Monday 30 July 2012

Bank Hall

bank hall south side 3 by garyd155
bank hall south side 3, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.
I went to visit a classic car show on the road out to Southport that was being held in the grounds of Bank Hall, a derelict Jacobean style mansion located in Bretherton, Lancashire, UK. I was more intrigued by the mansion than the car show, I will be going back again to take some more photos, possibly some night shots if I can get access.

It has been empty since he early seventies and since then has fallen into this state. There is a 'Friends of Bank Hall' group whose aim is to save the hall, more information is available on their website

I have more photos of the hall in this set and also some of the clasic car show in this set

Saturday 21 July 2012

southport pier

I have been doing some more editing on some photos I took last weekend at Southport. I went there to shoot the sunset but it clouded over adding a lot of drama to the sky. I really like the black and white conversion here.

southport pier by garyd155
southport pier, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.

Wednesday 18 July 2012

500px

I have decided to set myself up with an account on 500px to sell some of my photos through there. I tried to sell through Redbubble but after several months I hadn't received a single sale so I am trying 500px now - here is a link to my account http://500px.com/GaryDavidson1

Sunday 15 July 2012

Southport Pier

My photo of the day for yesterday is this sunset shot taken just north of Southport pier.
Southport Pier by garyd155
Southport Pier, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.

Sunday 8 July 2012

June 2012 mosaic

I finally got around to creating the June mosaic for my 2012 photo a day project.
June 2012 mosaic by garyd155
June 2012 mosaic, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.

Saturday 7 July 2012

New Lens - first shots

My Tamron 10-24mm lens arrived today so I took it out for a trip to the park. This is one of the first photos with it, loving the ultra wide angle.
worden park by garyd155
worden park, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.

Thursday 5 July 2012

New Lens - Tamron 10-24mm 3.5-4.5

I bought a wide angle lens today, there has been quite a few times recently that I have been wanting to go wider than my kit lens (18mm) can go, landscape shots at the top of hills, architectural shots etc. I'm visiting a few more car shows over the next few months and quite often at these there isn't much room between the cars so it will be useful there as well. I'm also looking forward to some exaggerated perspective photos soon.

Once I've had this lens for a while I will decide what to replace my kit lens with. I have been wanting to replace my kit lens for a while but decided to wait until I had this lens. I need to decide what range to go with, either 16/17/18-50mm F2.8 lenses that are APS-C only or go for the 24/28-70/75mm full frame lenses, I'll see how often I use the kit lens wider than 24mm and if it's not that often then I'll go for one of the full frame options.

Monday 2 July 2012

Competition Win

One of the places I am sharing my photos from my photo a day is the 2012 year in pictures group on flickr that has a competition every two months to decide what the group icon should be and this time I have won with this photo. There were only 6 entries and only 8 people voted, I won with 3 votes so it wasn't the biggest competition but still a win is a win. 

crocus open by garyd155
crocus open, a photo by garyd155 on Flickr.