This morning's light was pretty awful. It was and still is as I write this, raining. We decided to return to Cannon's Brewery in Sheffield while it's still accessible before "the man" returns to lock the place up again. It's better to take advantage while you can than risk missing out altogether.
On my previous visit I wandered around with a Sony 20mm lens. You can see the shots I got here: http://peakd.com/hive-104387/@fastchrisuk/a-welcome-return-to-cannons-brewery-in-sheffield-urban-exploration-on-hive
This time I decided to turn up with one lens again, a Samyang 12mm full frame fisheye lens. This lens is wide and sharp at smaller apertures. Smaller apertures mean longer exposures so I took my tripod again.
This is what I got:
The Vat Room
I'm not sure that's what they called this huge room where the beer was brewed. The tanks are long gone but the scale of the place is done justice by the fisheye lens.
Under the dusty, asthma inducing cellar
As we arrived, the first place we checked out was the cellar. It's not a very fresh environment down there so I settled for this quick gun and run shot with @neilru75 kindly posing.
Spiral Staircase
Leading from the cellars to the loading dock area is this spiral staircase. It would have been rude not to place a couple of RGB LED panels under the stairs and light it up!
Looky Uppy Shot
Stood in the corner underneath these huge holes in the ceilings.
Where angels fear to tread
This doorway at the top of the building led on to a missing floor. An angel you would almost certainly have ended up as had you stepped out on to what was left of the floor!
A grand entrance
In the brewing area is this grand looking staircase leading from one level to another. It struck me as being overly grand and definitely not utilitarian as you would expect in a factory. They literally don't make 'em like they used to!
MC Escher's Wet Dream
I love a good staircase photo and these stairs look great shot with a fisheye lens!
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Wow to the first one with the fisheye lens. Nice capture. I love the old spiral staircases like that. You have quite an eye for composition. I like the choices you make in how you shoot your photos. Love the staircase at the end, total candy shot that just punches.
I really wish you could go in at night and light up that vat room. Those circular holes just beg for it.
Thanks @nineclaws once again! I'd go back in the dark but placing LED lights and flashguns all over the scene would draw attention to any passing police car and I'd get busted lol. I'd be OK in the cellars but the air down there makes me baulk, it's awful!
Always a pleasure. I read you can't go there after hours and that's a sad thing. I can't even begin to imagine the air down there, must be putrid. I just love those round holes in particular. They got my imagination going.
I just thought of this place, although, it's all natural, no lightpainting involved.
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Sheffield?! Hey I know that place. Long way from it now but I bet it's still raining there.
Que geniales las fotos 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻