The best-laid plans can go awry. It happens to all of us from time to time. You set off to go somewhere, maybe an hour’s drive away, may be further afield for a photo shoot. It may be a place you’ve been to before and you have some particular images in mind to re-shoot or […]
Do chances come your way? When was the last time you had a chance to take an unusual image and you missed it? Do you recognize chance, photographically speaking? Most of us like to exist in our comfort zones in many walks of life – we are risk averse. Risk is dangerous – things can […]
It is said that the camera never lies. In fact it can tell a cruel version of the truth all too clearly – think of all those images you will have seen of politicians, celebrities or other prominent people papped at their worst: asleep inappropriately, yawning, having a bad hair day, eating a bacon sandwich […]
I must start with an apology as it is now a few weeks since I last wrote an entry on this blog. The truth is that I have been acquiring new images at a frantic pace, and that makes the title of this post particularly relevant. Every time you go out and capture a few […]
You have a way of seeing a scene in a graphic sense. In this shot, the girl seems juxtaposed onto the scene. Very nice.
Thanks Ken. I liked the way she was positioned on the steps, and the background patterned hoarding held the whole image together and surprisingly didn’t feel obtrusive. I debated whether to include the thin sliver of blue close to the top of the hoarding. Taking it out, the image seemed to lose something so I left it in. Geometry is featuring in more and more of my urban and street images these days. My son is a graphic designer. Maybe ‘graphics’ is in the blood!
I liked it because of the symmetry and more so the hedge in the background. Great capture!
Thanks. I’m not sure if the hoarding in the background is permanent or temporary but it provided a nicely patterned background
The hoarding?
Yes – it’s a hoarding! A rather up-market one and I suspect it’s only temporary until all the building work in the area is completed. Meanwhile it makes an interesting background
Like the simplicity of the composition with the subject contrasting with the steps nicely. The lines of the rail and the great green background make this a super image Andy.
I like that hoarding too – it is a bit disorienting since it looks natural at first, but also looks like vegetation floating on water, or something. It sure makes the picture. And I noticed that thin blue line almost right away, it helped me sort out the true nature of the hoarding (though I thought it was a painted wall, which I suppose it is, temporarily).
Very clever composition, well done
Many thanks Mike