Abbey Gatehouse

[Ryewolf]

I feel as though I haven't used my camera for ages - in was in fact only 10 days, so had a drive out to Whalley and took this night shot of the Abbey Gatehouse.... using the Tokina 11-20mm wide angle lens.

[VWGolf]

Well spotted and I love the monochrome treatment
I had that lens when I had my Nikon D300 and it's great.  Sadly, it doesn't work on my full frame D750, so it's heading for eBay.   I don't think they do the equivalent in full frame, else I'd buy it.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks VW.

This is the Canon version, which also doesn't work on a full frame either. I think Denis has a similar Nikon version of this lens, I only got it last year as a wide angle was the one thing I was missing.

[johntwo]

Nice shot Rye.  It's a lens I had in Nikon form for a few years and loved it.  However, I never realised what a nice starburst it can produce.  Really worth making a feature of if you can find the right subject.

[Ryewolf]

1 minute ago, johntwo said:

I never realised what a nice starburst it can produce.

Thanks John, neither did I, it's the first time I've used it at night so this was at f2.8.

[David61]

Really nice shot Ryewolf, liking the tones in this and love the star burst on the light.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks David, I deliberately positioned myself so that the lamppost followed the line of the gatehouse.

[Hatter]

4 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

I feel as though I haven't used my camera for ages - in was in fact only 10 days,

15 days here... I hate these dark winter weekends with no decent light.

This is a great monochrome image - very well done!

[Ryewolf]

8 minutes ago, Hatter said:

15 days here... I hate these dark winter weekends with no decent light.

I must admit to the same, but from doing the One A Day Every Day Challenge we did in 2016 and 2017, I've found that there's no such thing as a bad day for taking photographs, just different qualities of light.

When I took this it was 5pm and I was struggling to even see the settings on my camera, it was completely hand held at f2.8 and iso 800, to be honest I find clear blue skies even worse. So get out there in the rain/rubbish light - you can get Storm Jackets for cameras and lens.

[Kobione]

Nice mono subject Rye and I think you got the light just right with the starburst and the brightness under the archway.

[Ryewolf]

Thanks Kobione.