Blyth Beach Huts by Steven Warren

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon EOS 450D, Sigma EX 18-50mm

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
F/16, shutter 1/60, ISO 400, focal length 37mm.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Camera Raw used to adjust exposure to give the 'high key' look. Photoshop CS3 used to merge the 12 shots and then add some dodging and burning to improve contrast.

Q4. What is the location?
Blyth, Northumberland, UK

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I had seen these huts a number of times but really wanted to do something different from the norm. I intentionally got as close to the huts as possible to get the extreme fisheye look (that's why it took 12 shots taken in portrait orientation to get it all in). The idea to blow out the sky came to me in post processing as it made the colours pop a little better and gave a nicer minimalist feel to the shot.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
This was meant to be a practice shoot to see if my idea would work. I didn't think the light was right on location and planned to come back just after sunrise so the huts would be front lit, rather than backlit. However, when I finished with the shot I was really pleased with it - sometimes photography just works out like that I guess.

Beetham Tower close-up by Darrell Godliman

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D300s DSLR with Nikon 70-300mm VR Zoom

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Focal length 112mm, 1/800th Sec, f/4.8, ISO 200

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Lightroom to convert RAW to TIF, Photoshop.

Taken looking up at the building I first had to correct the converging verticals in Photoshop, I then converted to monochrome to remove all the distracting colours and then finally increased the contrast to enhance the reflection and bring out the details of the apartments interiors.

Q4. What is the location?
The shot was taken from beside a canal that runs past the Beetham Tower in Manchester City centre (UK)

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
When I saw the repetitive facade of the tower I was reminded of a large print ‘Paris, Montparnasse’ (1993) I saw at Tate Modern by the German Artist Andreas Gursky. When viewed large the apparent uniformity is in fact broken by evidence of all the occupants, their furniture etc in the apartments and the grid actually serves to re-enforce their individuality.

Port of Liverpool Building by Graham Hazeldon

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Fuji S5 Pro with Nikon 18-55mm kit lens

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Aperture priority f/4 @ 1/225, ISO 100 and exposure compensation -0.7

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Adobe Photoshop CS3

Q4. What is the location?
Liverpool, UK

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I spotted the building reflected in a puddle as I was about to head home from the location after taking a few shots of various subjects.

The Eye by Sofija Leron

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used Pentax k200d with his kit smc Pentax da 18-55mm lens.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
F/4.5, 1/60 sec, focal length 18.0mm, ISO 400, no flash

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom 3

Q4. What is the location?
Location is a skyscraper named Nebotičnik in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The idea came when I was at the top of this staircase, and began looking at it trough the camera. I saw different shapes when I moved just for a bit, and so I made this one which I think looks like an eye. And with some help of Lightroom I emphasized the shapes.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
Nebotičnik (č = ch) is actually a Slovenian word, meaning skyscraper. And this building (built in 1933) was the tallest living facility in the whole Europe for about 6 months before someone build a taller building, which was not that difficult since it's only 70 meters tall. At the top there is a coffeehouse, that has been recently reopened. The view from the top is fantastic - you can see the whole capital Ljubljana underneath, and beyond.

The coffeehouse has actually been closed for many years, and I have never been up there. So I went there with a friend, we walked the staircase and realized that we actually couldn't reach to the coffee house by stairs. I took some photos there and we took an elevator to the coffeehouse.

Later, when we got back down, we realized we weren't suppose to use the stairs at all, so I was actually really lucky, because there is usually a guard downstairs, who escorts you to the lift, and the doors to the staircase are normally locked.