Post Industrial

[simon ess]

The decline of the potteries.

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img020 by simon ess, on Flickr

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Westport to Middleport 12 by simon ess, on Flickr

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Westport to Middleport 10 by simon ess, on Flickr

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Westport to Middleport 8 by simon ess, on Flickr

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Westport to Middleport 6 by simon ess, on Flickr

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Westport to Middleport by simon ess, on Flickr

 

[Jao]

Great set, I really like 4 & 5 but all are very god. There is a strong essay in there about the demise of a once great British industry!

 

[fifthwheel]

All very good well done, it's #2 and #3 for me

 

[simon ess]

Thanks very much both.

 

[Brian Sayle]

Yeah i like 3 as well. I went down to Stoke last year for the sole reason of taking a shot of a bottle kiln, i was saddened at how few there are left now, great stuff

 

[horrocks]

A nice set, I just feel that they are a little flat, lacking luminosity. It may have been the light, or it is possible that the potential is within the photos to build the atmosphere a little. At the moment they are very literal record shots, which isn't in itself a bad thing, but I feel you could take them further and exploit the strength of B&W in projecting atmosphere.

 

[Cg_Girl]

Excellent Stuff! Think i will have to come find you on Flickr!

 

[simon ess]

A nice set, I just feel that they are a little flat, lacking luminosity. It may have been the light, or it is possible that the potential is within the photos to build the atmosphere a little. At the moment they are very literal record shots, which isn't in itself a bad thing, but I feel you could take them further and exploit the strength of B&W in projecting atmosphere.

Thanks very much for making that very valid point. I suspect the limitation is my inexpert use of an automatic, point n shoot film camera. That was the first time I'd used it. I much prefer to have full control

Excellent Stuff! Think i will have to come find you on Flickr!

Thanks, have a look. Of course you'll have to wade through all the dross as well.

 

[horrocks]

Thanks very much for making that very valid point. I suspect the limitation is my inexpert use of an automatic, point n shoot film camera. That was the first time I'd used it. I much prefer to have full control

I'm not sure about that. The exposures look absolutely fine to me. I feel that you could (if you wanted!) build on the latent potential of the negatives in Lightroom, Photoshop or using the Nik plugins to build the luminosity and hence the atmosphere.

This is an interesting read on the subject of luminance vs luminosity..
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/bw_master_print.shtml

 

[simon ess]

Thanks.

I'll take a look tonight.

 

[simon ess]

OK, I'll admit, wasn't getting it at first but, after a lot of reading and experimenting, the penny has dropped.

This will make a big difference to my b+w film photos.

Thanks Toby