Preston Marina

[Paul]

I have the old version of the 55-250m IS lens - which is not the best quality, being one of the early lenses released by Canon (circa 2007).

So by this I would rate this lens a little underwhelming for the new R series (and other mirrored cameras!)

Anyway, seeing as it's the only zoom lens aside from the R10's 18-45mm kit lens that I have, today I took it for a spin around Preston Marina. These are from around the 1.7 mile walk around the dock. 

Originally opened by HRH Prince Albert in 1892, the Albert Edward Dock was once a busy ferry port (part of the port that closed in 1981). The overhead crane was constructed in 1958 to lift the 100 ton lock gates, but is used rarely now for the occasional boat lift (never seen or known it lift anything while I have lived here!)

Geoff (Ryewolf) visited here in 2020 which is the last time I took the camera there!

Processing on all these is through LR to a TIFF before finally being reduced and sharpened using a Greg Benz plug-in...

 

Paul.

Edited October 10, 2022 by Paul

[Ryewolf]

Nice set Paul.

[Paul]

Thanks Geoff 

Paul.

[stevedevil]

No 4 is the best by far, I guess the lens cut the masts off in the first few, as thats a shame as the boats being the main draw, you kinda want all the Masts, where the 4th image has it all, a good balance of sky too 

[Paul]

Cheers Steve.

It was just a walk around shoot, just having a play - I don't have the landscapers eye 

Paul

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[stevedevil]

The forth image you could see on a postcard, its a great image and very well taken

[Paul]

3 minutes ago, stevedevil said:

The forth image you could see on a postcard, its a great image and very well taken

Very kind of you, cheers m8.

Paul.

[stevedevil]

Looking outside the box, its the masts following the tree line, probably just luck of the draw, but a very strong image, Nice