Posted by drphoto (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom) on 22 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Spring showed its head for a few days last week, some blue skies and fluffy white clouds passed us by anyway. This is such a rare sight that I went out and grabbed some pictures of local landmarks set against these nice skies.
This one is a new entance arch that has been erected at the end of china town. The odd thing is, to the left of the frame is an Irish Center and to the right is a new governemt building and some old ruins. 'Chinatown' is actually only a small street, the rear of which is framed by the arch in this shot.
It got me thinking of a project. I might do a photographic tour of my home town. This will be a lengthy project probably taking many months in order to get the best shots for each lcation (we have 6 bridges, two of which are allegedly world famous, and lots of cool modern architecture as well as old, listed buildings).
Is anybody interested in seeing these? If it sounds too dull let me know because it will be a big project to take on!
I welcome all constructive comments, compliments and criticisms. I am here to learn. the fastest way for me to learn is for you to be really unforgiving and articulate in your criticism =D)
If you don't have time to comment don't forget to give a star rating as you pass through!
Dan
P.S. You can find my fashion and portrait work here: http://www.modelmayhem.com/drphotographer
Awesome shot!Nicely captured!
22 Apr 2008 1:08am
@shahab: Thanks for the compliment! =D)
nice shot.
22 Apr 2008 1:14am
@Saeed: Thanks Saeed, =D)
Really nice shot,amazing colours,clouds and great gate.
22 Apr 2008 2:21am
@Saeed: Thank you! x
awesome shot.
22 Apr 2008 2:28am
@pLusOne: Thanks! =D)
Beautiful gate and nice colors.
22 Apr 2008 3:48am
@Babak: Thank you for the compliment! x
Isnt' that amazing, love the short history...fabulous compo, I agree with Vf though, get rid of that pink lettering lol
22 Apr 2008 3:56am
@Lorraine: Thanks, your comments are much appreciated.
Excellent detail! Wonderful shot.
22 Apr 2008 5:19am
@Betty: Thank you kindly! x
It sounds like a multi cultural area. The arch is magnificent, I love the angle of this shot and I for one can't wait to see more.
22 Apr 2008 7:43am
@MaryB: Ha ha! Yes, quite =D) Thanks Mary.
A unique monument, very scurrile for a European city, I think. But a beautiful one :)
22 Apr 2008 7:55am
@MadScientist: It is quite a mis-match of architecture and designs in my city - postmodern schizophrenia perhaps.
I know it well, and you've got it just right here. Excellent :)
22 Apr 2008 12:01pm
@Observing: Thank you! =D)
Funny how these "gates" are all the same in every city... well, at least all the cities I've been to. Again, excellent pov. The detail is excellent and I do appreciate the irony of the juxtaposition. ;-)
22 Apr 2008 1:22pm
@amy: Thats capitalism at work!
Great shot and nice angle. The sky is fantastic. In my opinion, I do find the bottom left a bit busy and distracting with the green bin and white truck. Perhaps a tighter crop.
22 Apr 2008 3:00pm
@Graham Russon: Thanks Graham, I did try a tighter crop but didn't like the result but maybe a vignette will draw atention back into the image...
great composition and perspective. the sharpening and detail feel a little weird on the background
22 Apr 2008 7:37pm
@danthro: Yes, I am at fault there, I should have sharpened selectively but laziness got the better of me and I just applied it to the whole image. Thanks for the compliments.
GOOD JOB
23 Apr 2008 11:46pm
@deny: Thanks! =D)
Great angle on this one. The gateway positively towers over the scene here. Looking foward to seeing that coming series.
24 Apr 2008 7:53am
@Andrew Gould: Cheers Andrew =D)
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