The Blackpool Illuminations began in 1879 when eight arc lamps were first used to light the promenade. These days there are thousands of lights (illuminated between late August till early November) of which this is one example. I'm sure I'll probably be photographing many more of these, but this one seemed as good a place to start as any, not least because it's on our way to the beach.
Oh, and I was a awarded a noteworthy for my entry for the Photo Friday challenge Mother, which I'm really pleased about. Thanks to everyone who voted :-)
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Canon G5
10.49am on 1/8/04
f4.5
1/1250
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
minor
comment byHenry at 11:11 AM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
The cupid stands out so much from the sky. Interesting how the image is "slanted". Did you want to make the arrow horizontal with the image? I like how the feathers and hair strands show up sharp and clear.
comment byNazanin at 11:46 AM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
Beautiful subject and colours, the whole thing feels like a painting in children's book
comment byKjetil at 12:19 PM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
Very interesting, indeed. The G5 is really good at catching the colors of different subjects. It is really cool with the bright yellow against the blue sky, and the black "shaddow" behind.
Not surprised that you got the noteworthy though, you deserved it.
The picture is beautiful! So, congrats!
comment byUrbanite at 03:01 PM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
Looks like you had/have more sunshine at your seaside than I did at mine :( Another great shot, and just midly scary.
comment byTintil at 03:21 PM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
I was born and bred in Blackpool so I'm particularly fascinated by the images you take of the town. The tourist board should definitely hire you as you always make it look so amazing! Even though I've seen the illuminations more times than I care to remember, this image is really captivating - the composition is perfect.
comment byTristan at 04:13 PM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
I arrived at this website and as soon as it loaded, I had an instant smile. It's just such a bizarre photo (for me anyway).
comment by John Washington at 06:58 PM (GMT) on 3 August, 2004
Nice shot, and yet another idea pops into my head. Ta for the inspiration :)
comment bydjn1 at 07:17 AM (GMT) on 4 August, 2004
Thanks everyone.
Henry: this is one of about ten shots, some of which were shot at a more conventional angle - I thought this one worked best.
comment byJeremy at 10:58 PM (GMT) on 4 August, 2004
Great color, although I am a bit leery of taking complete pictures of another artwork... it seems as if the sculptor, painter, whomever did almost all the work of this shot. I realize photography is capturing existing stuff, but could you have cropped/taken a more unique angle to make this image more your own?
comment bydjn1 at 12:23 AM (GMT) on 5 August, 2004
Jeremy: this is one of about 20 identical pieces. The Cupid's – all identical to this one – are on one side of the road, and they face a rather unphotogenic red devil on the other, and all of them are sponsored by a local nightclub. So this is a piece of commercial advertising rather than a sculpture or a painting. Besides which, isn't your comment akin to me saying "I'm a bit leery of taking pictures of buildings ... it seems that the architect did almost all the work of this shot".
comment byJeremy at 04:41 AM (GMT) on 5 August, 2004
Dave,
This wasn't really a criticism, didn't know that you would take it that way =) How long did you dig through the archives before you found that shot? =) Anyways, just an opinion.
BTW.. that shot was one of the first I ever took checking out my camera. And yes, sometimes the architecture, signs, etc do make the picture
comment bydjn1 at 07:41 AM (GMT) on 5 August, 2004
Jeremy: no worries, it's just that this issue has surfaced before on chromasia, so I wanted to respond. And I found the building shot by looking at your portfolio category - you've done some good stuff :-)
The Blackpool Illuminations began in 1879 when eight arc lamps were first used to light the promenade. These days there are thousands of lights (illuminated between late August till early November) of which this is one example. I'm sure I'll probably be photographing many more of these, but this one seemed as good a place to start as any, not least because it's on our way to the beach.
Oh, and I was a awarded a noteworthy for my entry for the Photo Friday challenge Mother, which I'm really pleased about. Thanks to everyone who voted :-)
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
10.49am on 1/8/04
f4.5
1/1250
program AE
+0.0
evaluative
50
28.8mm
RAW
auto
minor
The cupid stands out so much from the sky. Interesting how the image is "slanted". Did you want to make the arrow horizontal with the image? I like how the feathers and hair strands show up sharp and clear.
Beautiful subject and colours, the whole thing feels like a painting in children's book
Very interesting, indeed. The G5 is really good at catching the colors of different subjects. It is really cool with the bright yellow against the blue sky, and the black "shaddow" behind.
Not surprised that you got the noteworthy though, you deserved it.
The picture is beautiful! So, congrats!
Looks like you had/have more sunshine at your seaside than I did at mine :( Another great shot, and just midly scary.
I was born and bred in Blackpool so I'm particularly fascinated by the images you take of the town. The tourist board should definitely hire you as you always make it look so amazing! Even though I've seen the illuminations more times than I care to remember, this image is really captivating - the composition is perfect.
I arrived at this website and as soon as it loaded, I had an instant smile. It's just such a bizarre photo (for me anyway).
Again a quite superb image.
Nice shot, and yet another idea pops into my head. Ta for the inspiration :)
Thanks everyone.
Henry: this is one of about ten shots, some of which were shot at a more conventional angle - I thought this one worked best.
Great color, although I am a bit leery of taking complete pictures of another artwork... it seems as if the sculptor, painter, whomever did almost all the work of this shot. I realize photography is capturing existing stuff, but could you have cropped/taken a more unique angle to make this image more your own?
Jeremy: this is one of about 20 identical pieces. The Cupid's – all identical to this one – are on one side of the road, and they face a rather unphotogenic red devil on the other, and all of them are sponsored by a local nightclub. So this is a piece of commercial advertising rather than a sculpture or a painting. Besides which, isn't your comment akin to me saying "I'm a bit leery of taking pictures of buildings ... it seems that the architect did almost all the work of this shot".
Dave,
This wasn't really a criticism, didn't know that you would take it that way =) How long did you dig through the archives before you found that shot? =) Anyways, just an opinion.
BTW.. that shot was one of the first I ever took checking out my camera. And yes, sometimes the architecture, signs, etc do make the picture
Jeremy: no worries, it's just that this issue has surfaced before on chromasia, so I wanted to respond. And I found the building shot by looking at your portfolio category - you've done some good stuff :-)