Printing of Best Pics from Margate

 - The Abandoned Beach: Margate was once great and packed with people who were on their holidays, or just on a day out/stroll. Now the beach is abandoned and lifeless.

Final Print

I'm really pleased with this image. I love the colours. - They're really bright and fresh, which makes this beach look as if it has potential.

'Dreamland': Apart from its packed, fun-filled beach, Margate was well known for having a 'Dreamland' arcade and play center for kids of various ages. I wanted to document the drastic change of the well-known Margate town, and what a shame and a waste it is, that it is now abandoned and run down.

F.22. 5 sec step. 70M / 80Y.

5 sec. 70M / 80Y. - Too Cyan.

5 sec. 50M / 60Y. - Far too dark.

Due to the image being too dark, I changed the aperture to F.32. 

F.32. 10 and 5 sec step on 50M / 60Y.

Final Print - F.32, 5 sec.

Closed Shops: The main strip of the high street along the beach front used to have loads of shops. These shops used to be busy and full of people. Due to the dramatic and disastrous change to this town, this is the result.

 F.22. 5, 10, 15 step. 70M / 80Y. - Too Cyan.

5 sec. 50M / 60Y. - Too dark & slightly too cyan. 

5 sec. 45M / 50Y. - Too dark & slightly Magenta.

By being too dark I changed the aperture to F.32 again. This is a 5, 6, 7, 8 step.

Final Print - F.32, 6 sec.

Graffiti: I wanted to capture this main graffiti marked area, which is also along the sea front, to show the gradual deterioration of this town. 

 F.32. 60M / 70Y. 5, 10, 15 step. - Slightly too Cyan.

10 secs. 55M / 75Y.

5 secs. 50M / 70Y. - Very slightly too yellow.

5 secs. 47M / 67Y.

Final Print

Overall, I'm pleased with these image and the colours, although if I had the time to re-print and play around with the colours with the above image in particular, I would see if i could get a slightly darker and detailed sky, so it doesn't look like a plain, near enough white square within the image.