
definitely my favorite from the whole pier series.
comment bymprints at 06:08 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
This makes me want to visit England. The muted colors work so well together, as does the balance between the white space and scenery. This is a lovely image.
comment byian at 08:21 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
i swear i commented here earlier. perhaps i was impatient. anyway, this is beautiful, david.
comment by Tim McCool at 08:55 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
The fog is my favorite part. Like people have said above, it really DOES seem like a painting! Well done. The composition is excellent, in my view.
comment bysylvain at 11:50 PM (GMT) on 20 August, 2004
wonderful !
comment bydjn1 at 12:22 AM (GMT) on 21 August, 2004
Thank you :-)
comment byJason G. at 07:14 AM (GMT) on 22 August, 2004
Great shot. Love the warm tones and saturated colours.
comment bywilliam at 05:24 PM (GMT) on 24 August, 2004
i love this shot as well! it really feels like something magical out of a fairytale.
Beautiful light, shadow, depth, color and great interest. Wow!
comment byStu at 11:59 AM (GMT) on 2 September, 2004
Difficult to express the positive feeling I get about this - other than that it has an extremely timeless feel about it. :) ( I don't thnk I need to re-iterate the hordes of other compliments here, so I won't! ;) )
comment by Richard A. Vanaman at 02:43 PM (GMT) on 8 September, 2004
I enjoyed the dramatic division of water and civilization, and the painting-like feel of the shot. The clarity is fantastic. Thank you for sharing this piece. I want to save this piece as my desktop wallpaper on my laptop. When people ask about the shot, I will direct them to this website. If this is not ok, please e-mail me.
comment by timbo at 05:20 PM (GMT) on 8 September, 2004
Colors and lines remind me of what's his name's famous Tower of Babel painting.
comment by Medina at 06:00 PM (GMT) on 8 September, 2004
beautiful
comment by m at 11:46 PM (GMT) on 17 February, 2005
I took this shot a couple of weeks ago and, for some reason, didn't really look at it at the time, partly because I expected it to be yet another "snapshot" taken from the North Pier (Blackpool). But having looked at it I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. My daughter and I were walking back down the pier watching the mist drifting around Blackpool Tower, and this is one of a sequence of shots I took as we wandered along.
In terms of processing: I didn't do too much to this shot other than to change the colour temperature in Photoshop CS when I converted the RAW file, not to alter the image, but to 'correct' the fact that it looked colder than I remembered .
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
8.25pm on 10/8/04
f4.0
1/60
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
17.6mm
RAW
auto
minor rotation/crop
This shot is absolutely amazing. I thought this was from a postcard or something :) Great work as always.
perfect..
I really like the atmospheric quality of the background...it gives it a dreamy quality that's particularly effective. :)
It is absolutely wonderful Dave. I just love when you do painting while trying to do a shot. Well done!
How the heck did you make this so painting-like??? I guess its the fog? Are you sure this isn't a painting?? Excellent!!
As I have said so many other times -- Fantastic --.
really stunning, you inspire...
You make the english coast look interesting ;)
WOW!!!!
Jere
It's a wonderful shot Dave. It reminds me of an ancient bazaar.
beautiful how the foreground slwly fades away into the mist/fog. greyish and colourful at the same time. very nice.
Great shot! Its got kind of a renaissance painting feel to it...
I thought this was a victorian landscape painting. Lovely.
beautiful, david.
I clicked your web link today and when this picture opened, the only thing i said was, "wow"....Obviuosly the picture is awesome, but also this a cool place (BlackPool). I wish we had something like this where I live.
Beautiful, one of your best
this picture looks superb. i love the whole feel to it.
definitely my favorite from the whole pier series.
This makes me want to visit England. The muted colors work so well together, as does the balance between the white space and scenery. This is a lovely image.
i swear i commented here earlier. perhaps i was impatient. anyway, this is beautiful, david.
The fog is my favorite part. Like people have said above, it really DOES seem like a painting! Well done. The composition is excellent, in my view.
wonderful !
Thank you :-)
Great shot. Love the warm tones and saturated colours.
i love this shot as well! it really feels like something magical out of a fairytale.
Beautiful light, shadow, depth, color and great interest. Wow!
Difficult to express the positive feeling I get about this - other than that it has an extremely timeless feel about it. :) ( I don't thnk I need to re-iterate the hordes of other compliments here, so I won't! ;) )
I enjoyed the dramatic division of water and civilization, and the painting-like feel of the shot. The clarity is fantastic. Thank you for sharing this piece. I want to save this piece as my desktop wallpaper on my laptop. When people ask about the shot, I will direct them to this website. If this is not ok, please e-mail me.
Colors and lines remind me of what's his name's famous Tower of Babel painting.
beautiful
I like this one more than last time I saw it.