Salford Quays @ Dusk

[Darren Turner]

Salford quays is now an up market area just behind old Trafford football ground, that used to be mills & factories for boats to bring cargo & produce up to Manchester via the Manchester ship canal.

Now most of that has gone and there are mostly expensive apartments, bars, restaurants & office. It also looks kind of trendy at dusk.

I went for a mooch with a friend & called in a bar as we were to early for sunset. I ordered 2 pints of Magners cider & it cost me just short of £10..........i nearly fainted........lol

 

[Bryan Hunt]

The images are well worth the the price of the drinks
my favs #1 & #3

 

[Darren Bradley]

Beautiful. I especially like the last one (and not just because that's the only one where you kept your camera level )

 

[Darren Turner]

these are level........or as level as you can expect or will ever see from me...........its my trademark...........haha

 

[Laurie Parker]

Darren B cos there is two Darren s now, his camera has a built in level, I also few years back sent him a hotshoe bubble level thinking he will get them horizons straight and it still aint happened lol, the slant is his trademark I reckon lol.

Suggestion for you when viewing Darren T's landscapes kinda lean over and pop one ear on your shoulder bit like the hunchback of notre dame does they look straight then hahaha

 

[Darren Bradley]

Thanks for the advice, Laurie! hehe. After a few cocktails this evening, I took another look and they looked fine!

 

[Darren Turner]

listen here sweetcheeks (laurie) you are so gonnnnnna get a shoved of the cliff tops of gower when i get an invite............!!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Having not yet met Darren i can only assume he has one leg shorter than the other ...
do you find your self walking in circles ever Darren?

 

[Hamish Gill]

nice shots though, i like the bridge one a lot!

 

[Darren Turner]

haha are they really that noticeably out ???

 

[Hamish Gill]

no, they are pretty level to be fair ... 1&3 are the most out to my eye

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Cracking set of images DT - you had one nice looking sunset to work with, and a great looking location.

#3 is just fantastic - really like that bridge shot, and the blue dusk light.

As for levels etc - do you use Photoshop RAW converter at all? - it has a great level tool built-in that would fix any in-camera horizon issues

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Ahhhh, just read your post again and see that you drank two pints of cider before taking the shots - explains everything!

 

[Alastair Cummins]

Only a little bit, but enough to be noticeable!

Beautiful images though mate, I love the bright orange sky in the first one

 

[Darren Turner]

haha cheers guys.........i seem to get better sunsets when back in Manchester than i see here in rural wales or on local coastline..........doesn't seem t make sense.......

 

[Laurie Parker]

its all that smog making it look like a sunset lolol

 

[Laurie Parker]

listen here sweetcheeks (laurie) you are so gonnnnnna get a shoved of the cliff tops of gower when i get an invite............!!

Dream on sugartits, your to slow to catch a cold - actually thought was waterfalls you wanted to see first? tress are starting to get colour now so wont be much longer should be good for around end of may I reckon

 

[Darren Turner]

well listen here mrs P you better wear a wet suit.........cos your going in........End Of.........!!

 

[Darren Bradley]

No, they're not really that noticeably out. They honestly did look more so earlier, but when I looked again, they seemed to be fairly straight. If I'm going to be nit-picky about it, photos #1 and #2 seem to be angled a bit to the right, but not by enough to be noticeable to most people. And it could just be my imagination...

 

[Vic Shaw]

I'm at a loss here Darren , nice compositions and nice timing with the sunsets, but again you have let yourself down just by not taking the time to straighten them up. It looks like you spent more time sharpening them then straightening them. All but one have visable halos around the edges.

sharpen less straighten more!