Parkgate
Parkgate on the Wirral faces out across the estuary of the River Dee towards North Wales.
In it’s heyday, during the 18th Century, it was an important port and embarkation point for Ireland. However, the steady and remorseless silting up of the Dee turned much of the river and estuary into grassy marshland and before long made Parkgate unusable as a port.
Nowadays, a walk along the sea-front at Parkgate, with fish and chips or a locally made ice-cream, is a popular past time for visitors near and far. It’s also a favourite spot with “twitchers” as the marshland attracts a wide variety of bird life.
I hope you’ll agree that it’s not a bad destination for photographers either:
The three shots above are all HDR images made up of five bracketed exposures and then processed in Nik’s HDR Efex Pro2.
© Mark Simms Photography (2013)
Mark Simms Photography 
20 Responses to “Parkgate”
Great shots mark… look really good 🙂
Thanks 😊
Mark Simms marksimmsphotography@icloud.com http://www.marksimmsphotography.com
Great photos as always Mark. 😀
Thanks mate
Gorgeous shots, Mark! And very nice HDR, just the right amount. 🙂
Cheers Camilla, and I’m glad you like the HDR – I wasn’t sure about the depth of colour in the grass, I thought maybe the green was a little too saturated – but I’m still experimenting and getting to grips with the software. Have you voted yet?
Which software do you use? I’m experimenting with the Topaz Adjust, the HDR effects in it are very nice. 🙂 Yes, I’ve voted!! Curious to see the results!
Nik HDR Efex Pro 2
Smashing landscapes Mark!
Thanks 😊
great sky and space – i particularly like the first one
Cheers Scott.
I particularly like the sky colour in that first shot – a lovely combination of blue and grey.
Thanks Victoria, I think that is my favourite too.
Lovely images Mark, really like the last one, you have caught the sky wonderfully.
Thanks Karen
Really lovely. The marshes and moors of the UK have a beauty all their own…
Thanks John
See you made the local paper with your top image! Well done. 🙂
Thanks Karen, yep pretty chuffed with that 😊