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Another from sunset at Perch Rock on 22-09-2020.
I was very surprised, but thankful at the lack of people at the location during this visit.
New Brighton Lighthouse (also known as Perch Rock Lighthouse and called Black Rock Lighthouse in the 19th century) is a decommissioned lighthouse situated at the confluence of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay on an outcrop off New Brighton known locally as Perch Rock.
Together with its neighbour, the Napoleonic era Fort Perch Rock, it is one of the Wirral's best known landmarks.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels.
It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier. Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side).
There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder & LCPL & 3 Stop Med GND Filters
Another from my visit to Lytham St Annes last week.
Partly sunken vessel named Celestial Dawn maybe 3 miles out of Lytham town centre.
Lytham St Annes is a seaside resort on the Fylde coast of Lancashire, south of Blackpool on the Ribble Estuary.
Lytham St Annes has four golf courses and links, the most notable being the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, which has hosted the Open Championship 11 times from 1926 until its most recent in 2012. The Open brings a major influx of visitors, including the world's media.
Image Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop Med Grad & 6 Stop ND Filters.
Taken early November when had an early morning ish wander around NT Dunham Massey.
Dunham Massey is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
The parish includes the villages of Sinderland Green, Dunham Woodhouses and Dunham Town, along with Dunham Massey Hall and Park, formerly the home of the last Earl of Stamford and owned by the National Trust since 1976. Dunham Massey was historically in the county of Cheshire, but since 1974 has been part of Trafford Metropolitan Borough; the nearest town is Altrincham. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 475.
Dunham Massey's history is reflected in its 45 listed buildings. It was a regionally important place during the medieval period, and the seat of the Massey barons.
The Georgian mansion with the remains of a castle on its grounds is a popular tourist attraction. There are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dunham Massey:
I went out on this morning with only 1 lens, and a relatively new lens to me.
This is my first image of 2021.
I had arrived a little ealier than I originally planned, but the light looked to be very promising. I had just changed my footwear, and put on another couple of layers, and was treated to a stunning sunrise.
During the 19th century Reddish Vale was noted as a source of rare and interesting wild flowers and was the favourite haunt of the rambling 'hand loom weaver botanists' referred to in Mrs Gaskell's 'Mary Barton'. Ted Duncan also recalls that 'The Vale was completely unspoilt and wild flowers bloomed in abundance...
To people who came from Gorton it was paradise
The Vale has been managed since the early 1980's as a recreational open space.
It was managed until 1985 by the Tame Valley Warden Service under an agreement within Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) aimed at maintaining and enhancing urban countryside sites. With funding from the Stockport and Tameside Councils and the Countryside Commision, a temporary visitor centre was established and a great deal of work was done to improve paths, provide better access, establish facilities and manage vegetation.
Despite these efforts there were continual pressure to develop parts of the Vale which was fiercely resisted by local residents.
In 1988 a mass rally of about 3000 local people accompanied by the Gorton Brass Band succeeded in saving the Vale from a proposed housing development. In 1990, a proposal to create an artificial ski slope in Woodhall Fields was defeated by a 7000 signature petition.
The Country Park designation was finally approved in 1993 for a much larger area than originally envisaged.
The park boundary was further expanded in 1997 to its current size of 161 Hectares and, in 2000, a Local Nature Reserve was declared, covering 81 Hectares of the Country Park.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder & LCPL Filter
Benro Rhino 2 Tripod.
Taken a few days ago, during a fantastic but very misty sunrise at Crime Lake.
This location is within 20 minutes of where I live, and somewhere that I visit regular ish inorder to try to capture a sunrise.
To date this is the longest Long Exposure I have attempted.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop GND & 10 Stop ND Filter.
Crime Lake is halfway between Woodhouses and the Visitors' Centre and forms part of the Daisy Country Park.
It resulted from canal works at the time of construction in 1794 .
As built, the canal severed the course of a brook and a culvert was made below the canal to accommodate this. A landslip blocked this and the waters were impounded on the offside of the canal.
The new lake and canal became one and the lake was officially known as Crime Bank Reservoir, but it is far better known by its later name of Crime Lake.
The name 'Crime' may have come from a local word for "meadow" or a local name for a particular meadow, rather than anything untoward
Taken this morning on a very enjoyable wander around NT Dunham Massey.
Dunham Massey is an Elizabethan house which was extensively remodelled by John Norris in 1732-40 for the 2nd Earl of Warrington.
On the 2nd Earl’s death in 1758 the house passed through marriage to the Earls of Stamford.
In 1789 the entrance front was remodelled by John Hope of Liverpool, and then again in 1905 by Compton Hall who created a neo-Caroline façade loosely based on Sudbury in Derbyshire. Hall was also commissioned to design Dunham’s sumptuous Edwardian interiors.
Much to Hall's annoyance, much of the interior decoration was carried out by Perry Macquoid, an interior designer and furniture historian who was married to Lady Stamford’s cousin.
The 10th Earl, who did a great deal to preserve the estate from development in the mid-20th century, left Dunham to the National Trust in 1976 – one of the most generous gifts in the Trust’s history.
Taken 40 minutes before actual sunrise time this morning.
I had arrived about an hour earlier, but by this time the light was starting to glow, and produce colour at
Dovestones Reservoir.
The reservoir scheme in the Greenfield Valley and Chew Valley by the Ashton-Under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield Waterworks Joint Committee commenced in 1870. The scheme was completed with Dovestone Reservoir in 1968 to collect water from the surrounding moorland.
The main contractor was A.E. Farr (Civil Engineers) of Westbury, Wiltshire. Its construction was opposed by local mill owners, who claimed that damming the river would cut off their water supply.
Taken using :
Nisi V6 Holder, LCPL, 3 Stop GND & 6 Stop ND Filter.
Benro Tripod.
I haven't been out for a couple of weeks due to various other commitments and things. Decided on Thursday to go to Media City and have a play at some quite long exposure images, and to date this is my longest long exposure by some distance.
Media City UK is a 200-acre (81 ha) mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford and Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.
The project was developed by Peel Media; its principal tenants are media organisations and the University of Salford.
The land occupied by the development was part of the Port of Manchester and Manchester Docks.
The BBC signalled its intention to move jobs to Manchester in 2004, and the Salford Quays site was chosen in 2006.
The Peel Group was granted planning permission to develop the site in 2007, and construction of the development, with its own energy generation plant and communications network, began the same year. Based in Quay House, the principal tenant is the BBC, whose move marks a large-scale decentralisation from London. ITV Granada completed the first phase of its move to MediaCityUK on 25 March 2013, followed in two stages by the northern arm of ITV Studios: the second stage involved Coronation Street being moved to a new production facility on Trafford Wharf next to the Imperial War Museum North at the end of 2013. The Studios on Broadway houses seven high-definition studios, claimed to be the largest such facility in Europe.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
10 Stop ND
K&F Concept Tripod.
A single shot, panning my camera with the surf along the Florida Coastline as a demonstration for my Workshop attendees. 2 more openings (of 6) for the next one in April! ✌ 🌊
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handheld shot of the gnarled branches of a barren and growth-stunted vine cradle the moon on an icy evening. my kingdom for a tripod
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Taken a couple of months ago, just after sunrise.
Magpie Mine stands one third of a mile south of the village of Sheldon, from where it can be seen standing darkly silhouetted against the skyline.
It is about 1050 feet above sea level.
Footpaths approach it both from Sheldon and the Monyash to Ashford-in-the-Water road.
Magpie Mine has a recorded history from 1739, but dates back much further and is said locally to be over 300 years old.
Protracted troubles broke out in the 1820s and 1830s between the miners of Magpie, Maypitts and Red Soil mines. The dispute revolved around a vein of lead, and at various times the miners broke through into each others workings. Often when this occurred one side would light a fire underground and try to smoke the other out.
Tragically, in 1833, three Red Soil miners were suffocated to death by a fire lit by the Magpie miners.
Following a year in prison and a lengthy court case at Derby Assizes, five Magpie miners were acquitted of the charge of murder owing to conflicting evidence and the lack of intent. The three widows of the Red Soil miners reputedly put a curse on the mine and supposedly a ghost was seen there in 1946.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder, Landscape CPL & 6 Stop ND Filters
The Las Vegas Strip is a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard in Clark County, Nevada that is known for its concentration of resort hotels and casinos. The Strip is approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 km) in length, located immediately south of the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated towns of Paradise and Winchester. However, the Strip is often referred to as being in Las Vegas. Many of the largest hotel, casino, and resort properties in the world are located on the Strip. The boulevard's cityscape is highlighted by its use of contemporary architecture, lights, and a wide variety of attractions. Its hotels, casinos, restaurants, residential high-rises, entertainment offerings, and skyline have established the Strip as one of the most popular and iconic tourist destinations in the world. Most of the Strip has also been designated as an All-American Road and is considered a scenic route at night.
Taken just over a week ago during a morning wandering around Surprise View, and surrounding area.
Not a great deal happened with the light apart from a brief 5 minute window where I managed to capture this.
Some say the cement works are a blot on the landscape, for me the building is more like a cathedral.
Hope has the capacity to make around 1.5 million tonnes of cement each year
The cement is vital for UK construction - from homes and hospitals to railways and regeneration
Over 200 people work at Hope in a variety of jobs.
Most live within a few miles of the site
Studies show the works contributes over £60 million to the local economy every year
Our cement is made with local limestone and shale blended with imported shale substitutes
Up to half the fuel used in Hope's kilns comes from wastes that may otherwise go to landfill
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely.
As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.
Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side). There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses.
It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic.
At low tide, it is possible to walk to the base of the tower, but a 25-foot ladder is needed to reach the doorway. The lighthouse is privately owned and maintained by the Kingham family, and is a Grade II* listed building.
Taken using :
NIsi V6 Holder.
Landscape CPL
3 Stop Med GND
Benro Rhino 2 CF Tripod.
Taken a few weeks ago during a wander around Liverpool with some very knowledgeable photography friends.
I was trying out the recently purchased K&F Natural Light Filter, and on first impressions iys a great bit off kit.
Canning Dock on the River Mersey is part of the Port of Liverpool in Northern England. The dock is in the southern dock system, connected to Salthouse Dock to the south and with access to the river via the Canning Half Tide Dock to the west. The Canning Graving Docks are accessed from the dock.
Taken Using :
Nisi V6 Holder
Nisi 6 Stop ND Filter
K&F Natural Light Filter
K&F SA254T1 Tripod.
Taken during a wander around Liverpool on 30th July.
We went to have a look at The Disney Magic cruise liner leaving the dock, but no fireworks.
Canning Dock was opened in 1737 as the Dry Dock, a protected tidal basin providing an entrance to Old Dock.
Having been subsequently enclosed as a wet dock three years earlier, in 1832 it was officially named after the Liverpool MP George Canning. To the east is the site of Old Dock, built in 1709, which was the world's first enclosed commercial dock.
Canning Dock would have initially served ships involved in the trans Atlantic slave trade.
Access to the northern half of the dock system was via Georges Dock, George's Basin and into Prince's Dock.
In 1899, Georges Basin and George's Dock were filled in and the site is now the Pier Head.
Along with the Albert Dock and others in the immediate vicinity, Canning Dock was abandoned as a commercial shipping facility in 1972 due to the rising cost of dredging and falling traffic.
Taken using :
K&F Natural Light Filter
Benro Rhino 2 CF Tripod.
Went to Meols Beach for a couple of hours today, still trying to get used to new ish camera.
Meols lies on the Wirral Peninsula, between Hoylake and Wallasey, just off the A553.
At low tide the small stretch of shingle beach here becomes a wide expanse of sand and mudflats.
Sand buggying and horse riding are popular here, and in the winter months this can be a good place to go birdwatching.
Taken nearly 3 weeks ago on my last wander out with camera.
Decided to go and try to capture sunrise, so arrived at just after 05:00, this was the first image of the day, and taken just after 05:15.
Crime Lake is halfway between Woodhouses and the Visitors' Centre and forms part of the Daisy Nook Country Park.
It resulted from canal works at the time of construction in 1794 . As built, the canal severed the course of a brook and a culvert was made below the canal to accommodate this. A landslip blocked this and the waters were impounded on the offside of the canal. The new lake and canal became one and the lake was officially known as Crime Bank Reservoir, but it is far better known by its later name of Crime Lake.
Take Using Nisi V6 Holder & Landscape CPL Filter
Sony a9 (ILCE-9)/Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS + 1.4X Teleconverter
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