France Pottery S - Jan 16

[OverArch]

I've not been out on a good explore this year and starting to feel the itch. Hopefully that will change in the next month!

In the meantime here is one from the end of last year. After an early start and a bloody long drive across Luxembourg (petrol is sodding cheap there!) and into France we arrived at the Pottery. I was expecting a really big place with loads to see but once we were inside I was slightly disappointed. Then I had a look around and was pleasantly surprised with the amount of things to shoot.

I'd bought a new Sigma 12-24 Mk2 lens so, I thought, this was the perfect place to try it out! The verdict... what a piece of shit. I sent it straight back after I got home! Sooooooo much lens flare from the slightest bit of light through the roof or from an odd angle. I had to use a fair bit of exposure blending in PP so some of the shots do look a bit HDR-like. Hopefully not too much as I'm really not a fan of HDR. I ended up reverting back to my stock 24-105 for the remainder of my shots and this handles differing light sooo much better. Even my Samyang 14mm handles the light better than the Sigma. 

Anyway, enough of my lens gripes. Here are some of the shots:

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Thanks for looking!   

 

[hamtagger]

Damn, now that is nice!! Top shots there mate

 

[-Raz-]

Looks like a nice relaxed place mate, really like #7  

 

[The_Raw]

That's ace, love the tracks running throughout. The lens sounds like a load of old toilet though :lol:  

 

[AndyK!]

Quite like the look of this place, cracking pics.

 

[OverArch]

Cheers guys. There's actually a lot to see: two floors and a few side storage rooms.

 

[Maniac]

Nice report!  

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks Sigma Len's are poo. My 10-20 you get really bad lens flare on the slightest bit of light in the image, I've always been disappointed with that lens. 

 

[Lenston]

Some great pictures there mate, hope alls well your end

 

[OverArch]

Nice report!  

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks Sigma Len's are poo. My 10-20 you get really bad lens flare on the slightest bit of light in the image, I've always been disappointed with that lens. 

Yeah I tend to agree, it's the second Sigma lens I've bought and both times the reviews have been good and people have raved about them.. both times I've found the same lens flare issues and have returned them. First time I bought the Canon 10-22 instead and this time I just sent it back for a refund. Ah well, I'll just stick to my standard lens which seems to work just fine! If it ain't broke no need to fix it!!

 

[OverArch]

Some great pictures there mate, hope alls well your end

Cheers Lee, all good here, just need to get out on an explore or two soon!!

 

[Lenston]

Cheers Lee, all good here, just need to get out on an explore or two soon!!

Cool, give us a shout if your passing through Wales 

 

[Perjury Saint]

VERY nice! Hoping to fit this on in at some point this year...

 

[Urbexbandoned]

I quite liked looking at these, really like number 3. 

Don't think the pics are HDR'y much to be honest. The wall in the second pic is a bit but I quite like them. We are our own worst critic sometimes. I had the choice of a Sigma or Tamron lens and I went with Tamron, can't fault it really. 

Thanks for sharing  have you got a date for when you visited too so we can pop it in to the title? Mucho thanko

 

 

[hamtagger]

I've got a Sigma 10-20 on my canon at the moment and it hasn't been off the camera since i put it on, Sigma seems to be a bit hit and miss i've read between models but i'll be honest i'm well impressed with mine