Manchester Eye 3

Posted by Ted (South Wales, United Kingdom) on 13 October 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

up close and personal...

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Comments (9)

Helen from Canberra, Australia

I found the building in the background made it even more interesting. Nice.

13 Oct 2009 8:21am

@Helen: thanks Helen it's theTriangle at Exchange Square.

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

This shot has quite a bit of impact Ted.

13 Oct 2009 8:29am

@Curly: many thanks Curly!

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld(an old West Wales boy), Germany

Great lines and curves and once again very well processed !!

13 Oct 2009 9:13am

@Anthony Morgan Lambert: cheers Ant!

Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States

Excellent!

13 Oct 2009 12:09pm

@Ralph Jones: thanks Ralph...much appreciated.

Klaus from Germany

Fantastic POV Ted , like it

13 Oct 2009 1:58pm

@Klaus: cheers Klaus!

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

great angle Ted, really lovely and sharp

13 Oct 2009 3:21pm

@Alun: thanks Alun!

Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom

There was one of these in Birmingham a couple of years ago. Apparently it was doing the rounds of various cities. I'm guessing this is the same wheel. A great photo Ted, as was your last one.

14 Oct 2009 7:35am

@Mike: Thanks Mike...I think this one proved so popular that there was a succesful petition to kep it??

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Another wonderful shot.. Is this HDR?

15 Oct 2009 1:39pm

@Sarito: Yes, this one too. Thanks Sarito.

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Thanks Ted.. Your HDR's are very nice.. and has great depth and impact. Which software do you use? What sort of processing you do?

I am using the trial version of Photomatix and not having great results. Most of the HDR's come out with grains I dont understand why? It looks like yours has been processed from a single HDR, I use three bracketed shots (-2, 0, +2 EV). Any advise??

16 Oct 2009 8:14am

@Sarito: I've followed Scott Kelby's book on Elements, shooting in RAW, a free curves filter called smartcurve, redynamix hdr, and dfine by niksoftware...and playing about with them. Redynamix is a very reasonable plug-in that works on single images. HDR can be addictive and a love hate thing...there is a temptation to use it all the time but it doesn't suit every light as it can be noisy and garish...very much a case of less is more!!

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