Photowalk 63, Gosport Harbour-Front

I had the car yesterday afternoon, so I thought I'd return to the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour, to take some more photographs of the Spinnaker Tower, and maybe the tall flats that are there too.

As it turned out I wasn't really happy of any of the shots across the harbour, but I quite liked a few others, so here they are...

Harbour View Flats.

Dominating the skyline on my side of the harbour are the tallest buildings in Gosport, I think they're called Harbour View Towers. I took quite a few different photographs with my Fujifilm S5700 / S700, up close, from a distance, abstracts, etc, but I wasn't very happy with most of them.

Being so tall, obviously there was lots of perspective distortion in the shots I took of the buildings, but I think I wasn't happy with them because of the extreme difference in light. The Sun was shinning directly on the light-coloured walls, making exposure tricky - perhaps I need to return earlier or later in the day.

The above was taken from as far away as I could get without other stuff getting in the way. I was standing at the far end of the board-walk than extends around the Marina. I zoomed in, to flatten the image, reduce destortion, and so that the buildings appeared closer together than they actually were, then braced myself against the wind to try and get a steady shot.

Marina Pier Board-Walk.

Just a grab shot as I was walking along the board-walk, taken with the camera at hip level as I passed a young family braving the Winter cold.

Atomic Clock, Towards Holy Trinity Church

Another test shot really - its an interesting location, but I need to take a bit more time and work out a better angle.

Thanks for looking, see you on Flickr!

Cheers, Rob.