[ d u n g c a r t d o t c o m ]A place for the stuff that leaks out of my head

River Wide, River Deep from duncmc via flickr.

One from the archives, taken back in February last year. A combination of twilight, a still evening and high tide provided an excellent photo opportunity. This is a composite of two exposures, manually comped together in Photoshop to make a panoramic view of the Humber beneath the famous bridge.

Losing The Light from duncmc via flickr.

An archive shot of the Humber Bridge from February this year. Again the high tide and stillness of the water made great conditions for photography. I have often been accused of adding the vertical light reflections artificially, but other than a white balance adjustment to remover the orange cast from the street lamps, and tweaking the contrast and saturation, this is as it came out of the camera.

Light And Shadow from duncmc via flickr.

Another from the archives. This was taken in February this year and is another from my Humberscapes series. A night shot of the Humber Bridge, stretching out across the river looking south towards Lincolnshire. The shadows cast onto the water and the foreshore from the street lights on the bridge made for an interesting composition.

Night Tyne from duncmc via flickr.

And the obligatory night shot from the Tyne Bridge. There’s the Millennium Bridge to the left, next to it the Baltic, and the fabuous Sage up ther on the hill to the right. I was hoping the vertical beam of light projected from the Baltic would be more clearly visible, but as it isn’t I thought I would draw attention to it in this blurb.

Into The City In A Big Way from duncmc via flickr.

This was taken at the end of the photowalk around Hull city centre with the folks from the Hull flickr group the other night. The shot was taken from the end of Victoria Pier looking back towards the ctiy and the mouth of the River Hull.
I have taken a few shots from this viewpoint in the past but I have never been very pleased with them. But this time I think it works. That’s the Deep in the centre with the lights of the docks and ferry terminal to the right. To the left is the Hull tidal barrier, with Victoria Pier in the foreground (also known as Corporation Pier).

Between The Stones from duncmc via flickr.

With a couple of hours to kill the other evening I revisited St. Mary’s church yard in Elloughton. For a while I have fancied a crack at some infra red photography, and this is the best of my first attempts.

Gloominosity from duncmc via flickr.

A longish exposure (3.2 seconds) on a gloomy evening just before dusk. Looking south over the Humber towards Lincolnshire from the footpath on the north bank at Brough. We made it back before the rain started properly.

Copper Blue from duncmc via flickr.

One from the archives, and posted today because it just featured in Vazaar’s “Low Light” theme. The version posted to Vazaar has been desaturated, which gives it a more sepia look. I’m not sure which I prefer. The colour treatment here is achieved using an Invert adjustment layer in Photoshop with the layer mode set to “Color”. Basically this reverses the colours much like a negative image, while retaining the luminosity of the original.

The photo is taken in the village of Welton, East Yorkshire and the water in the foreground is the village pond (which used to be a mill pond at one time). It is usually populated with hungry ducks.

The Hunter from duncmc via flickr.

The majority of content on here will be photos (that’s my intention anyway). To get me off to a good start my first real post is my favourite image from those I took last year.

This long exposure of the Humber Bridge on a misty December night revealed constellations in the southern sky with amazing clarity. The stars were not visible to the naked eye at the time the picture was taken.

You can cleary see ORION The Hunter in the centre of the sky. If you visit this photo on flickr the other surrounding constellations are also identified.

This photo was featured in WeeklyShot’s “Night” theme, and also in Vazaar’s “Best of 2006” theme. It is one of the images in my Humberscapes collection.