Whitby Lighthouse on Manchester Ship Canal

[PhilMain]

Whitby lighthouse at the junction of the Ellesmere Canal and the Manchester Ship Canal (Whitby Docks).

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Geoff F]

Yes, looks cool, cloudy and windy.

[PhilMain]

Thank you both. Yes it was a bit breezy.

Phil

[bnnrcn]

I like the image too Some perspective correction and a bit more detail in the clouds might also look good. Is the gritty look intentional?

[PhilMain]

I was experimenting with the contrast as the light was really flat and dull.

Phil

[JohnRostron]

Yes, looks cool, cloudy and windy.

Yes, just like here at the moment.

And I always thought that Whitby Lighthouse was in North Yorkshire!

John

[Dave Humphries]

I like the composition Phil, here are some other thoughts ...

And I always thought that Whitby Lighthouse was in North Yorkshire!

Me too (live and learn)

Some perspective correction and a bit more detail in the clouds might also look good.

I can't decide about very slight rotation a/c, plus a bit of perspective correction, or whether I'm being unduly influenced by the lamp stand on the left which I strongly suspect may not be vertical anyway, I suppose that could be 'warped' to be more vertical, although if its crookedness is a notable feature of the view, it makes the image unrealistic for those who've visited.

I do agree a bit more structure might be forthcoming from the sky.

Is the gritty look intentional?

I was experimenting with the contrast

My impression is that the only true blacks in the image seem to be the coarse 'grit' pixels, in fact I wonder if the tonal range wasn't set until after the grit was applied, instead of before, so the image itself lacks the full tonal range it might otherwise have had.

Hope my musing are helpful,
Dave

[Wavelength]

Nicely done

[John 2]

I like the composition Phil, here are some other thoughts ...



Me too (live and learn)




I can't decide about very slight rotation a/c, plus a bit of perspective correction, or whether I'm being unduly influenced by the lamp stand on the left which I strongly suspect may not be vertical anyway, I suppose that could be 'warped' to be more vertical, although if its crookedness is a notable feature of the view, it makes the image unrealistic for those who've visited.

I do agree a bit more structure might be forthcoming from the sky.






My impression is that the only true blacks in the image seem to be the coarse 'grit' pixels, in fact I wonder if the tonal range wasn't set until after the grit was applied, instead of before, so the image itself lacks the full tonal range it might otherwise have had.

Hope my musing are helpful,
Dave

Plus 1 here also. Looks an interesting place and not too far away as well.

[PhilMain]

Thanks John, Dave,Nandakumar and John2

The lighthouse was built in the late 1700's before the Ship Canal and was named after the area which was then Whitby before the expansion of Ellesmere Port. The lighthouse was to mark the entrance to the docks from the River Mersey. The docks were at the terminus of the Ellesmere Canal now part of the Grand Union Canal. Following the construction of the Ship Canal the exit is now into the canal and not the river.

Dave the lampost was bent. It threw me too. I will have another attempt at processing

Phil

Follow the signs for the Boat Museum off the M53 watch out for the one way system as you come off the roundabout.

[PhilMain]

Another attempt this time from the raw file using ufraw

[Geoff F]

That has certainly lost some of the general harshness of the original edit, Phil.

Could you get away with slightly increasing the highlights without losing the cloud detail? Maybe a fraction more sharpness without becoming too harsh or noisy?

But if either of those ideas start to give problems, leave it like this. It is a more relaxed and natural looking scene now.

[PhilMain]

Thanks Geoff, will give it a try and see how it looks

Phil

[PhilMain]

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[Geoff F]

I like that version.

[PhilMain]

Thanks Geoff. Still learning

Phil

[bnnrcn]

Better Phil

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