Stairwell

Nothing like a nice bit of urban decay to brighten up the mood, eh? This was shot on the same day I had my epic railway/brambles adventure and I knew I liked it straight away but when you've got a story like that you have to find a picture to suit so I kept this one back.

It's the car park near Fairfield Halls in Croydon. The paved area which extends to the right of this photo is a prime spot for local skaters, which is what I went looking for but none of them were about so I wandered to the end and this caught my eye.

The light was fairly low so it was a case of firing off quite a few shots, staying as steady as possible and hoping for the best. I tried some landscape ones and did get one I liked, which I may put up another time. However this frame was easily the best.

The sky is natural to this frame but I had to double expose the RAW file and then put the two together in photoshop to bring it out properly. The join, as you can see, is pretty bad. I thought about not mentioning it and hoping no-one noticed but that would be rather naive of me. Anyway I don't think it ruins the shot too badly. And if it does, tough cos I aint got time to change it :)

Comments

david, Wed 7th Dec, 2005, 9:59pm
Now this I really like - from the strong lead-in from the balcony support to the great contrast in colour. Good sky too (always important ;-)) Good work!

Nickoli, Thu 8th Dec, 2005, 12:25am
Yep, agreed i like this shot

dean gaffney, Fri 6th Jan, 2006, 3:51pm
please stop taking pictures of my house

Jamey, Fri 6th Jan, 2006, 9:35pm
Roflcopters

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