The sky colour got more unreal the darker it became. The three other photographers on the same hill top had long gone by this time.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Betjeman statue and TV unit
This photo is made by the low angle and the guy in the suit spotting me as he was talking.
Magdelene College at night
The punts are a wonderful mix of colour and surface texture, making a really powerful foreground.
Cambridge Market
I love the sky and Great St. Mary's church silhouetted. A really atmospheric scene.
Camera shake abstract 2
Some Christmas lights hanging in the escalator well of John Lewis, with a bit of judicious camera-waving. I love the smudged colours of the baubles behind the arcs of the fairy lights.
Greenwich Pier, Canary Wharf
Another lighting contrast. I love the gorgeous colours in the water leading down to the stark white of the floodlit ferry pier.
One mercury lamp
You'd never guess that the buildings are all the same colour - I love the way the sodium-lit buildings frame the mercury lit part.
Passing ferry lights
More technical thrill than artistic triumph, although the result is satisfying. After a few goes, I managed to time it so that the self-timer opened the shutter just before the ferry entered the shot, and kept it open until it had passed. All you can see of the ferry are the trails of its lights and the reflection off the shiny hull.
In the tavern
I like the gorgeousness of the interior light contrasting with the dull and slightly worn exterior.
Tavern reflected in puddle
I like the way the reflection of the Trafalgar Tavern is sharp, but the cobbles framing it are softer - making it feel like we're looking through a torn hole.
Nelson and Canary Wharf
Probably not what the sculptor had in mind when he had Nelson gazing across the expanse of river at Greenwich.
Blue close-up 5
Sitting in a shaft of sunlight in an otherwise shady corner, this head of tiny flowers was simultaneously delicate and strong.
Tattooed dad
A lovely late afternoon domestic scene, as the family pack up to leave the beach. I got lucky that he turned and squinted into the sun like that. The dark grey of the water really accentuates his skin tone.
waterfall
A classically pretty shot, with thanks to the camera's VR capability allowing a reasonably long hand-held exposure stay sharp where it mattered.
peanuts
Strong contrast between the symmetry and pattern of the fenced peanut plot, and the brooding pile of jungle backdrop. Knowing that the peanut field is so transient (during the rainy season a few months later, it will be under at least 5 metres of fast-flowing Mekong river) it signals the vulnerability of the human existence in this part of the world.
village girl with dog
I adore the pride and love in this girl's face, and the way she's hefting the dog.
moored reflection
I like the way the misty, almost monochrome light allows the delicate colour of the boat hull come through.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Mekong sunset
The colouring of this is as shot, and a close-up of the sun's smudged reflection next to the moored boats has a very impressionist feel.
sunset carving
The intensity of the setting sunlight coming through an open doorway onto this carving is great, enhanced by the fact that it was shot in an otherwise gloomy interior.
Puddle
The reflection is unusually clear in the late afternoon light, and there's just enough of the "dry" in the frame to unsettle the viewer.
bougainvillea horse
I likethe framing of this one, and the slightly sombre colouring adding to the gravity of the statue in the background.
hangover
A candid shot of a sight-seer at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. The hangover is imagined...
beach sweeper
The burnt-out sea was necessary to expose the sweeper correctly, but it also serves to pick her out very strongly.
boy & sister
There's something very touching and sad about the boy's care for his baby sister and his weary expression.
Hotel reflection
Perching the camera on the edge of the pool for a long exposure shot gives a great finish to the reflection.
Amputee
Two aspects of Cambodia's history captured in one shot. The morning light added something too.
tourists
It was great to get this candid shot of the young monks turning the tables on tourists like me!
distant crests
Dawn at Preah Vihear, and the distant misty hills add drama to this detail of the temple roof.
mother & toddler
Snapped while passing in a bus, so not as sharp as I'd like, but a really evocative picure of Cambodian domesticity. This was the family "kitchen/diner".
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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