Today was Manchester Day! A day of celebrating everything Manchester. Naturally I wanted to be out there taking pictures! I set off with the intention of trying to include some motion blur in some shots to make them more visually appealing but I didn’t account for, well, motion.

Thinking back, I’m not entirely sure why I was using AV mode – TV would have been far better – I completely forgot it was there!

Two things I’ve learned over the last couple of weeks is that your lens is never long enough, and cropping in is your friend!

Alas, you live and learn – Full gallery is on Google+ as usual (70 photos)!