Posted by Rhys (Darlington, United Kingdom) on 28 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
For the time being this is the last shot from my Darlington series. I have many more but I think I'll save them for another day. I took several shots of backstreets like this. I suppose most people will immediately think of Coronation Street when they see this. Darlington, like a lot of North of England towns has many scenes resembling this one. Personally I find them a bit depressing but they tend to make good photographic material!
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Great perspective, very good composition!
28 Apr 2008 1:31am
@fcofont: Thanks!
thats great!! prespective is perfect and colors are amazing! well done
28 Apr 2008 1:34am
@Saeed: Thanks, the colours are quite 'earthy', lots of red brick and northern grey skies!
Great prespective, great shot!
28 Apr 2008 1:47am
@JLT: cheers!
I really like very much your Darlington series and I think that this one is far the best - very good work
28 Apr 2008 2:03am
@yiannis krikis: Thanks, I've enjoyed photographing my home town and best of all I think there's more to come!
Depressing maybe,but still a great shot.I like the way the "phone cables" make a canopy over the houses.
28 Apr 2008 2:14am
@Anthony: Thanks, I think the cables are one of my favourite elements of this image.
Great shot
28 Apr 2008 3:57am
@Alun Lambert: Cheers Alun.
Absolutely great texture shot, wonderful image.
28 Apr 2008 4:01am
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks, the cobble bricks have probably been there for millions of years!
Great lines - running up and down and left and right and then the telephone? cables to dissect them all. Good eye.
28 Apr 2008 4:52am
@Aaron Schmidt: Thanks Aaron , glad you like it.
Looks as if you're standing at the beginning of a never-ending journey! The perspective and tones and textures, here, really are terrific. Wonderful series, Rhys ... thanks for having me along!
28 Apr 2008 5:01am
@Ron: Thanks for the comments Ron, pleased you've liked the series.
Yes - does look like coronation street - I can hear the theme tune now! The light is wonderful. Thanks for checking out my new site. ( I also took al look at you main website!)
28 Apr 2008 5:19am
@moonhead: Thanks, It was a flat day, which was great - no harsh shadows.
You are right. It's somewhat depressing. Even the sky adds to that feeling. But it is like that most of time, isn't it?
28 Apr 2008 5:27am
@António Pires: LOL, yes most of the time it is! Life in a northern town is grim!
I really like the geometrical composition, all the lines breaking up the shot - quite inspired...
28 Apr 2008 6:21am
@Daroru: Thanks Daroru
excellent. That post with the wires really puts the icing on the cake. Super.
28 Apr 2008 6:50am
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael, my favourite part too.
great shot! beautifull indeed
28 Apr 2008 7:06am
@Teresa Durães: Thanks, even something as grim as this holds a certain beauty.
I like this shot, it's very cool. It reminds of the year we lived in Manchester several centuries ago! Great pubs, shame about the weather! :)
28 Apr 2008 7:44am
@Margie: All northern pubs are the best, the weather you get used to. It doesnt matter what it does though so long as your'e in the pub!
Fantastic shot with an almost infinite depth, and the telegraph pole makes a great point for the eye to key into, and then to further explore the shot.
28 Apr 2008 7:52am
@Julian Kilsby: Thanks for the comment Julian, glad you like the shot.
Rhys, what a great photo, you are one of the best!
28 Apr 2008 8:06am
@QUIM: Thanks, that means a lot.
Don't you think it's crying out for the full Coronation Street smoky chimneystack B&W treatment?
I remember watching that programme when I was a kid at my Gran's house in the days of B&W TV....I used to find it depressing but compelling too!
I presume you've seen Bill Brandt's photos?
28 Apr 2008 9:09am
@Ian Bramham: Bill Brandt is one of my favourite and most admired photographers. Both he and Don McCullin shot some brilliant b/w images of northern England. This nearly made it as b/w but there was something about the colours in this one that made me stick with it, there's a richness that I like. Cheers for the comments, I like your morcambe bay shoy btw.
Excellent! The post with all the lines originating from it gives strenght and an interesting note of "unsteady equilibrium" to the photo
28 Apr 2008 9:33am
@Condemna: Thanks! 'unsteady equilibrium'- I like that phrase!
awesome -really draws you in - and so sharp!
28 Apr 2008 10:02am
@Betsy Barron: Thanks, these backstreets can be very very long, they just demand a wide angle shot and some perspective.
They do indeed make good material, and this one is great. Being in color it has come to life and looks realistic and I think the symmetry is brilliant.
28 Apr 2008 10:28am
@Observing: Thanks, these terrace houses can stretch for miles in some areas, each just a boring clone of the next and previous, but, like you say, that gives great perspective and symmetry.
I really like it. The vanishing point on the cobblestones with the interesting brick walls, and my favorite are the wires stretching in every direction.
28 Apr 2008 2:14pm
Everyone’s idea of a backstreet . . but without the rubbish and litter! Cracking image.
28 Apr 2008 6:06pm
I agree with Ronnie 2¢. Did you sweep up first? Great shot. Makes me miss home, even though as you say, it can be depressing. Great image!
28 Apr 2008 7:39pm
wow.. symmetry every where... simple but nice
28 Apr 2008 11:57pm
Great image, it looks familiar!
29 Apr 2008 11:28am
I really like how the pathway fades into the distance. Great red and brown colors here. Nicely composed.
29 Apr 2008 10:18pm
Excellent sharpness and clarity!
4 May 2008 2:21pm
I know what you mean, I have the same love-hate relationship with scenes like this.
Dan
5 May 2008 5:52pm
Lovely composition and sharpness. The light is great too. You've got a very nice portfolio
12 May 2008 11:26pm
I will agree with you. A bit depressing, but a really nice photograph. And the single pole with the wiires going off in all directions adds a nice point of interest to the shot.
22 May 2008 3:25am
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