Showing posts with label Scarborough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scarborough. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Scarborough - Experiments in Processing Infrared

My IR-converted Sony RX100 is fine for closer scenes but, for general landscapes, it has been a bit disappointing due to the low contrast and the fact I have to shoot at 2.8 to avoid hot spots. So I decided to experiment a bit with processing. The first and third images are processed through Silver Efex and the matching images using Raw Converter. Liking the Silver Efex images much better, the remaining 4 images are all processed that way.

Monday, September 10, 2018

Grand Day Out in Scarborough

Yesterday, we decided on a day at the seaside and travelled by bus to Scarborough. As Barry and Sue were unfamiliar with the town, I introduced them to my favourite part - South Bay and the Spa Complex. It was originally built around the source of Scarborough's spa waters, discovered in the 17th Century, but has been rebuilt many times as a result of flooding, fire etc. The present buildings built in the 1870s have undergone rennovations in two phases, a 40 week £2.9m renovation in 2007 followed by a major £4.9m refurbishment in 2010-2011.The complex now includes a 2,000 capacity Spa Grand Hall, 600 seat Victorian theatre and smaller Spa Ocean Room for dances, conferences and other events. A £13.453 million scheme to stabilise the cliffs behind the Spa complex is now underway!
Other areas of South Bay await rennovation such as the toilets, sunbathing deck and undercliff areas but make great photographic studies.
During the afternoon, we walked slowly long the beach and by the time we reached the harbour, the rain clouds had gathered.

Monday, September 2, 2013

Scarborough Then and Now

 Scarborough South beach area has changed very little since 1900 when the first photo was taken with its mobile bathing huts. Scarborough is now a very multicultural place with all nationalities mixing happily on the beach with their different cultural dress.

The harbour has obviously changed a lot from the busy dock of the 1900s to a place of leisure. The painting was done by Frederick William booty and you can see from the following two photos how the artist's licence has allowed him to elongate the whole scene even though he is viewing from an apparent higher point.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Scarborough at Night

 A second night-time session in Scarborough, this time with the Canon 5D III on a tripod so possible to do some real long exposures.

Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so