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Clarence Dock (New Dock), West Yorkshire, England

Decided to head over to Leeds yesterday, had a bit of free time and not been out with my camera in a while. Although the weather was great for LE work, the sun was really harsh and bright which made it a little challenging to get some decent LE images but this was the best of the bunch I took.

Ideally I should shoot either in the Winter or first thing or last thing at night to get the best out of LE photography but I am happy with this cityscape image. This is Clarence Dock or now known as New Dock, a name that I really don't like, why change it when it doesn't need changing. For those who don't know Clarence Dock its an area of regeneration, its Leeds version of the London Docklands and they have done a fairly good job of it. All these buildings all surround the Royal Armouries.

Anyway, this is a 12 minute exposure with my new Formatt IRND filters. To achieve 12 minutes I stacked my 10 and 6 stop filters to achieve 16 stops, something that I haven't mastered until now, either being underexposed or overexposed with the final image.

I really enjoyed walking around here, nice and peaceful however this was disturbed by a cleaner and security guard. The cleaner walked past me as I took this image to then in the distance to get straight on his radio and report me to his superiors, he wasn't very discrete and then few minutes later, you guessed it a security guard came along asking me what I was doing. I know he's doing his job but if the owners of Clarence Dock don't want photographers taking photos, they really need to put signs up saying no to it. Big thumbs down to Clarence Dock!

Photo Details
Sony Alpha SLT-A99 / ISO100 / f/5.6 / 721s / Sony Carl Zeiss 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM @ 16mm

Software Used
Lightroom 5
Silver Efex Pro 2

Location Information
New Dock (formerly Clarence Dock) is a mixed development with retail, office and leisure presence in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has large residential population in waterside apartments.

New Dock was developed as a £250 million mixed-use development between 2001 and 2007 by the River Aire next to the Royal Armouries Museum which faces onto Armouries Square. New Dock's main shopping street, 'The Boulevard' radiates southbound from Armouries Square. Another focal point is 'The Anchorage' at the top of the dock. The development opened officially in late 2007. The retail and leisure sector was launched on Saturday 11 October 2008 with fashion shows from celebrity fashion consultant and TV presenter Gok Wan. New Dock now attracts around 1.5 million visitors a year [1] although most of these are due to the proximity of the Royal Armouries Museum. New Dock has experienced a turbulent time since launch and is largely viewed as a failure in terms of achieving its initial vision.

Clarence House is a 218-foot (66 m) tower containing 227 apartments and six retail units. On completion in April 2007, it became the eighth tallest building in Leeds but is now the twelfth tallest building.

New Dock plays host to an annual Waterfront Festival each June with Dragon Boat Racing centred around Armouries Square.

Clarence Dock was reverted to the name New Dock in mid-2012 by Leeds City Council after the development failed in its rebranding aims when it was built from a brownfield site.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Dock_(Leeds)

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Leeds / Cavalier Hill (show map)

Taken on: July 9, 2014

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Sets appears in: • City and Architecture IV • Long Exposures

Camera: Sony SLT-A99V, f/5.6, 721 sec, 16mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A99V
Lens:	16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	721
Focal Length:	16mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Macintosh)
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