Comments on: The Minton Floor and inside St Georges Hall

By: Inside St Georges Hall // Vanilla Days: A Liverpool Photoblog

Inside St Georges Hall // Vanilla Days: A Liverpool Photoblog — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:15:29 +0000

[...] funny really. You can go back to the 2007 versions and they still look different. Still HDR but different processing. I don't know if I'll ever get [...]

By: Eoin

Eoin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:29:57 +0000

After visiting this building Im amazed at how well you took youre pictures

By: Vanilla Days : Inside St Georges Hall with the minton floor

Vanilla Days : Inside St Georges Hall with the minton floor — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:13:14 +0000

[...] So nearly 2 years after shooting this its re-opened and I popped by to see if taking a tripod and a D700 made a difference. The picture is, imho, much better. Whether thats down to the tripod allowing for lower ISO, having a better camera or being a more experienced photographer I don’t know.  Its so tough to shoot in here, for me the complete perfections. There are two different colour temperatures lighting the place. The HDR processing really brought this out in areas. Some spots were very over saturated so I added a contrasting colour tone to fix it.  I think shooting 7 exposures bracketed 1 stop apart is also helping in some respects. Maybe… Its hard to really say. You can see the original attempts here. [...]

By: John

John — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:55:48 +0000

How many exposure shots did you take for each picture in order to produce the indoor HDR effect. Can you do it with 3 or do you have to take more than that because it is indoors. Thanks.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:04:34 +0000

That first one really rocks. This is an extremely good use of HDR – They are very high impact, yet truly believable. Colors seem OK to me by the way. Great work.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:51:24 +0000

Adam – the floor is covered up most of the time precisely because it is so ornate. The outside has worn away over time where people have walked; the centre (when unveiled) looks like new still.

I understand just what a nightmare that mixed lighting is! I took some pictures there myself this week, and have done so in the past when the floor was previously shown. Electric light mixed with daylight streaming in makes for a nightmare!

By: ST8

ST8 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:08:54 +0000

Pete the first two are absolutly stunning! Nice work mate

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:08:02 +0000

It looks like an amazing building – well captured! Why is the floor covered up for most of the time?

By: laetitia

laetitia — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:30:39 +0000

I’ve been to England quite a few times but never to Liverpool. I’ve been meaning to visit, the reason mainly being as I love reading books by Catherine Cookson and now your photos has made me certain I want to be there someday, soon I hope.