Wirral
near a lighthouse......near Liverpool..... I suspect I might be posting rather more from here in he coming weeks, providing we are allowed to leave the house......
Erm, New Brighton lighthouse, again, sorry, I’ll get round to editing some other pics soon, promise!
On Wirral.......and near Wallasey.........and nearer New Brighton.......in the River Mersey twice a day...........stands a building.......of sorts......
Near New Brighton, which has a lighthouse. That doesn't work anymore. Fancy that eh?
New Brighton Lighthouse getting in the way....again....with a Formatt-Hitech 3.0 FC and a nd soft grad, can’t remember which one though, better start writing these things down.......
New Brighton Lighthouse or Perch Rock Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse situated at the confluence of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay on an outcrop off New Brighton known locally as Perch Rock. Together with its neighbour, the Napoleonic era Fort Perch Rock, it is one of the Wirral's best known landmarks. - Wikipedia
Brats are back in school next week, yay! Promise to leave Merseyside for some different shots
Originally called the MV Overchurch now laid up in Wallasey Docks, East Float. Hopefully it won't end up like the Royal Iris....
New Brighton Lighthouse, originally known as Perch Rock Lighthouse after the navigation hazard that it marks, came into operation in 1830 and continued as a navigation beacon until 1st October 1973, when it became a victim of modern navigation technology. The tower rises 90ft above the rock, the first half of which is solid. To gain access when the tide is out a ladder is needed to reach the first of the 15 iron rungs built in to the side of the tower that lead up to the door. A spiral staircase leads to the keepers' accommodation consisting of a galley/kitchen, a bathroom, a living room and a bedroom and then up to the lamp room. www.photographers-resource.co.uk/a_heritage/lighthouses/L...
Late evening sun catching the moss covered rocks as the tide rolls in.....there might be a reflection to had in half an hour......
much simpler than 10.....
Steve "shall we get tickets for this" Me "nah" Bugger....
Sunrise didn't happen quite as I'd have liked but I kind of like the end result.
Liverpool2 Deep Water Port
Very kind of the Stena to create the ripples then tootle off and dock out of shot at Wallasey.
or is it Derwentwater...???
Sarsia, falling quite literally to pieces at the East Float, Wallasey. Apparently it was a marine research vessel, now I guess the marine life live in it, what comes around goes around I guess!
oh aye, and a lighthouse........
New Brighton groynes, or sea defences or whatever you want to call them!
A great location for a bit of lazy togging, sunset - blue hour - then night time all in 2 hours and a 10 minute drive from home.
I'm going to bore the pants off you, a weeks worth of lighthouse sunsets coming up................
And not a lighthouse in sight...........
2nd attempt, minus dust bunnies with any luck
1 of ???????
Bit of HMHB youtu.be/u9S-RlmGASw
Liverpool's Waterfront under a splendid Sunrise
I can only apologise and supply you with a fine tune from County Durham.
Explore #18 05/07/16
It seems a while since I've done any black & white work, and it wasn't the intention today, an impromptu trip to New Brighton to shoot the sunset didn't really get off the ground due the vast amount of cloud that seemingly appeared from nowhere (despite it being glorious all day) spoiled the show apart from one tiny area of colour in the distant horizon, that said the cloud covering was ideal for this sort of stuff and the low light worked well to give a nice long exposure.
I need to come over here more often, I think I'm put off as it's such a common place to shoot but in the right conditions it's possible to come away with something interesting & different each time if you have the patience.
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Blue Hour down at Seacombe
Evening sky.
A very calm evening, North Wales and Hilbre Island in view. Formatt-Hitech 1.8 ND FC & 0.9 soft ND grad
One of 2 images I managed to get from the 'sunset that never appeared trip' to New Brighton, this was a tricky image to get as the tide was really coming in quickly and the ground was very uneven on the breakwater so a bit of a balancing act was needed.
The light was hitting the lighthouse nicely from the side and plenty of cloud made a long exposure an attractive option, the tide was in against the breakwater in front of me and it was coming in around the back of me a lot more slowly, by the time I had set up and taken two images here it was time to go as the previously dry area right at the side of me was now under a foot of water, plenty of time to pack up and get off safely but it's amazing just how quick the water comes in, you can see how folk get caught out if they aren't paying attention...
No idea why the exif seems to have been lost with this one,, Nikon D750, Nikon 16-35 f/4 @34mm, 1S0 100, f/11, 109s.
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"Will there be enough water When my ship comes in" The Dead WeatherI just happened to be listening to this track on Spotify while I was processing this image
I always said that I wouldn't do one of these selfie LE shots. But now I have.
Explore #3 April 20 2020
I've noticed during this lockdown that a lot of people are going back through their images and uploading some great stuff that would probably otherwise still be lying on hard drives undiscovered, so I decided to set myself a challenge this morning, instead of editing 'new' photo's, I would trawl back to over 5 years ago to see what I could find, and I wanted to find 3 images that I liked that hadn't seen the light of day before.
It wasn't as easy as it sounds!! there was some right junk in there, images shot badly, lens flares, non accurate expsoures, general rubbish, and softer images in some cases due to poorer glass.
This is the second shot I found, - the first can be seen here - www.flickr.com/photos/pete37038/49785340662/in/dateposted/
I remember this day going to see and shoot this rusty, old, and badly listing shipwreck, located within one of the marine basins (East Float) in Birkenhead.
It was quite hard to shoot as I remember even with a 10mm lens on as to get this foregroud I had to wedge myself right on the edge of the wall which dropped off into the harbour behind me.
The ship had a very intersting history too:
Former Fisheries Research vessel, RV SARSIA, built in 1953, sank at her lay-up berth in the East Float, Birkenhead many years ago. Sarsia sank in May 1998 due to a "slow leak." Dejas Marine bought the Sarsia in 1981 and renamed it Dejudah in 1982 when she was taken to West Africa and used as high definition oil survey boat untill 1986 when the oil business went a quiet and returned back to Dartmouth May 22nd. 1986 and then on to Plymouth where it stayed in Millbay Docks for about 2 years until sold and towed away, she could have sailed under her own power but there was some cracks in the rudder operating hydraulic cylinders and Lloyds deemed it unsafe.
This was in 2014, I have no idea whether or not she is still there anymore.
***UPDATE - Apparently she is still there and can be seen on Google Earth
Stay indoors, stay safe folks.
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Thought i'd match the music to the pic again....... Life regret, never getting to see these live, I blame a mate who borrowed an REM and Husker Du LP from the record library (remember those!) and told us the Husker one was pants, still not forgiven him!
New Brighton
Shot at the Marine Lake, West Kirkby, just before sundown, looking across the Dee Estuary towards North Wales. 212 seconds f16.
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Working late a lot of the time lately so i've been spending a few minutes most evenings around here.........Well might as well make the most of the light nights! Plus it helps clear the perchloroethylene out of the old lungs............ Apologies for another shot of New Brighton lighthouse.
The opportunity arose for a shoot here as I was taking my car in for repair in nearby Liverpool at 0900, and I noticed high tide was 1045 over here so it would have been rude not to have a mooch across (or rather under) The River Mersey....
First shot of the day with the tidal breakers leading out into Liverpool Bay and the Irish sea.
I did quite well with getting this as not too long afterwards it aboslutely lashed it down with rain. The 10 stop hadn't been out for ages so thought it was time....
I think I got 3 images I like from this shoot on the Wirral (I did 2 other spots too) , which is great from a bonus trip, I have to take the car in again in a week or so so another trip will be made I think and see what else I can get this time, I'm not sure they will give me a courtesy car again though as the footwell and the boot were totally covered in sand when I took it back lol :-)
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Thought I'd best give it a break after last year.
I do believe this is my first visit to the Lighthouse in 2021.....Went for sunrise for a change, few clouds scattered around when I arrived, sadly all did one by the time the sun came up........
Prior to construction of the breakwater and the nearby fort, this area was described as a sandy waste and used by wreckers to lure ships aground.
Sunset as the tide comes in, I can think of worse ways to spend the evening.....watching England in the World Cup is a good example
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Wirral!
Most notably Graham Morris, Pete Rowbottom and Alan Taylor.