The King’s Cross Area of London has been undergoing a huge renovation programme for several years. I visited the area recently and was amazed at the changes. Part of the University of the Arts has moved into a block of buildings just north of the Grand Union Canal.
Students spill out during the lunch hour which is when I spotted this young lady, one among many, sitting on the steps down to the canal, enjoying the warm sunshine.
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You have a way of seeing a scene in a graphic sense. In this shot, the girl seems juxtaposed onto the scene. Very nice.
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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!
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I liked it because of the symmetry and more so the hedge in the background. Great capture!
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Thanks. I’m not sure if the hoarding in the background is permanent or temporary but it provided a nicely patterned background
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The hoarding?
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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
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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.
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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).
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Very clever composition, well done
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Many thanks Mike
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