I must have walked past this former shop hundreds of times, and never really looked at it before. It’s close by to where we live and for the twelve years I’ve been there this shop has always been closed.
What I like about this shot is the contrast between the angularity of the railings and the softness of the scrollwork decoration on the door. I have no idea what the shop sold, and I guess there’s no way of finding out now, but I did think it was an interesting shot.
And nothing much was done to this shot other than an increase in contrast and some fairly rigourous sharpening to bring out the detail in the railings.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance
Canon G5
5.17pm on 10/4/04
f2.5
1/40
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
14.4mm
RAW
auto
i find this quite scary. it reminds me of an episode of 999 that i saw (remember that programme?) where a woman fell out of a window and impaled herself on some spikes just like these. very sinister, looks like it could be a crazy kind of prison.
comment bySandra Rocha at 06:18 PM (GMT) on 17 April, 2004
sure looks closed with those spikes in front ;-)
impressive in more than one way, like d mentioned ...
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comment byTudy at 12:52 AM (GMT) on 18 April, 2004
I dare not scale that fence. :)
comment byclio at 02:06 AM (GMT) on 18 April, 2004
First thought: yikes!
comment byalan davis at 03:57 AM (GMT) on 18 April, 2004
Very nice image. I like the light, the shadow, the blue colour of the gate...
comment by djn1 at 08:43 PM (GMT) on 18 April, 2004
Thanks. And d: I remember 999, but not that episode - I do know what you mean though.
I must have walked past this former shop hundreds of times, and never really looked at it before. It’s close by to where we live and for the twelve years I’ve been there this shop has always been closed.
What I like about this shot is the contrast between the angularity of the railings and the softness of the scrollwork decoration on the door. I have no idea what the shop sold, and I guess there’s no way of finding out now, but I did think it was an interesting shot.
And nothing much was done to this shot other than an increase in contrast and some fairly rigourous sharpening to bring out the detail in the railings.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
5.17pm on 10/4/04
f2.5
1/40
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
14.4mm
RAW
auto
This is fantastic, the angle, the art nouveau on the wall - and the closed sign in the back -- but those spikes? Yowza! Another great capture.
i find this quite scary. it reminds me of an episode of 999 that i saw (remember that programme?) where a woman fell out of a window and impaled herself on some spikes just like these. very sinister, looks like it could be a crazy kind of prison.
sure looks closed with those spikes in front ;-)
impressive in more than one way, like d mentioned ...
~~
I dare not scale that fence. :)
First thought: yikes!
Very nice image. I like the light, the shadow, the blue colour of the gate...
Thanks. And d: I remember 999, but not that episode - I do know what you mean though.