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National Glass Museum, Sunderland. |
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The National Glass Centre is a cultural and educational resource housed in a spectacular glass and steel building with panoramic views over the River Wear. Over 100,000 visitors from all over the UK and beyond visit the National Glass Centre every year. Housed in an innovative glass-roofed building on the north bank of the Wear, the National Glass Centre is a fascinating experience for visitors of all ages. Like a lot of modern museums, the buildings themselves are as interesting as the contents. |
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Top Left image - I used a wide angle lens (14mm) to exaggerate the perspective and angles of the building, as I was impressed with the hard edges and angles of the building. The right angled construction at the top of this photo is a glass bottomed pedestrian walkway, where you can get a very unusual view of people below. Canon 30D, Sigma 10-20mm lens. |
Top Right Image - The same view point and same lens taken a year later. This time I experimented with a technique called HDR, in which I took three images at different exposures, then merged the three in a dedicated software package. The software ensures that the best parts of each exposure is used so that the highlights are not 'blown out' and the shadows are not 'blocked'. The full tonal range of the image is captures and displayed in the one image. |
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Third image - '7 up'. This is a view of the glass bottomed pedestrian walkway on the roof of the building. I liked the shape as it looked like the number 7 - I then waited for some people to walk across it and was lucky that seven appeared at once. Canon 30D, Canon 17 - 85mm lens.
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