[tryingtimes]

While at Formby Point with my family on Friday, I was looking at the map to find the best way home. I noticed that Crosby Beach was only 5 miles down the coast and remembered it had the Antony Gormley Sculpture there.
So off we popped at about 6:30pm for a quick look.
We ended up leaving at about 8:30!
Fascinating work (I'm a fan anyway), and also a good photographic subject.

I was mainly trying to use the long end of the Sigma 70-300 to try and compress multiple sculptures into one shot, but it was such a strong directional light it was still a real challenge. Trying not to get the car park, houses, people in the shots was also really tricky.
Thanks to the flexibility of RAW, I also had a happy accident when I over-exposed.

I really enjoyed myself - apart from when my foot got stuck in the quicksand! Heed the warnings.

Anyway - the photos - in the order I took them I think.

#1 - the happy accident (had to put in the sky from another exposure).

1/200 f/8 ISO 1600 (by mistake!) 27mm (kit lens)

#2

1/2000 f/3.5 ISO 100 50mm (Prime f/1.8)

#3

1/4000 f/7.1 ISO 100 81mm (Sigma APO 70-300)

#4

1/500 f/25 ISO 800 238mm (Sigma APO 70-300)

PP - Sky from different shot in the first one. Bit of cloning in the last one. USM in #2. Then just curves/levels/type stuff. Oh and levelling of horizons!

Hope you enjoy - comments welcome.

[Gadget Daddy]

i like them very striking shots

Pete

[Geordie Jester]

Some nice shots there.

I think the last one is the best. Would be better maybe in better colour of sky to silhoette against. Obviously though you can't control the elements !

[stevegreen]

Definitely the last one for me, really nicely composed as both subjects have lots of space to look into

[denno75uk]

#3 is a nice take on it. There's alot of shots of them on the Flickr Liverpool group and this one of yours holds up nicely. #4 is a good composition that, as Jester says, would have looked sound with a sunset background but I'm guessing it's to do with the orientation.
I've been meaning to go and see them for myself but always seem to run out of time when I'm that way visiting family. I've promised myself a couple of days in the 'pool with the camera soon.

[tryingtimes]

Originally Posted by Geordie Jester

I think the last one is the best. Would be better maybe in better colour of sky to silhoette against. Obviously though you can't control the elements !

Originally Posted by denno75uk

as Jester says, would have looked sound with a sunset background but I'm guessing it's to do with the orientation.

Yes, I imagine that another half to an hour and I may have had better light, but my kids were already way past it as it was. They're all pointing WSW afict.

[tryingtimes]

Just done a search on Flickr for "Gormley Another" sorted by interestingness. Hmmm - I've obviously got some room for improvement

[tryingtimes]

A couple more - this time with more processing.

#5

#6