Introduction
The last few days I have been taking some landscape and architectural shots to test out my new Nikon 16-35mm/4 lens a bit more.
I haven't had time to go through them fully but here are a few that I was able to edit. They are a mixture of things that took my interest. I also took some photos of the WWI memorial (the really elaborate one in Newcastle) today but have not had a chance to edit those yet and will try to post those up for Remembrance Sunday.
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Processing
These were processed using Nik Color Efex Pro 4 (get it and all their other plugins free here) and Silver Efex Pro 2. Where I couldn't decide between the different versions I have put both in the post:
The Photos
1 - The new library building in Newcastle - this has different architecture on each side - making it look like several buildings in one.
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7 - THE MOST important place in Newcastle - lol this old building has become a 5 Guys restaurant.
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9 - Some windows I liked on an old Victorian Municipal Building - love the shapes and texture on these.
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11 - Don't know what this building is it was nearby and looking nice and old. I love these kind of old buildings. Sad to see it is not in use and has graffiti on it though.
12 - The old victorian swimming baths I think. I liked the lettering on this and the columns.
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15 - I couldn't resist visiting our old RiverGod friend - sadly these are very noisy due to it being night by the time I reached him - I will see if there are any that are useable but here is a little sneak peak. The lighting on him at night looks awesome!
Landscape Shots from a couple of days ago
There is a very steep and treacherous hill near where I live (which being a mad person) I decided to climb with all my photography equipment in order to do some high dynamic range photos of the surrounding region.
When I got up there I found the view wasn't as spectacular as I expected. It could see for miles around but it didn't actually seem that high when I was taking photos!
Anyway I found that the single exposure shots below looked better than the actual HDR shots. I will need to practise more to get them right I think.
The shots below are just regular single exposures.
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Camera: Nikon D800 with Nikon 16-35mm/4 lens.
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