Moments of the streets
In search for my lost inspiration (or with tickets to Chelsea Flower Show), I went to London, one of my favorite cities.
Crossing Old Father Thames, on the Golden Jubilee Bridge with it´s two lanes for pedestrians fencing in the railway tracks, we where slowly pacing towards Charing Cross Station, when wifey made me aware of this gentleman walking the railroad. I managed to get three exposures, this the best I think, as he is rather nicely situated within the structures.
This picture was captured outside the entrance to Oslos main railway station. Bane Nor, a state-owned company responsible for the infrastructure of the Norwegian railways, also have a contemporary art project running at the Central Station aiming to give customers a positive art experience as they enter it.
The orb (or Trojan as the artist named it) is made by Jorgen Craig Lello and Tobias Arnell, is eight meters across and is made up of 94 panels placed in various angels. Nicely hoovering over the people behind the glass, don’t you think?
Yesterday I got up at 5 a.m., grabbed my camera, and headed for the city. It was pitch dark, and with high ISO set, I lurched around at Aker Brygge, a combined shopping mall, restaurant area and financial district, seaside Oslo centre.
And in the darkness of the night this contrasty scene emerged right in front of me, with lights from the still empty buildings conjuring mirrored reflections on the water below.
Here, I’m on the summit of “The Acrobat”, a 206 meter bridge spanning from the cutting-edge “Barcode” area, to the Old Town district. It’s traversing the railway tracks leading north and east from Oslo Central Station, making it a convenient shortcut between these parts of the city.
As you probably already have figured out, this particular picture was captured facing the modern end. Passing the bridge at the middle of the day, I noticed some fascinating patterns and lines emerging from the bridge elements, as well as from the nearby buildings. And as I lately have been reasonably focused on bringing my camera with me, I used the opportunity to get this shot.
Walking beneath the Golden Jubilee Bridge in London I aimed my camera more or less straight into the sky. Out of the camera the result wasn´t much to brag about, to put it mildly.
But nevertheless I dumped the RAW file into Lightroom, and goofed around with colours, exposure, shadows and a lot of other things. Then I cropped and desaturating the whole mess. And this is what it turned into …