JD's 365.

Day 151. I think it's a Brambling..

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Nice wee relaxing urbex day. We drove about not looking at much, went to a few more WW2 airfields, got shouted at by a landowner and shouted at by this wee fella. This was probably as close as I could have got, he flew off when I was in perfect position. In the background is Ballyhalbert RAF lookout tower.

Anyway, back to work tomorrow. :(
 
Day 152. H&W.

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First day back at work blues!! I was on a call to the harbour estate tonight to thought I'd take the opportunity and finally take a picture of the H&W cranes. It's about the only spot on the riverside to get a picture, I was nearly in the water at one point.

EDIT: Looks really un-level. I'm certain the crane is level!! :shrug:
 
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Ooo that does look close to getting a bit wet ;)

Love the H&W cranes, seen them on TV. Now find a BIG ship to photograph :D
 
Cheers Julian, you really can't get close to any of the massive ships, I did have a look, trust me!!

There is an old ww2 ship berthed at the other end of the harbour, I might take a race past tomorrow, if I don't get distracted by the H&W drawing office...
 
Day 153. Somewhere...

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Was close to this site today and thought I'd take a look, I've been a few times before and it's nice to see not much has changed. It was used as a radio station for the predominantly US forces during WW2 near Londonderry/Derry. I intend to go back at some stage and explore it properly, I've lost all of my original photos.
 
Shame no ship :p

Is there anything interesting inside the building? Looks open to the elements, I assume you have been inside ;)
 
JDholic said:
Just a lot of decay. This trip reminded me of how good it is to be honest, very little left. Much like every ww2 site here.
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Switzerland is full of holes (just like swiss cheese - I couldn't really avoid that one could I) the army dug out half the local mountains to use as hospitals, depots, artillary bases, even the "navy" hides in one) some of them are open to the public at least partially. There are a couple of suspicious doors built into a cliff around here that don't appear on the local big scale map at all - I will never be able to get in but I have been meaning to take a wander around the area to see what I can see...
 
I really love all this urbex stuff, but my problem is finding someone to go with. After my first adventure yesterday, there is no way I'm going on my own again. Just thinking about what I did yesterday gave me nightmares last night :nuts:
 
nicnok said:
Switzerland is full of holes (just like swiss cheese - I couldn't really avoid that one could I) the army dug out half the local mountains to use as hospitals, depots, artillary bases, even the "navy" hides in one) some of them are open to the public at least partially. There are a couple of suspicious doors built into a cliff around here that don't appear on the local big scale map at all - I will never be able to get in but I have been meaning to take a wander around the area to see what I can see...
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It's amazing what you find even in a small country like this as well. It has all more or less been documented but it's nice to go and look for yourself!

ShrubMonkey said:
I really love all this urbex stuff, but my problem is finding someone to go with. After my first adventure yesterday, there is no way I'm going on my own again. Just thinking about what I did yesterday gave me nightmares last night :nuts:
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It wasn't that bad surely!! :naughty:
 
Day 154. Splash Splash!!

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Another scorcher of a day, forgot to put sunscreen on and got burnt, now I have an Irishman's van tan!!

First time I've tried something like this, watched a tutorial from the Strobist blog site. It worked exactly as intended!!

I really it, but then I would say that! ;)

Exif: Manual, 1/200 F/8 ISO 100. Flash dialled down to 1/16, fired off a shiny red pressie bag, WB changed in Lightroom.
 
That's a cracking shot JD.

What was the water contained in?

It's funny I've been looking at getting flash this week. I've spent so much already, but I'm sure a flash would complete things nicely. Reckon the wife will buy that :D ?!?!?!?!
 
Water was in a paint tray thingy. I filled a plastic bag that the flash came in with water, (funny enough!!) and pierced a very small hole into it and suspended it above the water tray from a bendy lamp I use. Switched off, of course. ;) I then used a pen and placed it into the water at the point where the drop was hitting, focused on the pen and then switched the lens to manual. Flash was fired off the background at 1/16, just from the left of shot.

Lessons learnt? Use a longer lens. Wiping water splashes off the camera lens gets quite annoying. The consistency of where the splash was happening was very good as long as I didn't knock the table. It's quite hard to time the splash hitting the water as well. :)
 
Excellent, in the other thread too.
What lens? I've always struggled to get enough in the frame to make a really good one.
 
Always like a good water drop shot and this is a VERY good water drop shot :thumbs:

Really must do some more myself :)
 
Day 155. Torr Head, Again!

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I really really went out of my way on the homeward journey after work. A 45 minute drive turned into a 70ish mile detour, went from Ballymoney to Ballycastle to Torr Head to Ballymena then Home! I posted a very similar shot at the start of my 365, this one has been taken a lot lower down the cliff. I was going to HDR this photo, but liked it as is.
 
Lovely greens and blues in this shot. Even though I'm a HDR monkey, gotta agree with you on this, your shot works perfectly as it is well done mate :)
 
Looks a lovely place but I find myself wanting to see what is to the right of the image:cuckoo:
 
Day 156. The Last Beer.

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Didn't have time to upload this last night, was a bit tired. My mate John came round for a games night, just the usual, kill the zombies, win the war etc etc. Was also stuck in a training course all day, was by far the most boring time I've ever had. 6 people fell fast asleep after lunch. Zzzzz..​
 
Day 157. Austin Seven.

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Spent this morning at a rainy, cold Vintage and Classic car show. I've attempted a new (to me) layer technique with this shot. I selected the car and copied it onto a new layer. Applied a gaussian blur to the background then used the brush to paint in my dodgy lasso skills. I've just noticed I've made a mistake on the front bumper to the right, but we live and learn!! Hastily done, but quite easy.

I then headed into Belfast for a coffee or 2 with Bern. Dandered round St George's market, got soaked on the walk round Belfast, then came home.

Note to self: Process Wedding Pictures!!​
 
Very nice, I love looking at vintage cars (believe it or not!). The 1st car my grandad had was an Austin 7 and I've always liked them, older cars have so much character about them :)

I might try something like this with some of my car pictures - alot of the time when you take pics at shows the background can be a bit distracting.
 
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