{"id":10512,"date":"2018-11-28T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10512"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:41:43","slug":"its-grim-up-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/its-grim-up-north\/%20","title":{"rendered":"It’s Grim Up North"},"content":{"rendered":"

Give me grey and day<\/h1>\n

There’s nothing more boring than a blue sky to us photographers! <\/p>\n

So when we got this dramatic sky all day on my last trip to the northeast, it really was a gift. <\/p>\n

Pinnacle Bridge, Sunderland<\/h2>\n

First off we went south to see the new bridge in Sunderland. It’s the tallest thing in town and really is pretty huge – you can easily see it from the A19 as you pass the city. <\/p>\n

These are all taken with the 5DIV and the 24mTS-e mark 2 with a polariser. <\/p>\n

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Penshaw Monument<\/h2>\n

Just upstream a few miles on the Wear, the Parthenon inspired monument stands on a hill looking over the A1 and A19. <\/p>\n

It was a windy day, but when you walked up to the monument, it was blowing a gale! <\/p>\n

The best shots were these with the 24mm TS lens, vertical panoramic shots to keep everything nice and square. <\/p>\n

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This shot is close up with a 16mm lens and 10-stop filter to get the smooth clouds. <\/p>\n

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South Shields<\/h2>\n

As we headed north, we went to the mouth of the Tyne to get a few shots of the harbour – the south side is called South Shields. <\/p>\n

There is a big red lighthouse type thing on the harbourside which is pretty cool, and the view over to the North Shields Fish Quay was pretty cool with a 10-Stop filter on.<\/p>\n

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Sunset at Blyth<\/h2>\n

Not the most famous Northumberland town by a long stretch, but it’s got a couple of great beach hut terraces which always photograph well. There are also views down the coast to St Mary’s Lighthouse.<\/p>\n

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Light Painting the Huts<\/h2>\n

And to finish the day off we did a very quick bit of light painting whilst there was still texture in the sky… <\/p>\n

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As you can see, it really is grim up north – but pretty cool to photograph!<\/p>\n