Sun And Shade, a photo from East Sussex, England

Photographer's Note

Late afternoon winter sunshine bathes a warm glow and the shadows of the chimney tops across Belgrave Place in the City of Brighton in East Sussex, England. Set back just off the seafront it is testament to Brighton's rich Regency heritage and a fine example of this attractive architectural style.

ChrisJ, tyro, vasilpro, RhodieIke has marked this note useful

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siudzi (23857) 2012-03-04 2:17

Hi Brian,

Very well seen and captured architecture with amazing play of light and shadows on its façade. The intensive warm tones are so spectacular and give an unique input to your work. Have a nice Sunday!

Malgorzata

setareh (14) 2012-03-04 2:56

hi
nice photo and a beautiful building ,the shadow on the wall has made this photo such an art work.
Best Regards

Nicou (97637) 2012-03-04 4:04

Hlelo

super jeu d'ombres et lumières, mangigique captage avec le découpage en noir et ce tons doux, sueprbe compo quelle couleur grandisoe.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

ChrisJ (86854) 2012-03-04 4:15

Hi Brian

I'd be tempted to adjust levels on this one, adding more brightness & contrast. Well managed perspective, with good diagonal lead in lines coming in from both the top left & right corners. Perfect sharpness & marvellous warm cold color contrasts, between the honey yellow & indigo sky. Tfs, & have a wonderful Sunday!

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4435) 2012-03-04 4:44

Hi Brian!

A well composed image, love the vibrant orange, the windows sure make a nice graphical effect. Great presentation! Well captured!

best regards,
Matt

dta (51378) 2012-03-04 5:42

Hello Brian ,
This is a beautiful buiding , very well framed . But especially here , the light "makes" the picture .
Regards

JFS (32107) 2012-03-04 7:48

Hi Brian,
Golden shot, beautiful light and definition. The shadow helps the image to be even more attractive.

Hasta luego!
Cheers,
Juan

tyro (13065) 2012-03-04 9:31

Hello Brian,

This is indeed a fine example of Regency architecture and you have captured it superbly!

The low, warm afternoon light has imbued the building with a lovely orange glow, in stark contrast to the dark and moody sky. As you point out in your note, the shadows across the face of the building are wonderful with details of every chimneypot clearly seen.

Lovely symmetrical composition, fabulous lighting, perfect exposure (in very difficult conditions) and exquisite sharpness.

Beautiful!

Kind Regards,

John.

P.S. I was wondering if you used a polariser for this one? Perhaps not, otherwise I suspect you would have mentioned it in your note!

vasilpro (40192) 2012-03-04 14:03

Hello Brian,
Wonderful composition with interesting architectural details, beautiful lay with shadows, lovely warm light and contrast, vivid colors, very good clarity and sharpness, excellent POV, TfS!
Have a nice week, Vasilis.

Afsanehbagheri (3206) 2012-03-04 20:46

Hi my friend

Congratulations very nice good great color and shadow

perspective the best

RhodieIke (9207) 2012-03-04 22:38

Hi Brian, As you say rich warm colours here, love the play of shadows from the chimney pots, Have a good Monday, Cheers Iain.

Ricx (13435) 2012-03-04 23:49

Hi Brian, It looks like you have had some wonderful late sunset.. the contrast on the building is superb.. a great note well posted Ric

dkmurphys (36759) 2012-03-05 7:28

Hi Brian,
Very good idea to illustrate this building in strong contrasts and saturation. Great graphical result.
Have a nice evening.

Daniel

chawax (14882) 2012-03-06 12:46

Hi Brian,
You caught a great light here ! The contrast between shadows ad light add volume to the composition and makes a great atmosphere. Nice symetry too. Well done !
Thanks for sharing,
Olivier