Dynamic Photographic

2011-06-22T01:59:00.001-07:00

My website is now live so for continual updates please visit:
http://www.dynamicphotographic.co.uk/

2011-05-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

"[Pyestock was] the oldest, continuously operating, gas turbine research community in the world"
The photographs of Pyestock NGTE are a continuation of the current theme of "Forgotten"

Pyestock, the former National Gas Turbine Establishment, located in Farnborough, UK. Conceived in the build up to World War Two, and realised in the post-war paranoia of the opening virtual salvos of the cold war, Pyestock was one of a number of top-secret sites which would bolster the UK’s standing during the austere 1950s; and become a vital component of the White Heat of Technology in the twitchy 1960s.

It was arguably the world's leading research facility into the research and design of gas turbines (or jet engines). "V" bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were designed and refined in its custom test facilities; the air plant and custom cells could fly a Concorde engine at Mach 2 from the safety of the ground; all the gas turbines used by the Navy were put through harsh, enduring sea-worthiness tests; and the hush-hush top-secret captured Soviet engines were discretely tested for performance and reverse engineered.

By the turn of the new millennium, the world had changed. The theory behind the technology was well understood and tests could be simulated on computer rather than physically run in power-hungry, resource-sapping testing cells. Personnel gradually moved to new facilities and Pyestock slowly emptied and eventually stood down.

(The above information is from the site compiled by Simon Cornwell and has been used unofficially but with the same aim.
Sites like Pyestock should be photographed and as much information gathered before they disappear and become forgotten forever)
More information is available from:
http://www.ngte.co.uk/home.htm

IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE AS MUCH CARE IN ABANDONED SITES AS POSSIBLE, WITH THIS IN MIND THE PHOTOGRAPHS SEEN ON THIS BLOG OR ANY OTHER SITE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BLOG ARE FOR REFERENCE ONLY AND IN NO WAY ENCOURAGE TRESPASS ON OR IN SUCH ABANDONED SITES OR BUILDINGS.

2011-04-27T05:36:00.000-07:00

This is a selection of pictures from a previous project i was working on called:
"FORGOTTEN"
A majority of the previous pictures were tilt shifted but steering away from that technique and still sticking with the signiture HDR...Enjoy.

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I have been creating HDR photographs for a few years and i have developed some interesting presets that are available for Photomatix 3.0 if you email a request.
Now with the new addition to my kit bag of a ND110/ND3.0 filter I'm hoping to take it to the next level.

To take a photograph and freeze frame time is one thing but to capture time as it passes is a new interest for me. With the use of a ND3.0 filter it is possible to expose as long as 3 - 4 minutes on a good day.
With the edge of 32bit colour depths I hope to add a new dimension to HDR photography.

The photographs in my blog are not in any particular order so please have a good browse.

All images are available on high quality photo paper or canvas up to 42".

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Now with the use of a ND 110 / ND 3.0 filter the camera can be slowed down by up to 10 stops.
This is the result of a days outing to Reculver in kent to use the filter for the first time.
I hope you enjoy the result as much as me.

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