Nottingham City
19th April 2015
One of my current favourite photographic past times is a walk around the city. In addition to the more obvious buildings and landmarks, I like to look for the unusual, the angles, the colours, and different textures or patterns.
Once home, digital enhancement allows some of these subjects to come alive with tweaks to contrast and saturation. Often this produces a sort of hyper reality which could be described as false. Alternatively, and more positively, it can be described as making the most of what is actually there - an interpretation.
On this visit the giant St George's cross on City Hall was an obvious target particularly when reflected in Market Square's water feature:
Some of the most striking city exteriors can be found on newly built multi-storey car parks. This was taken at the station car park which has been recently renovated:
Some of the old rail bridges have been adapted for the tram network. Some of the original stone work has hidden colour:
The newer bridges for the trams are built with a metal exterior. Mostly this goes unseen without looking up. The exposures then need a little work in Photoshop to get some real contrast in the shapes:
Lastly, I find street art so appealing to photograph - Photoshop can really draw out the colours:
More street art and Nottingham City shots can be seen in my Urban Nottingham Flickr album
Once home, digital enhancement allows some of these subjects to come alive with tweaks to contrast and saturation. Often this produces a sort of hyper reality which could be described as false. Alternatively, and more positively, it can be described as making the most of what is actually there - an interpretation.
On this visit the giant St George's cross on City Hall was an obvious target particularly when reflected in Market Square's water feature:
Some of the most striking city exteriors can be found on newly built multi-storey car parks. This was taken at the station car park which has been recently renovated:
Some of the old rail bridges have been adapted for the tram network. Some of the original stone work has hidden colour:
The newer bridges for the trams are built with a metal exterior. Mostly this goes unseen without looking up. The exposures then need a little work in Photoshop to get some real contrast in the shapes:
Lastly, I find street art so appealing to photograph - Photoshop can really draw out the colours:
More street art and Nottingham City shots can be seen in my Urban Nottingham Flickr album