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Standing next to Gansey Pottery and looking over Gansey Bay / Beach on a cold but sunny winters afternoon.
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Tone Mapped in Dynamic Photo HDR 5.
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I have today 30th January 2012 added this new section for my new interest in HDR Digital Photography.
If you like the Isle of Man HDR images you see leave a comment 
Couldn’t resist capturing this image of St Marks Church this afternoon, it was sunny but so very icy out, Brrrrr……
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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Standing next to Gansey Pottery and looking over Gansey Bay / Beach on a cold but sunny winters afternoon.
The image were captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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Just playing around with a new High Dynamic Range (HDR) photo programme and this is my first feeble attempt!!
Both of the below images were captured as single images as opposed to a bracketed 3 images which is normal in HDR photography.
Both images were captured late afternoon and show Port St Mary inner Harbour at low tide.
The images were captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Tone Mapped in Photomatix.
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I love these bronze statues which depicts Norsemen pulling on a rope, what you cannot see is that behind the glass and inside the House of Manannan and attached to the other end of the rope is the Viking Long ship Odins Raven which is being pulled onto shore by these Norsemen, if you have not visited the House of Manannan, believe me it is well worth a visit.
The reflection on the glass is the Creek Inn Public House and the Spire of the disused St Peters Church in Market Street in Peel.
The images were captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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A few images from a lovely afternoon’s walk around Peel.
Image 1 – Fishing Vessel N-236 Minch Hunter, from Newry entering Peel Harbour after a day’s fishing.
Image 2 – The Traditional Harbour side Pub The Creek Inn.
Image 3 & 4 – The Clock Tower and remaining walls of St Peter’s Church in Market Place in Peel.
The images were all captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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This beautiful Victorian Jail was built in 1831 to house 30 Prisoners that were all transferred from the existing Prison in Castle Rushen in Castletown, the building was designed by Manx architect James Cowle.
The Prison has been extended on a number of occasions to include further accommodation wings however In August 2008 this beautifully designed Victorian building was vacated and the staff and inmates were all transferred to the new Isle of Man Prison in Jurby which is now fully operational.
This type of architecture will probably never be seen again on the Isle of Man and is a genuine reason for it’s retention.
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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A sunset image viewed from Hango Hill on Castletown Promenade and overlooking Castletown Beach towards Scarlett Point.
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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Seven crewmen lost their lives on 11th January 2000 when their vessel – the scallop dredger Solway Harvester – sank off the East coast of the Isle of Man.
On board were Skipper Andrew Mills (known as Craig), 29, his brother Robin Mills, 33, their cousin David Mills, 17, Martin Milligan, 26, John Murphy, 22, David Lyons, 18, and Wesley Jolly, 17.
The men were all from the Isle of Whithorn area of Dumfries and Galloway.
Through my work I remember that day so well and the subsequent involvement that my work had in the recovery of the vessel and the men on the night they were brought back onto Victoria Pier.
I must say though that my respect and credit goes to Police Inspector Dudley Butt who conducted the whole inquiry from start to finish and was regularly producing press releases along with supporting family members during this terrible period.
I took this image today (11th January 2012) twelve years to the day that this stricken vessel was lost.
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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A cold winters afternoon on Ramsey Beach, the Pier in the foreground is Queens Pier which was built in 1886 at a cost of £45,000
The Piers behind are the entrance into Ramsey Harbour and shows the Northern and Southern guidance lights.
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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