Saltend Chemicals Park

[Guest]

Saltend Chemicals Park near Hull is not typical of my type of location. I had been exploring along the Humber estuary on an uninspiring grey evening when there was a sudden blast of wonderful late light. There was no need to think about it, I grabbed the opportunity while the light was right or drove on looking for a "better" location and lost the light. The gear was out, the camera on tripod and an ND filter fitted fast enough to catch the light before it all returned to grey.

The result of one photograph was a decision to come back later for a dusk shot for which I found a nearby railway bridge was the only high vantage point for miles around and the next day, after journeying down to spurn head, I came back down the same lane with the intention of picking up a view along the estuary and took one more shot for comparison of the chemical park as I was passing.

 

 

 

[fuzzyedges]

Love the sky in the top one Bill especially with your brand of processing

Is it really called a chemical park I had visions of swings over sulphuric acid

[Guest]

Love the sky in the top one Bill especially with your brand of processing

Is it really called a chemical park I had visions of swings over sulphuric acid

Quote from their website

"Saltend Chemicals Park on the eastern edge of Hull is a production powerhouse with a cluster of world-class businesses manufacturing more than a million tonnes of chemicals products annually.

The site, managed by BP Chemicals Ltd, has seen £500 million of investment over the past five years as it has developed rapidly, building upon the success of BP's long-established acetic acid manufacturing operations to embrace a range of industry-leading businesses working together in an impressive, integrated operation."

[fuzzyedges]

Wow

Corperation  speak or what

I suppose the term park has green leanings whereas chemical is a bit corrosive

[Guest]

Wow

Corperation  speak or what

I suppose the term park has green leanings whereas chemical is a bit corrosive

Professional (highly paid) bullshit?

[Barbara]

No2 for me, it looks like the whole place is on fire......Perish the thought!

[annie]

love them all but if I must pick one it will be shot two. it's glowing with so many twinkly lights.

 

I do like an industrial landscape, just something about them.

[NannyFerret]

How can a Chemical Park look so beautiful? 
It must be down to your good photography. Lovely shots, all three.

[Heather]

well i never thought something that was so ugly could be made to look so beautiful 

 

seriously struggling to pick a favourite of the three as each are very good on their own merits.... think i would love to see them combined in one image ... one of those tri thingies i forget the name lol 

[Guest]

well i never thought something that was so ugly could be made to look so beautiful 

 

 

"Light glorifies everything. It transforms and ennobles the most commonplace and ordinary subjects. The object is nothing; light is everything"

Leonard Misonne

[Kobione]

Love all three of these, Bill, fascinating to see how much the light can change the picture - but, that's what you do so well

[Korky]

I've always enjoyed industrial landscapes and the sheer drama of number 1 wins it for me. Beautifully composed too!

 

Korky

[colinb]

top one for me Bill, just the sort of sky I love.

[Guest]

Thanks for all your comments.

[FUJI]

You have used, then captured the light beautifully on all of these Bill...............Why is it that...............

 

The Light  always seems to be with you??? ..............(Ref: Your byline)

 

I must keep an eye out for a similar subject, if and when I take the long walk across to Warwick University on the recently commissioned cycle-path..... Dramatic Autumn light should begin to appear  late morning and early evenings soon:

 

FUJI

[ChrisLumix]

Great study of one setting in three lights - and I do like cooling towers as a subject!

 

How did you achieve the HDR effect on the last shot? And why did you bother with a ND filter for the first when you can make any kind of subtle adjustments in Photoshop / Aperture / Lightroom, or wherever?

[Guest]

Great study of one setting in three lights - and I do like cooling towers as a subject!

 

How did you achieve the HDR effect on the last shot? And why did you bother with a ND filter for the first when you can make any kind of subtle adjustments in Photoshop / Aperture / Lightroom, or wherever?

All three have only been edited in Lightroom, the third shot has a soft ND grad if I remember correctly and I use ND grads to balance the light and improve the shot whilst minimising the pp needed.

[Guest]

 

The Light  always seems to be with you??? ..............(Ref: Your byline)

 

FUJI

I generally will not shoot if the light is not with me.

[Creativesnaps]

Just goes to show the difference the time of day makes.  All three are great and the ND use in the third has worked a treat.

[Leon]

excellent as usual Bill!