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Blyth Beach Minimalistic ND8 "Explore July 17th"

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:00:27 -0700

Made Explore #479 July17
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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure1.6
Aperturef/36.0
Focal Length55 mm
ISO Speed100
ND 8

Trying To Catch the Stars

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:17:07 -0800

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Self teaching lesson in trying to catch the stars. Looking NE from St Marys Island out to the North Sea
Some great information given from www.anitanicholsonphotography.co.uk and has come in very useful,
Star Map Guide "Stellarium"

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure15
Aperturef/4.0
Focal Length10 mm
ISO Speed1600
Lens Tamron 10-24

Blyth Pier

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:56:13 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperturef/22.0
Focal Length10 mm
ISO Speed100
Lens Tamron 10-24

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nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:10:30 -0800

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Courtesy of Wikipedia
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne in England between Gateshead's Quays arts quarter on the south bank, and the Quayside of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank. The award-winning structure was conceived and designed by architects Wilkinson Eyre and structural engineers Gifford. The bridge is sometimes referred to as the 'Blinking Eye Bridge or the 'Winking Eye Bridge due to its shape and its tilting method. In terms of height, the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is slightly shorter than the neighbouring Tyne Bridge, and stands as the sixteenth tallest structure in the city. The chief architect of this bridge is Santiago Calatrava, overseen by his brother Miguel Hernández Calatrava. The project was chosen from over 150 proposals.
The Sage Gateshead contains three performance spaces; a 1,700-seater, a 400-seater and a smaller rehearsal and performance hall, the Northern Rock Foundation Hall. The rest of the building was designed around these three spaces to allow for maximum attention to detail in their acoustic properties. Structurally it is three separate buildings, insulated from each other to prevent noise and vibration travelling between them. The gaps between them may be seen as one walks around inside. A special 'spongy' concrete mix was used in the construction, with a higher-than-usual air capacity to improve the acoustic. These three buildings are enclosed (but not touched) by the now-famous glass and steel shell. Hall One was intended as an acoustically perfect space, modelled on the renowned Musikverein in Vienna. Its ceiling panels may be raised and lowered and curtains drawn across the ribbed wooden side walls, changing the sound profile of the room to suit any type of music. Hall Two is a smaller venue, possibly the world's only ten-sided performance space. The building's concourse was designed to be used for informal music-making. Below the concourse level is the Music Education Centre, where workshops, community music courses and day-to-day instrumental teaching takes place.
The building is open to the public throughout the day. Visitors can see rehearsals, sound checks and workshops in progress. It has five bars, a brassiere, the "Sir Michael Straker Café", and "The Barbour Room" – a multi-purpose function room which holds around 200 people. There is also "Explore Music": a technologically well-equipped musical branch of Gateshead public library, stocking books, and current magazines covering all aspects of music, a CD library with listening posts, and computers with free internet access, subscriptions to music websites, and music software.

Gateshead Millennium Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:07:16 -0800

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St Marys Lighthouse from Blyth Northumberland beach at sunrise 18-03-11

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:47:17 -0700

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St Mary’s Lighthouse at sunrise

CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.2 sec (1/5)
Aperturef/16.0
Focal Length46 mm
ISO Speed100

St Marys Lighthouse from Blyth Northumberland beach at sunrise 18-03-11

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:16:37 -0700

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St Mary’s Lighthouse at sunrise

CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.8
Aperturef/16.0
Focal Length55 mm
ISO Speed100

Blyth Northumberland beach huts at sunrise 18-03-11

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:16:59 -0700

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Beach huts at sunrise

CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.167 sec (1/6)
Aperturef/16.0
Focal Length24 mm
ISO Speed100

Blyth pier "Explore July 18th"

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:13:39 -0700

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Made Explore #479 July19 2012

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperturef/11.0
Focal Length10 mm
ISO Speed100

Trying To Catch the Stars

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:42:40 -0800

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Self teaching lesson in trying to catch the stars.
Lookin along Blyth beach towards the windmills
Star Map Guide "Stellarium"

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure30
Aperturef/10.0
Focal Length10 mm
ISO Speed1600
Lens Tamron 10-24

Blyth Wind Turbine

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:06:44 -0800

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Silhouetted

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:09:26 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperturef/5.0
Focal Length18 mm
ISO Speed100

Blyth wind farm

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:51:40 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperturef/5.6
Focal Length23 mm
ISO Speed100

Blyth harbour windmill

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:51:13 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperturef/5.6
Focal Length20 mm
ISO Speed100

Moored up at Seaton Sluice

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:45:20 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperturef/5.0
Focal Length33 mm
ISO Speed100

B&W1

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:44:14 -0800

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The Tyne Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson who based their design on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York (which was completed in 1916). The bridge was completed on 25 February 1928 and opened on 10 October by King George V and Queen Mary, who were the first to use the roadway travelling in their Ascot landau. The Tyne Bridge's towers were built of Cornish granite and were designed as warehouses with five storeys. However, the inner floors of the warehouses in the bridge's towers were not completed and, as a result, the storage areas were never used. Lifts for passengers and goods were built in the towers to provide access to the Quayside although they are no longer in use. The bridge was originally painted green with special paint made by J. Dampney Co. of Gateshead. The same colours were used to paint the bridge in 2000. The bridge spans 531 feet (162 m) and the road deck is 84 feet (26 m) above the river level

Tyne Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:44:40 -0800

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Walk along the Quay

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:45:08 -0800

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Moonlight River Blyth (First attempt at night)

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:49:23 -0800

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure1.3
Aperturef/4.5
Focal Length32 mm
ISO Speed1600

Blyth Harbour

nobody@flickr.com (Graeme Darbyshire) — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:01:34 -0700

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CameraCanon EOS 1000D
Exposure0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperturef/13.0
Focal Length300 mm
ISO Speed400