biglouis Posted March 10, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 10, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) This was shot last weekend, on a very wet day. I took my trusty D-LUX 2 out with me on a bus journey down to Oxford Circus. My wife and I managed to get the "best seat in the house", which is top deck at the front looking out through the panoramic window. As the rain was pelting down it dawned on me that the view through the rain spattered window was bit like an impresionist painting. I experimented as we drove along and this was one of the better captures. I don't know if it works but here is the result. [ATTACH]29045[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted March 10, 2007 Share #2 Posted March 10, 2007 That's really interesting. I used to work in Great Portland Street, and it never looked like this Is this where it crosses Euston Road? By the tube station? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveP Posted March 10, 2007 Share #3 Posted March 10, 2007 That's really interesting. I used to work in Great Portland Street, and it never looked like this Is this where it crosses Euston Road? By the tube station? Looks like where the 88 bus turns south off Euston Road at Great Portland Street. Tube entrance would be ahead on the left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambroving Posted March 11, 2007 Share #4 Posted March 11, 2007 Interesting. Not Impressionist..., just watercolor. :D Seriously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted March 11, 2007 Share #5 Posted March 11, 2007 Well spotted Louis. Would that be a Wren to the right? Whoever marked the glass with those X's should be taken to one side and beaten with a wet haddock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted March 11, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 11, 2007 This image really works for me. Very well seen and captured. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share #7 Posted March 11, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) All Thanks for your comments and interest. Andy, well spotted, it is on the Marylebone Road, just before the number 88 (Steve, you must live near me, or something) turns left down Gt Portland Street. I actually keep a small supply of wet haddock with me to assault vandals I catch scraping their initials on bus windows but alas I missed whoever did this. William, I wish the 'watercolour' motif had occured to me first! The church is rather interesting. It was built by Sir John Soane, and indeed the steeple is reminiscent of his famous tomb in St Pancras graveyard, which is cited as the inspiration for the distinctive red telephone box. Worth reading the description of the church at Wikipeadia. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lotw Posted March 11, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 11, 2007 Very nice, especially the colors. However when we stylize into a painting, the composition itself is a little doubtful (too large area of sky/white, not in balance) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 11, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 11, 2007 Big - I agree that this suggests the style of Paris street scene of the impressionist and post impressionist period, and I like it a great deal. It works well compositionally as a photo, but not processed as Lot experimented with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted March 11, 2007 Stuart and Lot Thanks for the comments and the suggested improvement. Lot, I think what I was trying to get across is the natural effect of water on glass as means of creating an impressionist feel. I like the styles in CS2 but I've never used them because I think that they are too artificial. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted March 11, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 11, 2007 Dear Louis, Not sure if this is what you are seeking, but it was fun to investigate. Nice image (and no green sky). Rain is emphasised a bit more. Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted March 11, 2007 Rolo Wow! That is great. Once again, a great improvement. From now on, can I take the photos and let you process them for me? LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted March 11, 2007 Share #13 Posted March 11, 2007 Rolo Wow! That is great. Once again, a great improvement. From now on, can I take the photos and let you process them for me? LouisB Errr ..... think that is what is happening at the moment ?? Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted March 11, 2007 Share #14 Posted March 11, 2007 Big L' Did you get my email ? Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveP Posted March 11, 2007 Share #15 Posted March 11, 2007 (Steve, you must live near me, or something) Not too far - in W2. I worked on a project for a firm just down GP St. - one of the directors used to park in the churchyard. This is occasionally a photographic hotspot as there is a private hospital where many celebs go to give birth. You could always tell when one was on the way by the cluster of photographers hanging out (often in the rain). Been there, done that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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