Redcar by Night

[Jon]

Well, it finally stopped raining, so out I went.  Had decided to try manual everything, including focus and do some long exposure stuff.  Wandered down to Teesmouth for a look at the waves and watch the surfers, took some shots of the surfers on high ISO and auto focus, turned the focusback to manual and took some long exposures.  Gets home to discover that my head had decided the camera was on autofocus.  What a lot of blurry sh*t I have :-)  And I managed to smash myself in face with my tripod! Right on the bridge of the nose, it bled impressively - for quite a long time!!

 

Anyway, I got a couple

 

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[FUJI]

Ah! ........The Artist always suffers for their art.......it was ever thus.

Boy! Was your suffering worth it?......What a brilliant set, the last one especially so.

FUJI

[bugmeister]

I particularly like the contrast between nature and industry in the first one, but all three were worth a bit of suffering

[colinb]

liking that last one, the reflections off the damp surfaces work well.

[Terry]

Great set but the third one is a WOW

[NannyFerret]

Sorry about the nose. I hope you found consolation when you looked at these shots.

They are wonderful!

[Black Pearl]

Worth the effort - crackin' shots.

[Barbara]

#3 does it for me but all good shots

[Martyn]

Well worth the pain Fescu, #3 is my fave!

[Jon]

Thanks, the third one - I think - suits the square crop, there'a a fair bit more sea in the original one, and the lights of the offshore windfarm.  I like the "half pipe" shape of the new sea defenses, and I quite like the vertical pier - although it appears the people of Redcar hate it :-)

 

The first one is taken from one of the ww2 gun emplacements that were there to protect the Tees

[Leon]

love the third one, you obviously have a NOSE for these things