Echo Wheel of Liverpool III
Last of the shots of the big wheel, for now anyway. Trying to find a different angle of the wheel, this shot was taken from the Liverpool Marina.
The Echo Wheel of Liverpool II
Second shot of the new wheel on the waterfront – still disappointed it’s not the other way round so it’ll be more visible from the Wirral side (the Liverpool One wheel was mostly obscured by other buildings) but no-one ever thinks of the photographers….
The Echo Wheel of Liverpool
One of two shots of the wheel I managed to get before being moved on by Arena security (very politely, it must be said.) The wheel is 60 foot high and you’re supposed to be able to see all the way to Wales on a good day – not been on yet so I’ll reserve judgement.
I can’t make my mind up whether this looks better in colour or black and white, so have a look at the mono version here.
Lutyens Crypt, Metropolitan Cathedral
Lutyens Crypt, underneath the Metropolitan (Catholic) Cathedral. Edwin Lutyens original design for the Cathedral would have made it the second largest in the world but the onset of World War II stopped construction (the unfinished crypt was used as an air raid shelter during the war). After the war a lack of funds meant that a new design was necessary and the new cathedral stands on top of the crypt.
This was my first time down in the crypt and it’s a beautiful space. I’m only really familiar with it as CAMRA hold a beer festival down there every year – seems like an odd place for a beer festival? It’s definitely worth a visit, beer drinker or not.
Hats off
Shot from when the QM2 was in town a while back – can’t get enough of the big ships, the cruise liner terminal is one of the best things to have happened to the city in the past few years.
The only problem with this ship was it’s sheer size – everything else that comes in afterwards is going to look like a tiddler in comparison.
Southport War Memorial – Lest We Forget
The memorial to the war dead, Southport. I found out this morning that since the end of World War II, there has only been one year when no British service personnel were killed, a terrible statistic. RIP.
More Grafton Street Graffiti
Alternative view of the graffiti from the last post – I wish I’d found this fella before Halloween!
Grafton Street Revisited
Graffiti on Grafton Street – I’ve posted graffiti from this same wall before (one two three), every single time I go past there’s something added or changed, I love it.
Queen Mary II visits Liverpool – 20th October 2009
The Queen Mary II visits Liverpool – she’s absolutely huge!!! This shot doesn’t do her size justice, even with the people in the foreground, she’s absolutely massive. Check out this wikipedia entry that compares her to an Airbus and you begin to get an idea of her size. Fantastic to see ships like this at Liverpool – shame we couldn’t have sorted out better weather for her arrival. Couldn’t decide between colour or black or white so the mono version is here for comparision.
Autumnal Calderstones Park II
Second in series from the very autumnal Calderstones Park – love the streaming light from the low sun at this time of year.
Southport Air Show 2009 – Vulcan XH558 Bomber
Saving the best until last (wing walkers from the show here, Red Arrows here) – the Vulcan. I missed this last year – I think the weather was too bad for it to fly on the day we went.
Seeing this fly made the whole day for me – I remember seeing these take off from RAF Valley when I was a child, they’re a magnificent sight. The Eurofighter display was quicker and noisier but the sheer majesty of the Vulcan was breathtaking.
Southport Air Show – Team Guinot Wing Walkers
Second post from Southport Air Show (first post of the Red Arrows is here). This lot were cool – bigger stones than me to be doing this kind of thing. I wanted a more cinematic kind of feel to these shots so the processing is quite different. If you go to Team Guinots home page then apparently you can sign up to be a wing-walker – after you, no really, I insist….
Again, apologies, this should be a nice rolling slideshow but I still can’t get it to work. Something to squeeze in over the weekend.
Southport Air Show 2009 – The Red Arrows
So the Southport Air Show rolled around again and as per usual the usual grey cloud rolled in…the odd bit of blue sky but not much sunshine. One year we’ll get a gloriously sunny day! This set is just of the Red Arrows who were in attendance and were a very cool highlight. More to follow as I process through the week. Apologies for the layout of the post – can’t get slideshows to work at the moment, hopefully have it fixed before next post!
Presbyterian Illustration II – Toxteth, Liverpool
More graffiti on the hoardings of the Welsh Presbyterian Church in Toxteth.
Presbyterian Illustration – Toxteth, Liverpool
Graffiti on hoardings around the Welsh Presbyterian Church in Toxteth. Not had chance to get out with my camera much recently so diving back into the archives. This was taken in April – these boards are always full of graffiti and it is constantly changing.
Victoria Street Reflection
Been a while since I’ve done any reflection shots so here’s one of Victoria Street. The building on the left is one of my favourites in Liverpool, reminds me of the Flat Iron building in New York.
No stopping (Clearway) – Liverpool Airport
A RyanAir flight descending into Liverpool John Lennon Airport obeys the Highway Code.
Speke Sunset – Liverpool
The waterfront at Speke – it’s a weird contrast down there between the natural waterfront and the industrial units behind it. I keep promising myself that I’ll spend a bit more time down there but never get round to it (I’d like to have a proper look at the yacht club now it’s finished). There’s some lovely views over to the Welsh mountains and the sunsets are quite often lovely.
Caught By The River – Crosby Waterfront
One from the archives – this was taken on a very cold, very stormy January day at Crosby, one of the first shots I took with my Sigma 10-20 lens. Still love the different dimension it brings to photos.
Out On The Tiles III – Pier Head, Liverpool
Last one of the long exposures of the ferry terminal – I like the look this technique brings to a photo, I’m interested in trying it with a film camera.
Incidentally, whilst trying to find more information about the ferry terminal, I found this article on the Architects Journal website then purely by chance a Twitter contact tweeted a blog post about the same article and building – all with mostly negative comments about the building, which I find odd. I’ve spent quite a bit of time down at the waterfront since it’s been redeveloped and talked to a fair few people about it and the reaction has mostly been favourable. It’s been suggested that any positive reaction is due to it replacing another eyesore (in the shape of the Shanghai Palace restaurant, pictured here) – maybe it is but only time will tell…some of the new buildings at Mann Island appear to be nearing completion, it’ll be very interesting to see the reaction to those once finished.
Out On The Tiles II – Pier Head, Liverpool
Next in a series of long exposure shots from the newly redeveloped Pier Head (the first in the series, also a shot of the new ferry terminal, is here). No debate in my mind about whether to go black and white for this one, I like the light hitting this side of the terminal.
Meet Me At The Pier III
High key shot of Southport Pier – wanted to something a bit different with the processing on these shots so I went for it on this one. Quite happy with the effect.
Meet Me At The Pier II
Another shot from the archives – new stuff coming soon. This is the underside of the pier at Southport, again from February. I was cursing the lack of a tripod when I was taking these shots as I wanted to try out the bracketing feature on my new D90 but the wind was that fierce I doubt one would have been much use anyway. Although it looks nice and sunny this was a proper hat, gloves and scarf day. I love winter me!
The Crown Princess Visits Liverpool
The Crown Princess, docked at Liverpool yesterday. She is the largest liner to visit Liverpool’s new cruise liner facility, has crew of 1163 & carries 3114 passengers. Quite an impressive sight too, she is much larger than the likes of the Ark Royal and the recent German Navy visitors.
