A Walk around Manchester today..26/01/06

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Some cracker's the Roly,,love the town hall , and the 1 deansgate(fountain) ones :)

Lovin' those! Cheers roly.

These are probably some of the best pics i've seen!
Well done to you!

:applause: :applause: :applause: SIMPLY PHENOMENAL!!!

What a great city we have

Thanks so much Roly :)

Very very nice photos. That last picture of Albert square has to be one of the best pictures of the square i've seen. It shows how large it is, lovely.

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wouldn't it be great if the council could arrange to put an ice rink here for the next xmas and winter season. would be spectacular on a dark evening with the new towers spakling in the background

Great pix blings. That Midland has to be one the grandest old hotels in the UK. I'll stay there one day...

thanks guys!

it would be great I think if the other Manc photo junkies add their own to this thread so we can show the city off.

great pics cheers, I love that one with the fountain and No 1 Deangate in the background, you should enter it into a photo competition!!

Some Great pics there, Roly :) I like the Albert Sq one aswell, it cries out cosmopolitan

This is photography at its very best :cool: Thanks roly. These pictures will live on forever. Phenomenal.

good city... ı wanna come to manchester and very nice photos thanks

Great photos roly. Cool and crisp.

What camera you got roly, you got a shed load of chromatic aberrations (purple fringing) there. Bloody good pics though!

These pictures demonstrate why I love going back to visit Manchester time and time again. The fantastic mix of archetecture and street vibrancy is really hard to match. Well captured rolerblind :)

'kinell.
Pulled a blinder fella.
Really sweet photographs with the eye of a true devotee.

yep, cheers big guy, love the urbis one towards the end that is semi-abstract. great stuff.

If you can't beat em, join em.

Great pics Roly.

Oh aye.

Great pics.

Wow i love alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll of them! I love the juxtaposition of the victorian and the modern beetham! *creams*

Yes, excellent photos i agree. Think i will take some this weekend, hurrar.

Puts that aiden guy in the shade. Excellent photography Roly. The mix of modern and Victorian gives such a superb backdrop to our great city

What camera you got roly, you got a shed load of chromatic aberrations (purple fringing) there. Bloody good pics though!

I'm actually colour blind so I hadn't noticed that..Still can't even see it now, any advice on how I can avoid it in future?

I use an Olympus C725UZ :)

I'm actually colour blind so I hadn't noticed that..Still can't even see it now, any advice on how I can avoid it in future?

I use an Olympus C725UZ :)
Don't change anything....

Here's one from me Roly :)

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thats nice, get rid of the date on your camera though

Randomish http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6017/692/400/quad2.jpg

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from www.piccadillymanchester.com

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by the way fantastick pix rolly - very pro

Some more random pics, today

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Love the China Town one Roly

another nice set of photies. Cheers dippers. What a very good job they have done on the CIS tower, and I love the ones of cross street and the chinese arch. Vibrancy at street level.

Lovely. Thankyou roly.

Aye corkers rolything. You weren't walking around with 1 14 inch 'extender' lense on King Street today where you?
The Ian Simpson walked by (dressed like a skater)...

Good to see CIS finished properly.

Damn fine pics there Rolybling, great work!

I love the second one of the busy street. The final one of CIS, just before the Chinatown pics, is great too. That building looks brill with it's snazzy blue solar pants on.

The Ian Simpson walked by (dressed like a skater)...


architects always wear black for the same reason hairdressers do, its the law!!!

Good stuff Roly.

Along with the CIS building, good to see another institution given a makeover (Ho's Bakery).

Great photos. Were you on drugs when you took that one of the tram though, talk about crazy. Another couple of seconds and we'd never have seen these amazing pictures.

That Chinatown street scene pic reminds me of Toronto. Absolutely brilliant pics :D

Thanks guys!

Great photos. Were you on drugs when you took that one of the tram though, talk about crazy. Another couple of seconds and we'd never have seen these amazing pictures.

It was pretty close quizical one, he blasted his horn at me.


A few more from yesterday, been out doing the Mothers Days bit today.

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here's the last of the pics from today, took over 200 pics today, legs aching, need a bath and a beer :wave:

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sooperb roly, you are turnin into a proper digital diva!

Is it just me or are police horses looking younger these days?

Is it just me or are police horses looking younger these days?

...or maybe, your eyes are getting older!

That's me trying to have me dinner.....good job you can't see the girls face - might get in trouble!!!!

Really? Who is she, your best mates wife of something?

Those two horses must have been mares.

Because there was a cunt on both of them... :runaway:

Running for me coat....

I love police horses, but I think they would have more of an effect if the rozzers were carrying scimitars and the horses had some steel amour.

yet more from flickr (love that site)

Please don't sue :)

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if only that was the ocean in front in that second pic *sighs* looks superb, thanks KiTR

...or maybe
Manc geezer could you enlarge your avatar and post the pic for me please. Cheers.

Manc geezer could you enlarge your avatar and post the pic for me please. Cheers.

That barren is it?
You'll go blind you know?

Manc geezer could you enlarge your avatar and post the pic for me please. Cheers.

Nah, She's all mine :)

Shame I didn't get the top of the church in
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Couple of random shots from today, oops, yesterday...
Please excuse the reflections - they were taken from the top deck of the Mayne's 231!

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Never really noticed this building before isn't it lovely?

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Ooh, that is a beauty Roly. Where did you find that?

It's on Liverpool Rd in Castlefield, right opposite the science museum

smart innit!

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Weird, I noticed that Sunday school on Liverpool Rd today too. It's really nice

Some lovely stuff their roly, what camera do you use if you don't mind my asking?

Some lovely stuff their roly, what camera do you use if you don't mind my asking?

An Olympus C725UZ, it's ok but the focus is a bit dodgy on it IMO and there's a bit too much purple fringing for my liking but that could be something I'm doing wrong???. Didn't I see you on another thread enquiring about a Canon350D or something like it? I'd go for that if I was you it pisses all over mine, different league. Wish I had a better cam to be honest but can't afford it right now, the pics would be so much better though.

Some lovely stuff their roly, what camera do you use if you don't mind my asking?

If you ever want to know what camera someone is using and they are not as nice as Roly to tell you, just check the EXIF data in the picture file.

That's if they haven't modified it. ;)

It also can be a great help if you see a fantastic photo, as the EXIF data normally stores what settings were on the camera at the time the picture was taken, type of flash, etc.

Some great pics over the last few pages. Playing Catch-up :)

An Olympus C725UZ I use an Ixus 750 its mint... but you get great pix out of that Olympus roly.... maybe a bit of photoshop?

.... maybe a bit of photoshop?

Definitely!

Desaturation/Unsharp Mask/Levels/Contrast/Resize.

Even pro's use PS to get em right, I just get em as good as I can. :)

...I just get em as good as I can. :)

Just teasing you roly, they look great honestly x

PM b4mmy!

PM b4mmy!

Back at ya! Hope it helps.

Fantastic pictures Roly.

Not to be rude and intrude onto your thread - but i've collated some of my random manchester photos into a thread. Have a gander if you want to :)

Click Here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=340361)

^^ aww KIDS!!

It's not MY THREAD!

It's for any random pics of Manchester, please ANYONE add as many as you like the more the better.

You're pics are absolutely superb, the "Autumn" pic with Beetham is wicked.

River Irwell in the city centre
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top pics, love the first one, thanks cenric

thanks roly.
I thought I knew Manchester well, but in all the years I've been visiting the city I'd never seen the river until yesterday, when I was looking round the Spinningfields development (which looks like it's going to be superb when it's finished).

Nice pics, centric. Looks almost clean enough to swim in. :p

I felt like photographing the nice buildings on kind street today.

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Gotta love that variation /\

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These two have that parasian look /\/

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Pointy roof, bit dutch. Still not fixed that crack.

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Very regal.

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Love that blue. New Orleans.

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Un-typical styles for Manc.

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nice

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Police st.

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Love that view.

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Kind St?

Top pics Kids, King St has some amazing buildings

Surprising how little King St is photographed these days - especially the lower section.

Thanks for those.

Kind St?

Top pics Kids, King St has some amazing buildings

lol, oops, king street of course.

Surprising how little King St is photographed these days - especially the lower section.

yes, i've always found it hard to find images of King street on the web, which was another reason to photograph it. For future use.

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I absolutely LOVE The Central Library, one of the finest buildings in the UK imo

top pics BG as usual

Taken today.

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that no1 shot is superb jerb

Nice pics, like the one with CIS and Shudehill together.

Some randomness today

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nice pics roly!

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Come on kev - 'fess up!
Where did you take this one from - been hiring cherry pickers?
I cant work out your vantage point at all on this one.

Come on kev - 'fess up!
Where did you take this one from - been hiring cherry pickers?
I cant work out your vantage point at all on this one.

GMEX tram stop - Bury/Piccadilly bound platform.

^^ thought your name was Chris

yeah Longford as he say's GMex tram platform. It's been done by a few people before that shot.

Welcome back CAW , hows it going fella ?


Top pics Roly.

^^ thought your name was Chris

yeah Longford as he say's GMex tram platform. It's been done by a few people before that shot.

Ah - yes i have heard of these tram things - i believe the working people use them. I think i may have spotted one from my carriage when Lady Longford and I dine in town.
I must use one one day and see the marvellous view that young Mr Bling has captured with his magical picture making machine.

Young Mr Bling? I'm older than you :)

The cis tower solar clading looks great, are they planning to do anything else with the rest of the tower???

Taken today.


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Great pic, isn't chapel wharf going to be down here?

Yes. Just in front of the edge buildings :wink2:

For one of our esteemed contributors

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Feel free to photoshop the forbidden signs at the bottom to better reflect his tastes

Thanks for 'shout out' DJ - i dont ride horses or motorbikes, hate golf (sorry b18mmy!), dont drink, despise littering and haven't pooed on the floor for nearly 34 years now so they should let me in i think.
I am, if course, named after the cinema and not the park but the cinema was named after the park which was named after the hall which was named after the man (the original Longford if you like) if you get my drift.
Nice park as it is with a 'petting zoo' for the kiddywinks (and i dont mean that in the Gary Glitter sense).

No Trafford Councillors?

No Trafford Councillors?

The problem with my suggestion is how do you do this as a silhouette in a red circle.

Best I could come up with

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I'm sure there was thread for Rylands Library but I couldn't find it so I'll chuck this in here. Looking good or what!

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:eek: Fantastic building.
This is the first time I have seen it without scaffold covers on.

Rylands detail:

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nice pics BG!

Longshanks has inspired me to get some nice sky photos, so this is Bowdon near our house at about 9.30pm this evening. (It's one shot, with a bit of dodging in the foreground thats all).


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That's bloody brilliant b4mmy!






(...but where's this dogging in the foreground?)

(...but where's this dogging in the foreground?)

ha ha!! They fucked off and hid in the bushes. I'm sure i saw stan collymore earlier... ;)

Did you go and join in.

Rylands detail:

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Hey Bammy, reckon you could do a photo realistic CGI of a building with this detail, should architectural styles revive it?

I bloomin 'ate the Rylands building!
Flatten it!

Was a nice night tonight wasnt it bf-14mmy? Baby bathing duties prevented a field trip though.

German Market in Albert Square-Today

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Some other random Manc stuff today

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I wish they'd open this door more often. Preferably when the light's better and I've got a proper camera on me, but this was the best I could do with the view today:
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Top pics - love the Albert Square - why go to Germany to watch the footie when you can bring Germany here!

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some great pics there BG, I like the one of the fountain

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some great pics there BG, I like the one of the fountain

Ta mate - a little kid asked me what I was doing down there when I took that one!

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A few pics from absolutely hundreds that I've taken over the last few months in and around the city:

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Here's another ten - more recent this time - featuring the Dutch Market in St Ann's Square, an amazing street theatre show at Castlefield Arena and the BBC Springwatch roadshow in Exchange Square with loads of animals and owls.....

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Awesome, Martin- thanks for sharing.

A few pics from absolutely hundreds that I've taken over the last few months in and around the city:


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1188066/P6020024.JPG

:applause:

Adoring this panoramic Marty:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1188066/P6020012.jpg

Hard to believe these (GN & Beetham) were not once part of the city - wouldn't now be the same without them - settled in well like a new kid in school with a full World Cup 2006 Panini sticker book.
Has the Dutch market shifted now? Is the German market back in town?

Wonderful fella.

:applause:


I have a friend who moved into one of those new apartments on the right last October. See pic below:

http://tinypic.com/125kiso.jpg

A few of us were gathered there last Saturday actually having a little soiree before catching that amazing open air show at Castlefield later that evening. I also took this panoramic picture (below) from her balcony. Cool place to live if you can afford it (£225,000 upwards).

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1188066/P6020027x.jpg

Adoring this panoramic Marty:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-6/1188066/P6020012.jpg

Hard to believe these (GN & Beetham) were not once part of the city - wouldn't now be the same without them - settled in well like a new kid in school with a full World Cup 2006 Panini sticker book.
Has the Dutch market shifted now? Is the German market back in town?

Wonderful fella.


Yep - the Cloggies have moved on and the Bratwurst Chompin' Beer Monsters have returned, donned their Lederhosen and are tootling and parping for all they're worth - quite apt considering the footie-themed circumstances right now. :)

A virtual tenner for the first person to guess where this is...

Warning-It's not easy.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/09-06-1.jpg

cis?

Nah they don't look like solar panels to me, lol.. no matter how close up..

Well, Was gonna say the base of beetham, but you wouldn't get that close to it with it still being fenced off.. so it can't be somet thats still under construction, but I'm completely lost on what or where to guess at..If fact looking a the join I wouldn't even say (or maybe I'm just tryin to be clever and missing the point completely) that this is a vertical plane.. and that infact its a picture of a horizontal surface?? Flooring perhaps? Or am I not even close? lol... But then again it looks to clean a surface for something that is being walked over all day, Unless its at Salford Quays where it might not have so much traffic going over it?

So my guess is its ....some public space at the Quays? Or even Picadilly Gardens, if there is an area with that surface there, lol... Lol... I know am way off the point but its a guess..

you're not way off, it's not a vertical surface I've rotated it, but your locations are way off, think outside the box boys.

AMPPS building?

Is it in the conference quarter?

I don't think it was fair to set this challenge, I don't think anyone will get it, It's not in town...shame on me for not mentioning that

Is it the 'wall' in Hulme park?

no but it is a wall

It's the lowry...is it?

no, its the side wall of B&Q up Cheetham Hill Rd. Tenner goes to me!

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/boe0010f.jpg

WARNING- Do not copy this image in any way or attampt to use it as legal tender.

A virtual tenner for the first person to guess where this is...

Warning-It's not easy.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/09-06-1.jpg


Wow! If you scroll this image up or down very quickly it does funny things to your eyes! You should try it...... It's brilliant! Don't fall off your chair though! :D

Aceeeeeed ,, you got any pills Mart :)

It's SOOOOOOOO addictively hypnotic - I keep doing it all the time! It's as good as being off yer face down on the dancefloor, innit?? :lol:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/SALFORDLADSTRAM06.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/BEETHAM-GMEX-06.jpg

Great pics guys. Rolybling were you within a millisecond of getting hit by that tram or what? lol ;)

Great pics guys. Rolybling were you within a millisecond of getting hit by that tram or what? lol ;)
Nah, I was on the pavement :)

The magnificent Manchester Town Hall

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall2.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall3.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall8.jpg


http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall4.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall5.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/townhallbw.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall7.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall9.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/manchestertownhall10.jpg

here are some mobile phone pictures from saturday:


never seen cross st like this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image157.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image158.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image159.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image160.jpg

and a woman cooling off on canal st
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image161.jpg

and me with a home grown celeb
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image163.jpg

god those are sharp for a mobile phone..that black guy looks like he needs a good slapping! :)

Oh my gosh...that woman has got to be mad...how dirty is that canal, come on now!
Is he that comedian that was on that channel 4 comedy thing not so long ago?
Good pics anyway.

Nice pics, looked like it was heaving on Saturday. There are rumours they may be not showing the football on the BBC Big Screens after trouble in London and Liverpool.

Great pic in todays MEN showing the huge crowd gathered in Exchange Square on Saturday. 10,000 people apparently.

It was great when on saturday, when they cut to Manchester whilst england were on. Heaving!

I've just been looking through pictures of Birmingham, on the brummie thread. Such a releif to be sifting through the Manchester alternatives. We kick their arse really...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/Image158.jpg

Beau...

http://thehoddlegrid.net/gallery/d/395-2/manchester1.jpg

A few random pics taken on Sunny Sunday (sorry I know a few of the pics have already been taken before, but that's City Centre Manchester for you - so much choice ;) )

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Urbis.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/tram.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/tram1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/shudehill.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random11.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random10.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random9.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random8.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random7.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random6.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random5.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random4.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random3.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random2.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random1.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Gmex.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Midland.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/ParsonageGardens1.jpg
(never even knew Parsonage Gardens existed, until I bumped into it - small but cute)

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/ParsonageGardens.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/AlbertSq.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/ExchangeSq.jpg

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/CentralLibrary.jpg

Maravilloso :cheers:

Excellente.

Nice pics everyone.

Are they doing this piece of shit up?

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7/vertigoscraper/Random%20Pics/Random2.jpg


Cool pics by the way!

Quick scoot around the Quays today

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010015small-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010028small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010049small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010033small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010002small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010021small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010019small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010085small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010012small-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010096small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010052small.jpg

Wow some great pics on this thread. Thoroughly enjoyed looking through them! I have never visited Manchester City centre but it looks a great place! I have always had a soft spot for Manchester(not sure why, i like oasis so maybe them!). I hope Sheffield can develop like Manchester has done as it will be an awsome place. Still our trams looks way better;)

Wow some great pics on this thread. Thoroughly enjoyed looking through them! I have never visited Manchester City centre but it looks a great place! I have always had a soft spot for Manchester(not sure why, i like oasis so maybe them!). I hope Sheffield can develop like Manchester has done as it will be an awsome place. Still our trams looks way better;)

Agree about the trams.

Any news of any new trams for your lot? The ones in Sheffield have just been resprayed and done out inside etc.

Were getting our current network overhauled and a bunch of spangly new trams, which is nice. As for the expansion, well we should be expecting an announcment anytime soon. It's looking hopeful though. :)

Oh good!:)

Should be having some news on the expansion in and around Sheffield too, no news of yet though.

Nice pics! Can't wait to come back for a visit with friends in Manchester!!

Heres a trip around Manchester, Bury, Chester, proposed New Welsh Assembly at Llangollen, Hattersley, and Lower Broughton... if you have 5 minutes to spare.... enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQtoMEoxlKM

Street Lighting-New Islington style

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010021small-1.jpg

B of The Bang

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010008small.jpg

I'm gonna nick them two and claim them for my own!
Bootiful!
Did you have to photoshop out all the streetlights and crap to get a clear shot of the b of the Bang?
Two thumbs up from me and a gold star - go to the top of the class rolybailey.

Street Lighting-New Islington style

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010021small-1.jpg

B of The Bang

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010008small.jpg

Cooool! Iconic images!

I'm gonna nick them two and claim them for my own!
Bootiful!
Did you have to photoshop out all the streetlights and crap to get a clear shot of the b of the Bang?
Two thumbs up from me and a gold star - go to the top of the class rolybailey.
Yeah,that b of't bang pic had loads of shit near the bottom, just used the Healing Brush and Clone Stamp, bit of blur etc, Im happy with them. Thats the first time Ive seen those lights up close, strange looking but I like em.

You are as skilled with the photoshop as you are with the wheels of steel rolyclone!
Probably the best pic i have seen of the B (and ive seen a fair few - including one of my own!
http://flickr.com/photos/eddyrhead/136080421/in/set-72157594165646554/).

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/460/granadaep0.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4264/royalerx7.jpg

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/246/pillarsmu6.jpg

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/8366/townhallui4.jpg

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/889/flagif2.jpg

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/1549/plattbf7.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5213/librarybs4.jpg

I love how crisp all your images are BG..you can see all the detail on the arch on your last pic..Top stuff

Had a quick mince round the Urbis the other day

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010009small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010011small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010013small-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010007small-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010002small-1.jpg

What a glorious day...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9346001.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9373001.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9383001.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9385001.jpg

What a glorious day...



Wasn't it, and some glorious photos too :)

Thanks. Sat on the grass in Piccadilly Gardens while my lad ate his Burger King :bash: . There were some sights on view there - I didn't know where to look, though it certainly wasn't in the direction of that bloody wall!

Ha ha - ive been stuck indoors taking pictures of ladies frocks for a friends website today on possibly the best days photo weather of the year! Oh well - could think of worse jobs!

Were there ladies inside these frocks????

Sadly no - a very solid mannequin!
Although dressing and undressing it nearly a hundred times was midly erotic!
Tried to convince the client that her clothes would sell much better if they were on a couple of fit young dolly birds but she was having none of it!

Great pics guys ,, love that one of the library entrance BG :applause:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010011small.jpg

This one should be in the UDC dude. Spin it through 90 and send it Ric at Design Food, I reckon he might put you on his front page...

This one should be in the UDC dude. Spin it through 90 and send it Ric at Design Food, I reckon he might put you on his front page...

No! Send the street light one!
Sod it ! Send both!
I reckon the street light one will get on though IMO.

I'm off down Ancoats today with my Instamatic to rip off that shot myself and send it in anyway!

This one should be in the UDC dude. Spin it through 90 and send it Ric at Design Food, I reckon he might put you on his front page...
EH? Whats the UDC? Spin it through 90? b4mmy you're not making a lot of sense to me...I've already sent 2 pics to Design Food that should go up soon, but not this one or the street lights one

Nice pics Rolytrek.

longcotton - if you can persuede your clothes client about using 'live mannequins' then might I give you a hand with the knots etc...you know for efficiency sake - you still on for the 'backie' on the bike? I've installed one of those portable dvd machines on the back of my rucksack so you can watch war films whilst I pedal ferociously.

Looking down the river.

Don't forget Chapel Warf is to come as well.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture231.jpg

Just imagine if we could get rid of the Ramada Hotel and a new stunning/sympathetic(to the river and the existing buildings along it) building took it's place.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture230.jpg

View of No 1 Deansgate.(Ruined by the Ramada)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture229-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture232.jpg

not on the second one though :)

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/b4mmy/manchester/concord1.jpg


http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/b4mmy/manchester/concord2.jpg


.

I know its a cliche but the scrapping of Concorde is probably the first time since The Reformation that 'civilisation' has took a step backwards. What with all that is happening in the world it may just be a silly old plane but its the thin edge of the wedge IMO.
I remember a sunny day up at Turf Moor watching a dreary mid table slog and Concorde flew over and i'm sure even the players took a sneaky look up.
That planet never ceased to thrill .

....the scrapping of Concorde is probably the first time since The Reformation that 'civilisation' has took a step backwards......that and when they invented water beds...

Some great pics over the last few pages, cheers everyone ;)

Agreed - Scrapping the concorde was a most idiotic thing to do. Why couldn't they build new, more modern one's with a similiar design?

Some great pics over the last few pages, cheers everyone ;)

Agreed - Scrapping the concorde was a most idiotic thing to do. Why couldn't they build new, more modern one's with a similiar design?

They would - if only it would be profitable.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010050-1.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010029small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010005small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010039small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010092small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010071small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010136small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010078small.jpg

This picture sums up the new Manchester/city centre perfectly. :)

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010071small.jpg

This picture sums up the new Manchester/city centre perfectly. :)

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010071small.jpg
selfridges looks a little lonely without the big wheel though

this picture really speaks volumes about the sophistication and direction of things to come:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010039small.jpg

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010050-1.jpg
This one sums it up for me,vibrancy,cafe culture,great buildings.

Spot on pics roly :)

thanks ya'll :)

Yes, very nice pics. They should be palm trees in Exchange Square, given how bloody hot it has been lately.

First attempt at a night shot

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j159/rolybling2/P1010041small.jpg

"Use the white balance young Jedi and we will defeat the Dark Side"
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~j1jasina/Obi-Wan_Kenobi_&_Luke_Skywalker.jpg
:)

What do we need to do to the white balance Longford? I'm really interested. How does this help with night shots?

It makes white lights look white and not yellow on night shots

er..Longy can explain it in more detail than me

What do we need to do to the white balance Longford? I'm really interested. How does this help with night shots?

:) My implication was that rolyshutter had the correct white balance setting for that excellent photograph and that his journey to becoming a true jedi warrior must have been helped by a wise and powerful teacher!

In short, depending on the nature of the majority of light in the picture it is best to set your camera to the correct setting so a more 'natural' effect is achieved (if a natural effect is what you want!).

If the majority of the light is from normal light bulbs and the old fashioned orange street lights you need to set your camera to Tungsten which is usually a lightbulb in the WB menu. If there is lots Fluro or the newer sodium type street lights set it to Fluro which is a funny looking horizontal stick with beams coming out of each end. If its a mixture try it on the flash setting in WB.
Probably best to experiment because you rarely get one single type of light source outdoors nowadays and it all depends on the effect you want to create. Tungsten balanced looks more natural but some people think it too cold.
To demonstrate - two pictures at the same exposure:
Unbalanced
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/garybaldy/IMG_3113.jpg
Tungsten balanced:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/garybaldy/IMG_3114.jpg

Thanks guys - I'll have to do a bit of experimenting with the WB function. To be honest I only use the camera in the dark when I'm covering evening football matches. I suppose floodlights will be halogen? I'll see if I've a setting for that.

General stuff from our (damp) day out in Manchester this afternoon...
(sorry about the size issues??)

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9901.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9899.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9896.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9892a.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9890.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9888.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9887.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9886.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_9885.jpg

What lens you using there wide-fi?
I'm in the market for a new wide lens and from your pics it looks just about the right length i'm looking for.

It's a Sigma 17-35 f2.8-4 EX but it's the old non DG model. It's absolutely crap at focusing. I only ever use it on manual. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone - although it was cheap - £139. Is your D60 a 1.6 crop?

It was the focal length i was interested in to be honest (still getting my head around the difference between film and digital lenses because yes my D60 does have a crop) and thats the range i was looking at (but perhaps not in the Sigma though according to you!)

its all camera talk tonight hehe..btw longfellow what version of PS do you have?

I believe it's replacement (the DG model) is much better. You're better off getting an "L" series Canon lens. They're expensive (600 quid) but I know you can afford that.

7.0
I would like CS though because that has Photomerge (and other goodies) which i dont have and would reeeeeaaaaalllly like to have.

7.0
I would like CS though because that has Photomerge (and other goodies) which i dont have and would reeeeeaaaaalllly like to have.

Yep thats exactly what I was thinking of for your panoramic stuff and that pesky watermark the software you use now leaves. I use 7.0 too. You could stitch some shots together pretty well in 7.0 if your good with your tools and blending modes though, have you tried it?

Longy, did you not get Canon Photostitch on a CD with your camera? Works alright for me and it was free. I do all my pano's with it.

Yes i have tried doing it in PS and i was bobbins!
If you get any vignetting on your shots you are goosed really.
The photostich with my Canon only works with OS9.2 on Mac and i use OSX.
Ive downloaded one called Double Take which is shareware and only a tenner so i'm giving that a go and seems alright.
What do you think?
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/garybaldy/goose.jpg

looks good to me

Hmmmm - bit of a ghost tower block going on in the centre - 7/10 - sorry!

Yes i have tried doing it in PS and i was bobbins!
If you get any vignetting on your shots you are goosed really.
The photostich with my Canon only works with OS9.2 on Mac and i use OSX.
Ive downloaded one called Double Take which is shareware and only a tenner so i'm giving that a go and seems alright.
What do you think?
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/garybaldy/goose.jpg

I prefer the warts an all Hockney approach!
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e50/b4mmy/Liverpool/stpaulsbigwrap.jpg

Yes it does have a certain appeal doesnt it?
Did you do that one?
Loving it! Great vantage point. The Plaza?

I like the random diagonal one - class!

!!!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0330.jpgOoh arty!

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0331.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0336.jpg
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0358.jpg

And how could I forget this one

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a366/robinsonworld/HPIM0341.jpg

Going for the Pink pound or what?

I went to Manchester about 5 years ago, when I lived in England. I was impressed with it then and now it looks even more impressive with the new buildings and renovations. Manchester is a world class city in my opinion....it has everything - great shopping, beautiful architecture, great sporting facilities, probably the best transport infrastructure in the UK, tons of things to do, great restaurants and it's one of the most 'friendly' big cities in the world.

I enjoy reading the Manchester section of the forum as I'm always keen to see new photographs of the place.

Next time I come to the UK, I am flying into Manchester.

Be nice to have you nothingman.
Tell your friends!
You are always welcome in our fine city and if you want to do an exchange visit i'm sure some of us will be glad to put you up in return for a sunshine holiday in Miami!

Wowo, nice pics roly, good stuff High-Fi. Thanks to all you picture takers.

Yes it does have a certain appeal doesnt it?
Did you do that one?
Loving it! Great vantage point. The Plaza?

Yep. Top of No1 St Pauls (under construction), next door to the plaza tho... clever boy :)

Couple from the last few days

http://freake.demon.co.uk/sscpics/man151.jpg

http://freake.demon.co.uk/sscpics/man152.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture245-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v397/jrb041067/Picture121a.jpg

Aint it lovely? (Granada not the Renault Clio - although that is quite nice btw)

some great pics on this thread chaps, here are some that I took while out moochin mostly salford side of the river, its changed alot since I was around here last.
if ur not sure where somethin is, just ask.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/IMG_4252.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/IMG_4250.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/IMG_4245.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/c643fdc5.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/af4d44df.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/c43ed694.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/c79b2088.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/ec7a1214.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5651/random2fs0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3003/random4wr1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1764/random6yi8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1660/random10et7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Some great pics there chaps,thanks, @ chasedwar your next to last pic with CJC and Albert Bridge tower with the thundery looking sky is great.

Absolutely smashing photos on this thread. They make me want to visit Manchester right now and have a walk around taking photographs.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/c79b2088.jpg
Easily the best new build in the country, brilliant photos too...

more from me:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0258.jpg
the replica of the origional mancunium

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0286.jpg
density

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0298.jpg
the amazing town hall

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0333.jpg
crescents have left hulme just yet

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0328.jpg
bridge to no ware

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0285.jpg
this photo has turned out bad

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/golddigga19/IMGP0302.jpg
exchange sp

nice work GD, looks like you went almost everywhere I went today, I thought I felt a dark mysterious presence over my shoulder at one point.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d102/chasedwar/IMG_4245.jpg

Nice ensemble...

Some pics to cheer everyone up

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7098/random1xm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/5007/random2hb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The beautiful Hotel Piccadilly.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3800/random3id0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7066/random4wb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
An urban flower

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4760/random5fz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2938/random6pg3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2295/random7ze1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Portland Tower, Manchester's most exciting wall!

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/723/random8cp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Albert Square during a rare moment of 'sunshine'

:eek2:
Choice of background music: The Sound, The Cure, Throwing Muses. It's interesting to see what effect music can have on the choice of photo subjects.

genius!

Shame all that bare concrete is so dirty and uncared for. If it was clean at least, or better still something spanking shiny gleaming, them pictures would be so much better. Hey, Portland looks neat. That side of it has something of CJC about it.

Some random stuff from today...

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_2208.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_2218.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_2220.jpg

nice work Hi-Fidelity you've captured the bridge nicely in that second pic imo

nice work Hi-Fidelity you've captured the bridge nicely in that second pic imo

Thanks Roly, the curves make it look like a sleek yacht cutting through the ocean. In hindsight I should have waited for the chunk to move his fat ass off the bridge before I pulled the trigger?

No it looks better with someone in the picture