Chimneys and antennas, sash windows. I was staying in the Georgian Quarter in Liverpool in an incredibly lovely Bed & Breakfast: 2 Blackburne Terrace. This picture is from the neighbours’ window, reflecting the street view.
Old window panes are not as flat as modern ones, giving rise to nice wobbly reflections. More pictures from my stay are following. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
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
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
Apparently turbine bags (?) and sails are not in high demand anymore. This photo was taken in the surroundings of Albert Docks in Liverpool, England, a few weeks ago. This area is full of decrepit buildings of better shipping/trading days. I spent more or less the entire day shooting with a vintage eastern-German 1960s 35 mm lens (Primagon, Meyer Optik).
More photos to come that are taken with old glass and definitely more from Liverpool. Vintage lenses have heaps of character and I thoroughly enjoy the manual ‘work’ that they demand. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
The first photograph of the web site. This was taken from the castle in Erice, a medieval village in Sicily, in early spring this year. The layered rock on which the village is built is visually very pleasing and buildings were erected on precipitous sites as you can see in this example. In the back you can just about make out the skyline and waves of the sea. It took quite a number of photos to capture the one swift where I wanted it to be. Loved the screeching sound of the swifts. And the German word for these animals is quite poetic: Mauersegler, which translates to ‘wall sailer’.
I will post some more photos from this location. Photographs on this site will not be in chronological order. © 2016 Fred S. Wouters
This site will host my photos. There will be images from travels, from daily life, and whatever I decide to share with you.
Fred