Showing posts with label Lock Gates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lock Gates. Show all posts

Monday, 19 December 2022

Cool Metallic Reflection





Firstly, I know I said in my last post that I would share some pictures from inside the Museum of Liverpool, specifically I was going to show some pictures of the cool curves of the spiral stairway, however when I looked at the images this morning I wasn't convinced I liked them enough to share so I have decided to go with something different.
The images above are almost identical except for the fact that one is in full colour and the other is monochrome. The exposure and contrast are slightly different in each image too.
The buildings in this image are along the Strand in Liverpool overlooking Kings Dock. There was a thin film of ice on the water which the bright sun had not managed to melt. The sun reflecting off the side of one of the buildings gives the water a metallic quality which I think is really nice.
I hadn't noticed at the time I took the pictures but the pillars supporting the building in the centre of the shot are much like the pillars which support power station cooling towers.


 

Thursday, 14 September 2017

Overflow


This lock is at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port which marks the end of the Shropshire Union Canal where it joins the Manchester Ship Canal and the River Mersey.

In the original image the principal colour is green and it sort of takes over. Converting it to monochrome and adding some coloured hues ensures the main focus in the image is the lock gates (at each end of the lock) and the flowing water.