Salford Quays

[Niall]

So I tried my hand at some more architecture sytle shots today at Salford Quays. I was just going to put these in the “I’ve taken a photo and I kinda like it” thread but there’s a few I like so I thought I’d give them their own thread.

Imperial War Museum-Manchester by Niall97, on Flickr

Salford Quays Bridge by Niall97, on Flickr

Salford Quays Reflection by Niall97, on Flickr

Bridge in the Quays by Niall97, on Flickr

Salford Quays Building by Niall97, on Flickr

Media City Architecture by Niall97, on Flickr

Railings by Niall97, on Flickr

Beetham Tower by Niall97, on Flickr

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Nice set. First one looks a bit soft though but that might be due to me being on my phone.
So many people have taken samey shouts there, nice to see a bit of a change.
I'm going there on Friday night after shooting a day in Liverpool, hoping for some decent skies /clouds too for long exposures.

 

[Habitual]

Those are good mate. Quite like 1 and 3.

 

[5678]

Ahh memories. I worked in the BBC offices there for quite a while. Nice place. Shame about the surrounding area though!

 

[Riad]

Nice set!

 

[Niall]

Thanks Riad

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning .

 

[v15ben]

Nice shots, Niall.
It makes a change to see long exposure daytime shots taken there as I've only ever seen night shots!
A place I really must visit sometime and take some shots.

 

[Dan...]

Great set Niall...I admire your photography. I don't think my shots will ever be this good!

 

[Niall]

Thanks Leeshez, Ben and Dan!

And Dan, I thought this at one point, and after 3 years of practise it’s made a huge difference as you’d expect

 

[mjogreen]

Really nice shots. Nice to see the Quay's being used well. You using ND filters?

 

[JamesBryan]

Not bad for a 15 year old

 

[Brazo]

Nice to see some daytime long exposures and some nice compositions, f22 will lead to the softness due to diffraction. But I know why you uses it! A 2 stop grad would have balanced the exposure nicely on the first and allowed f11.

The crops a bit tight at the top on 3. You had much calmer water than when I went! Like the last shot but would love to see it at night.

 

[Niall]

Thanks for the Feedback Brazo Yeah I was limited by how bright it was and had to resort to such a small aperture. No.3 is cropped so tightly due to not having a wide enough lens, 18mm isn’t sufficient on APS-C sometimes but I plan on a Sigma 10-20 for my next lens so I may re-visit to do it again.

 

[JamesBryan]

I thought you used your 10-stop Niall?

 

[Niall]

I did, and ISO 100. It was quite bright out as you can tell

 

[JamesBryan]

Jesus, it was bright then!

 

[Brazo]

Yeah it's amazing the difference between even 16 from 18! Just ordered myself a tokina 11-16 from digital rev.

 

[Niall]

That's said to be the sharpest UWA for APS-C isn't it? I'd probably go for it if it wasn't so expensive.

 

[Brazo]

That's said to be the sharpest UWA for APS-C isn't it? I'd probably go for it if it wasn't so expensive.

Yup, probably same price as a UK sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 once ordered from China!

 

[Ay Ay Ron]

Just ordered myself a tokina 11-16 from digital rev.

My local camera shop had one for a Canon and it was £479 I think. Lovely lens though.