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| Stuball |
Pictures of Glasgow - Part 2Following on from the previous thread...Picture of Glasgow part deux! :) |
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| Scary |
Lion and Unicorn in Glasgow University
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| Scary |
Gallowgate / Malvern Court demolition.
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| Stuball |
Caledonia Road UP Church
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| Lone Groover |
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| sputnik |
surely not long for this world that place groover. 
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| Lone Groover |
Stop calling me Shirley..... 
I'd say it should be preserved. 
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| cybers |
1am at the Science Centre
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| fastnet |
Absolute belter cybers...........
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| darrel |
cracking shot im impressed.
any photo shopping done on that? |
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| jonno22 |
I'll second that Darrel. Stunning shot, well done.
Best Regards Jonathan McGurk |
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| jonno22 |
Glasgow City 2008 PhotographsHi all. I'm in the mood now for posting pics of Glasgow hence why I uploaded my 2008 collection of my photographs I had within the city and suburban city areas. I've uploaded a gallery here -http://jonathanmcgurk.fotopic.net/c1738161.html which contains 63 images. I'm not added any captions. Below are previews as to what is inside the gallery. Glasgow's Strathclyde University Ramshorn Graveyard And Church Building 
Merchant City From Queen Street 
'Stoned' Street Entertainer - Buchanan Street Outside Borders Book Store 
Squinty Bridge 
Marriott Hotel, Argyle Street 
Looking Down A Rather Busy Buchanan Street 
Looking Down St. Vincent Street 
Glasgow's River Clyde Tidal Wier Bridge At Glasgow Green At Night 
Best Regards Jonathan McGurk |
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| cybers |
Nothing apart from my name ! |
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| Doorstop |
Oooooooffffffttttttt! 
Stunner Cybers ... can I steal it for wallpaper usage please mate? |
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| cybers |
Yer i don't see why not.... | ||||
| darrel |
even more impressed in that case. fab phot
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| Doog Doog |
 Thats a belter,Cybers.
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| Alex Glass |
Alexander (Greek) Thomson - Egyptian Halls
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| wee minx |
Just a beautiful shot Cybers, look at that moon reflection on the building too...lovely...I think you have a lot of patiience in your photography. and it well pays off 
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| cybers |
To tell the truth that photo took me the best part of an hour to do...
I took light readings from the science centre glass... Incident readings from the metal work on both the science centre and the imax metal work and then still bracketed the shot as a balance for error. Got the usual question from a nosey police woman who was quite nice about the whole thing and asked why we were so fascinated by the building. she was curious as i had a light meter instead of a camera. 
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| wee minx |
Arrested in possession of a light meter..It could only happen to you 
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| cybers |
Nah she was just asking what it was lol...
She was pretty cool about the whole thing but someone at the beeb had complained... Really need to stop wearing that dark clothing stripy jumper and remove the SWAG from my camera bag tho
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| Stuball |
typical of the beeb.... but if yuo submit it to them, they'll be quick enough to post it to their webpage and take your legal rights to it | ||||
| kev |
Science centre tower and old dock tower
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| cybers |
Great composition on that Kev...
What have you done to it it looks vectored |
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| kev |
Total fluke with the composition Cybs.. was messing around with it and thought it looked ok
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| mr.underwood |
TowersDo we have a leaning tower of Glasgow now or do my eyes deceive me?
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| wee minx |
It's probably wobbling in the wind
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| kev |
Late afternoon skyline
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| LowLight |
Kelvin Street - Transport Museum
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| Lone Groover |
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| widmeister |
Only in Glasgow could such a cult slogan work.
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| Doog Doog |
Should be "OVER 300,000 CASES OF FOOD POISONING EVERY YEAR"   
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| sputnik |
groover,may i ask where the quicksew pic was taken? | ||||
| wee minx |
I'll have a stab at a guess and say The Savoy?..you look like you had him Hemmed in there LG
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| Stuball |
More likely the Forge Market | ||||
| Lone Groover |
Yep. Forge market.
Very reasonable ! |
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| Lone Groover |
There was some rain.
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| cybers |
Wee red man looks seriously miffed
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| Stuball |
Bad 70s architecture in the glorious Anderston centre... or whats left of it
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| cybers |
That does not look very appetising
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| Scary |
Whitevale Street Baths
Front 
Rear 
I have been told the rear was houses, does anyone know ? ... Cybers ? |
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| cybers |
Certainly was ...
Originally tied housing I am unsure of when itr changed. Houses were still occupied long after the baths had closed. If you stand in the car park on the gable that faces towards Duke St you can see the balcony for the doors. The old girl looks in a rather sad state... My Nana worked there till she retired. She was always so proud of the baths always mopping the bloody floor on rainy days even though it was not her job. Never ask someone to do what you wont do yourself was her words. |
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| Scary |
Thanks cybers, I saw what looks like a verandah from a vantage point up the hill a bit
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| Scary |
Meant to add, word on the street is that its all getting demolished with the Baths facade being retained, but so far that is hearsay. | ||||
| cybers |
Funnily enough i was talking with an agent (Estate) I know and he had happened to mention 18 flats behind the retained facade but he was still unsure if it was myth or fact. but he also had said that whitevale flats had 10 years still to run but someone else is under the impression 2 years max.
Think the old baths have had it as far as resurrection is concerned it was in a pretty sad state the last time i was in so a facade retention could be the only viable option. |
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| Stuball |
Another of those badly designed 60/70s precincts... Shawbridge
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| Scary |
The B&W just about sums that place up, no amount of colour would change the perception of it. | ||||
| cybers |
Tho to be fair the Shawbridge one is slightly better maintained than most of the other ones...
Still depressing though
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| Stuball |
Thats maintained???!!!?!?!? | ||||
| cybers |
lol well you did ther anderston one then there was also the bywell though not been up there in a dogs age... sorry for those who live in the vicinity but they were shitholes. | ||||
| Alex Glass |
Raintown - George Square in the Rain
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| LowLight |
Some shots from the Irn Bru Can Clan.
Robin Barr battering into some chips. 
The Zutons 
My favourite of the day. 
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| kev |
Taken from Great western road looking to city
West end doorway 
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| Marti |
Quite simply, a stunning picture sir...
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| cybers |
Judging by the signage the other wans an Eastern End Doorway 
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| cybers |
Erm lost thread or maybe imagined
If it turns up could you move this to 
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| Doog Doog |
you probably were thinking of the "rust" thread........ ......or was that George Michaels favourite haunts 
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| cybers |
nope i am pretty sure as darn it there is a historic lavvie threead round here somewhere
Just canny find it
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| Stuball |
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| wee minx |
There is Toilets in Random rubbish
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| Doog Doog |
But are they ladies or gents?......
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| wee minx |
 am no fussy.
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| james73 |
James H |
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| Doog Doog |
Thats a good 'un James
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| cybers |
Try doing this just around dusk lol they see you on the bridge they hit their brakes .... | ||||
| Stuball |
Which way?
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| Alex Glass |
In the FrameGlasgow in the Frame
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| cybers |
Cracker Alex ... Up Belgrove for a reason ? are they tearing those new flats doon !!! | ||||
| cybers |
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| wee minx |
Beautiful beautiful beautiful
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| cybers |
The mound it stands on is actually horseshow shaped
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| Doog Doog |
Yet another good one,Cybers
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| cybers |
Seen this guy busk outside the national archives in Edinburgh too...
Same tune aswell 
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| joyce |
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| Alex Glass |
That your first photo posted on here Joyce
Well done
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| fastnet |
Nice pic Joyce.
I just noticed the poster as well..
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| Doog Doog |
nice one Joyce
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| Lone Groover |
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| Doog Doog |
LG
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| Doorstop |
Nice one Groover mate .. I'm still struggling taking pics in low light.
Doin' my box in actually. |
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| Stuball |
What are you having trouble with? | ||||
| Doorstop |
I know that you should have a large aperture and a longer exposure time in order to allow more light to hit the sensor/film, and that lowering the 'f' setting widens the aperture but with my Lumix it doesn't seem to make much of a difference on the exposure meter and the pictures come out underexposed.
Changing the iso setting helps somewhat but with all the incumbent graininess that comes with a higher iso number. I was taking some pictures in just some ambient low light at a family do the other night and I really struggled to get any decent definition as the slightly longer exposure time required made for much blurriness on anything other than a static target. I've seen pin sharp night-time pictures here of moving cars for fcuk's sake and I'm bamboozled as to how they do it. |
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| Stuball |
Ahh, this might be one of the limitations of the camera. Low light usually means longer exposure and a tripod or something stable is required. Raising the iso will work but, as you've already figured out, the trade off is grain. I would have suggested trial and error with settings but I get the impression that you've exhausted all these things | ||||
| Doorstop |
I suspected as much Stu .. thanks for taking the time to ask though. Cheers. 
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| Lone Groover |
Definition always falls away in the dark, unless you have the patient to stand behind yer tripod for a week !
BTW Doorstop, let me know if you want that tripod ? |
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| cybers |
Brilliant definition of the process Stu.
Getting moving objects stock still the way i achieve this is second sync flash. best i can muster of an explanation is you shoot your exposure and right before the end of the shot and the curtains close the flash fires and freezes everythinig thats moving. My favoured Sigma flash cant achieve second sync so i need to go to an older less powerful canon one 
Be careful where you use this though as motorists Will come round the block to check you are not the traffic
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| calamity |
Im baffled by what your all talking about , lowlights and apertures, oh well you ll just have to put up with my blurry efforts but I love photography in my own way..
The Barony Church Castle st. 
this is one of the modern stained glass windows inside the church. 
*mod edit - just a minor tidy up *
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| calamity |
if you look closely you will see some things we use today.
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| Stuball |
Nice pics Calamity. Welcome to UG
(Just to let you know, I did a little tidy on your posts. Nothing to worry about )
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| Alex Glass |
Been lurking Calamity
Great photos you have been posting
What took you so long.
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| Doog Doog |
good stuff
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| calamity |
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| calamity |
The Cross like it will never look again , now being transformed, just hope the plans for the Olympia in the background go through to have an art gallery, restaurant etc, its in the hands of the men from Clydegateway .looks like them chatting there. 
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| calamity |
some of the plans for the Cross.. 
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| Doog Doog |
nice ones
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