View Full Version : Manchester meet the pics. Not dial up friendly.
OK as no one else has posted yet I thought I'd start a fresh thread just for the pics.
All mine are a little random but than that's what I shot. I wanted to overcome my fear/embarrassment of snapping strangers and so here goes a sample of all sorts.
1. Blue shoe
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man01.jpg
2. Criminal?
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man02.jpg
3. Cough
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man03.jpg
4. Anonymous
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man04.jpg
5. Harley Streek
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man05.jpg
6. Bum
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man06.jpg
7. The path to destiny
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man07.jpg
8. Matching.... .....but not matched.
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man08.jpg
9. Meet my fear
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man09.jpg
10. Washing.
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man10.jpg
11. We've been burglarized!
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man11.jpg
12. Sunday best
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man12.jpg
13. Corporation pop.
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man13.jpg
14. Verticals.
http://www.warrenseed.com/forums/manchester/man14.jpg
Great to meet you all had a fun day. Feel free to rip my pics to shreds. I know I've applied too much compression but there's 14 of them.
A few of mine (so far - still have about 20 digital and the ones on the roll in the Olympus and the exposed roll of 120 XP4 & half roll of 120 superia to process);
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245813813/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/93/245813813_ea94028fa4.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Another £^%&*!" Urbis Shot" /></a>
<b>Urbis</b>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245814017/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/89/245814017_4330dc614b.jpg" width="500" height="408" alt="30Dz" /></a>
<b>30dz</b>
(Iconic sticker art that's found all over town - this one was large, and fairly high up on a multi storey car park, with great light and shadow).
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245814536/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/83/245814536_0f1ca88013.jpg" width="337" height="500" alt="Pretty Girls and Decrepitude" /></a>
<b>Pretty Girls and Decrepitude</b>
Hopefully everyone got enough of both :thumbs:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245814896/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/98/245814896_dbf21ef9b9.jpg" width="500" height="370" alt="Big Pink Open" /></a>
<b>The Big Pink Open</b>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245815984/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/88/245815984_2db2486a82.jpg" width="332" height="500" alt="The Gunmaker" /></a>
<b>The Gunmaker</b>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/245815318/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/83/245815318_10bdf111f0.jpg" width="500" height="332" alt="Kelvin Street" /></a>
<b>Kelvin Street</b>
That's a nice set of shots there Wseed - I guess the "washing" ones were from when you were popping the lens into that shop in the Northern Quarter?
sworrall
17-09-2006, 23:22
great pics there warren and john although i think youve blown the highligh on my bonce on the big pink one! (hoping i havent really got a friar tuck as the shaver will be out to replicate johnc, ssb, pc_bod and stu.gregorys haircuts!
great to meet and see everyone both new and old as SSB said, i think we all had a really good day
Some quick ones from me, more tomorrow
big pink (see john c's for the shot being shot)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905734/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/81/245905734_3e308e59cc.jpg" width="500" height="357" alt="Big Pink" /></a>
Basil?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905592/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/87/245905592_52457c4ec2.jpg" width="355" height="500" alt="Brush" /></a>
Piercing
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905487/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/81/245905487_4e59e25081.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Removal?" /></a>
Come to Paris
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905319/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/81/245905319_515efb5ec1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Paris" /></a>
Withy Groove
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905206/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/83/245905206_fa34f1a407.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Grove" /></a>
Art attack!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/245905009/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/245905009_3822252b23_o.jpg" width="800" height="302" alt="Art" /></a>
johndavis0
17-09-2006, 23:37
Nice sets there warren, John & Stu
Here are a few that I have posted on flickr just click on for larger image
Tib Street Horn
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndavis0/245750847/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/91/245750847_f27143942f_m.jpg" width="157" height="240" alt="Tib Street Horn - Manchester" /></a>
A view from beneath two bridges
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndavis0/245776425/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/79/245776425_2a520e63b4_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="manchester's ghost building" /></a>
Angles
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndavis0/245875663/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/245875663_b28582002e_m.jpg" width="157" height="240" alt="Manchester 3" /></a>
Still have some more to convert but cannot be bothered anymore tonight
Some nice shots there.
wseed - I don't reckon that woman in picture 9 rates herself. At all.
sideshowbob
18-09-2006, 08:17
Some crackers posted already. I took about 40 yesterday, ditched about a dozen, and here's a selection of what's left ...
Man About Town
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/246317381/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/85/246317381_38e8561685.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="man about town" /></a>
Fall of the Ratner Empire
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/246317233/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/79/246317233_af63b4e1d7.jpg" width="500" height="355" alt="fall of the ratner empire" /></a>
Science and Industry
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/245658530/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/90/245658530_8613f53914.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="science and industry" /></a>
The Big Pink Opening
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/246317486/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/97/246317486_47dee68b6d.jpg" width="341" height="500" alt="the big pink opening" /></a>
Corriebest
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/246317196/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/96/246317196_a90f074e32.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="corriebest" /></a>
Here's a link to my photoset on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobweb/sets/72157594288133704/)
mnementh
18-09-2006, 10:25
Excellent shots there guys, but my faves I think are WSeeds 'Verticals' and SSBs 'Ratner'
:clap:
I like your horn shot John, I like the effect and not too overdone.
Really like the Tib Street Horm shot john. Was that a single image post-processed at different exposures or did you take multiple exposures at the time?
I'm sorry I missed this - looks like it was a good day.
johndavis0
18-09-2006, 18:57
Cheers Warren and liamail the Tib Street Horn was from a single exposure post-processed at different exposures (no tripod) and was taken with hdr in mind mainly because the horn itself was in shadow
a single exposure post-processed at different exposuresI tried this the first time I'd heard of HDR (was the first time I shot in RAW to get the most possible data for post processing), but I remember CS2 complaining about the images and their exposures, so I've never tried it since (i don't own a tripod yet). Is there a certain trick to it? What software are you using to assemble the final image?
johndavis0
18-09-2006, 21:08
I use the photomatix software from http://www.hdrsoft.com
The downloadable demo can be found here (http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html) but the final image from this is watermarked
More Urbis from me;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/246825280/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/87/246825280_60191d1208.jpg" width="500" height="329" alt="Point of Origin" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/246826020/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/89/246826020_54fe7d6d7e.jpg" width="500" height="359" alt="Angle" /></a>
stu. gregory
19-09-2006, 16:08
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89573805@N00/247515667/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/95/247515667_ceb8114a8b_o.jpg" width="800" height="530" alt="DSC_0027-01" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89573805@N00/247531258/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/88/247531258_074eb23b6d_o.jpg" width="800" height="573" alt="Hendrix Graffitti" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89573805@N00/247541272/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/82/247541272_6a18caa947.jpg" width="310" height="500" alt="corner of glass cafe." /></a>
sworrall
20-09-2006, 08:05
nice hendrix pic there stu
some more from me now ive got around to processing them. come on kez, rhonda, pc-bod and johhny. get some photos up chaps and chapesses ;)
Through the round window
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/247867955/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/85/247867955_cfc338a1f5.jpg" width="500" height="496" alt="Through the Round Window" /></a>
Traffic
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/247721881/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/247721881_b42636db5d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Not New York" /></a>
Curve
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/247710196/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/96/247710196_72f5f00416.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Curve" /></a>
Urbis Reception
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/247667957/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/97/247667957_959f01a971.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Urbis Reception" /></a>
Calling Dr Freeman
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/247720812/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/82/247720812_c21f20822c.jpg" width="319" height="500" alt="Calling Dr Freeman" /></a>
Full set here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sworrall/sets/72157594288505656/
Highlander
20-09-2006, 08:33
Some really good photos in here- looks like it was a good meet.
They're all good photos, but JC's b&w Urbis stands out for me.
I like the sky in your Beetham shot stu (w) - I didn't get anything like that from my shots of the tower that day.
Stu g - that first shot doesn't really work for me - there's a bit too much going on, and I'm not sure about the crop you've chosen - the last one is a belter though - I like the dividing line you've made of the glass wall of the cafe.
stu. gregory
20-09-2006, 13:46
Thanks for the comment JC, it all helps me to improve. Cheers.
i'm working away at the moment, but i'll try and get something posted over the weekend. i'll put some of ronda's up, too, but her's are probably better :doh:
Picked up my films today - heres one from the <a href="http://www.rolandandcaroline.co.uk/isolettei/isolettei.html">Agfa Isolette I</a> (vintage folding camera taking 120 rollfilm) I was carting 'round;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248458350/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/89/248458350_2fc782b581.jpg" width="500" height="495" alt="Stevenson Square, Squared" /></a>
I still have a 120 roll of superia with some meet stuff in to finish off yet.
Interesting b&w, apart from the *new* vehicles there's definitely an old world look about it.
Some absolute corkers posted already :cry:
I've processed some of mine but I'll wait until I've finished them all before I post them. :nuts:
Last of my digital shots from the day;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248526498/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/94/248526498_a36ceda253.jpg" width="366" height="500" alt="Under the Bridge" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248525642/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/85/248525642_8461cae5dd.jpg" width="326" height="500" alt="Kendal Milne & Co." /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248525442/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/83/248525442_ae0c6a3bc1.jpg" width="500" height="268" alt="Light and Shadow #2" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248524279/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/80/248524279_1bbb46073e.jpg" width="378" height="500" alt="2.9 G" /></a>
Interesting b&w, apart from the *new* vehicles there's definitely an old world look about it.
It's funny, wishy said the same thing - don't any of you think that the robot destroys the olde worlde feel..? :shrug:
I think of it as 1950'a scifi type robot, you need someone in the forground running in terror from it. Plus the fact the robot hasn't been defaced by graffiti or fly posters adds to the surrealness of the scene.
One question, were the light leaks (the white patches at the bottom left and right) deliberate post processing or is your Isolette not light proof?
I think of it as 1950'a scifi type robot, you need someone in the forground running in terror from it.
I think I get where you're coming from with this - I plan to wander through the Northern Quarter again one morning, so I'll see what I can do with it.
One question, were the light leaks (the white patches at the bottom left and right) deliberate post processing or is your Isolette not light proof?
Just my inexperience with rollfilm, sadly. It's from not winding the exposed film tightly enough - this frame escaped fairly lightly, compared to this;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248460261/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/92/248460261_b0d42cb659.jpg" width="500" height="495" alt="Pot O' Stones" /></a>
or this;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/248458698/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/81/248458698_146a6d3289.jpg" width="500" height="495" alt="Jamie Woz 'Ere" /></a>
Depsite that, I'm pleasantly surprised - I'd expected much worse results from my guessed exposures and hamfisted attempts at judging focus distances. The trickiest thing by far is the viewfinder's field of view, which seems to show more than actually ends up in the frame.
sideshowbob
21-09-2006, 07:47
I think those are very good, John, particularly the latter. If anything the light bit adds rather than detracts from the shot.
Bit of a bugger if I learn how to handle 120 film properly then :)
Thanks SSB.
Got my roll of 35mm superia back too - more on my flickr page, but a few of my faves;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249243470/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/86/249243470_26f592ba10_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Solitude" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249272656/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/87/249272656_ad4a990c87_m.jpg" width="240" height="169" alt="Carpark Shapes" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249272339/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/92/249272339_3c6d4a39b9_m.jpg" width="240" height="162" alt="Lonely" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249271821/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/83/249271821_83b6fc7eee_m.jpg" width="240" height="155" alt="Night And Day" /></a>
There's great contrast in that shot with the scooter John, I might have to get one of those agfas and rummage out my developing gear.
Sounds like a plan :)
The B&W shots are all done on Ilford XP2 400 (colour process B&W film), and I think 1/200s and f/22. (Should be 1/400 at f/16, so as the highest speed on the shutter is 1/200, the aperture goes up one).
There's a handy table of the cheap/deluxe lens and shutter combinations on this page;
http://www.cleanimages.com/Article-MediumFormatInYourPocket.asp
(Mine's a cheap version - Agnar lens and Vario shutter).
I think I have a roll of XP2 somewhere, I'll try it on my Ross Ensign. JC, were you using the Sunny 16 rule for exposure or having a light meter to get readings?
Sunny 16 Boink! - the only exception being an indoor shot I took (not posted) that I did for a laugh - I used the OM-10 as a lightmeter, and did a bulb exposure of 1 second (it was blurry, but nicely exposed) :)
I'm really pleased with the XP2 - the tonal range is great, and I can get it developed & scanned with my normal stuff (I've ordered more, plus some in 35mm). If you can't turn up your roll, let me know and I'll pop one in the first class to you so you can get shooting - I really want to see what that ensign can do :D
Thanks, I'll let you know. I have some 120 negs from 1979 I took with the Ensign on a school cruise around the Med somewhere. This really does mean I need to buy myself a film scanner.
Ah, come pay day I'll order an Epson V700. There, I've said it! :D
Good for you Boink! :)
Last of my Superia from the day;
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249945009/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/84/249945009_20eac93caa.jpg" width="500" height="324" alt="L is for Lifepreserver" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_the_monkey/249945618/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/85/249945618_384b5098e1.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="286 ->" /></a>
I'm really pleased with the XP2 - the tonal range is great, and I can get it developed & scanned with my normal stuff (I've ordered more, plus some in 35mm). If you can't turn up your roll, let me know and I'll pop one in the first class to you so you can get shooting - I really want to see what that ensign can do :D
I've had a look at my 120 stock and all I can find is Fuji Provia 400F (E6), Fuji 400 NPH, Kodak Portra NC 400, two rolls of generic Kodak C41 negative dating back to October 1998 and a single roll of Ilford FP4.
If that offer stands for the XP2, I'll take a roll and if you want I'll post you back a roll of the Kodak Portra & a Fuji NPH.
Need to buy some more b&w film, 120 and now 35mm.
Sure it does Jon - send me a regular mail or a flickr mail with your postal address and I'll stick a roll of XP2 in Monday's first class for you.
I've heard people saying on the film groups that it pushes very nicely as well - I'm going to try a roll at 800 next time I'm out in town, I think.
Flickr mail sent. :thumbs:
Well here are my shots from the day (finally), well a selection of....
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252746867/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/118/252746867_b228abebc3.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Shop" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252746753/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/93/252746753_d355c2208e.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Graffiti" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252747824/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/114/252747824_d307c6ee63.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="Withy Grove Stores" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252750050/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/76/252750050_7f327806ac.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Glass" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252748691/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/104/252748691_03d3c8ad89.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Stunt cyclist" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252749951/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/118/252749951_6229c99aa0.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Which way?" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/252750224/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/119/252750224_52706f8a8a.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="J²0" /></a>
The rest are on my Flickr Photostream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth), in the DVD Forums set. here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbooth/sets/72157594299717072/
Here's some from me. Nothing outstanding, but hey...
Steps
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kieran.obrien1/manchester/steps.jpg
Fashion
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kieran.obrien1/manchester/fashion.jpg
Science Museum
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kieran.obrien1/manchester/science.jpg
Decay
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kieran.obrien1/manchester/grove.jpg
Rockers
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/kieran.obrien1/manchester/rockers.jpg
sideshowbob
02-10-2006, 09:49
Like the decay one, Kez ... the flaky paint and the angle are very pleasing.
Yep - I like the detail of the Urbis fountain too.
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