Hope street again. A motion-blurred jogger in blue passing the suitcases sculpture. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
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Bold street
Bold street in Liverpool on a Saturday. People going about their business.© 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Liverpool Cathedral
After the last two pictures of the catholic cathedral in Liverpool, I’ll compensate with the other – church of England – cathedral. Here as seen from Pilgrim Street. Slightly gloomy atmosphere was enhanced intensionally by a little bit of color desaturation. With these two buildings, you’re never lost as you can see at least one of them from almost everywhere. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Hope Street (2)
Hope Street again. I love the view with the funnel cathedral. Like a device for beaming focussed worship to heaven. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Hope Street
Hope Street is a bustling and central place in Liverpool. In the back, you can see the catholic cathedral which looks like something out of a coffee maker. On a side note, you can see how high dogs can pee from the bronze bracket sculpture, which appears to be a thoroughly marked object. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Little barber shop
Another single front window shop in Liverpool, the little barber shop. Watching the barbers going about their business. This is another black-and-white and color overlay. The bright red hand-painted chair really works. You can spot the little shop from afar. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Garden of one
Spotted this solitary African violet in the crack between the kerb stones. This little guy deserved the knee fall (more like lying down) needed to take this picture. Some shots were ruined by a friendly photography-curious cat… I opened up my lens to achieve the shallow depth of field. The unsharp fore- and background were all achieved in-lens, no digital magickery required.
I figured it was time for a nice and harmonious picture after the last few alienating posts. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Biking into existence
OK, this one is a bit experimental. Evening in Liverpool, without a tripod, I shot a short time series of a biker passing. I knew I wanted to merge the images and suggest movement/time. As there were only four images, the easiest was to (ab)use color channels with the visually pleasing result above.
I like the way the CMYK and RGB colour schemes come through depending on whether the intensity is lower or higher than the background. The colours merge into the black-and-white figure that rides out of the frame. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
Red-Orange-Yellow-Green-Blue
Also in Liverpool, I came across this window that had been decorated with colourful thumb/hand prints. The kids had obviously had fun with their colours but the descriptions were likely added by an adult. In post-processing, I mirrored the writing, changing the perspective from the inside for the kids to the outside for us.
As I liked the dash of colours in the monotonous brick work, I decided to do some selective colouring of the black-and-white image. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters