Sea Wall Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Continuing on from my previous postings on a day out at the seaside.

Moving down the coast from St.Annes you arrive at Blackpool.

The photo is a detail of the modern part of the Sea Wall at Blackpool.

Please see my recent postings for further details.

'In 1989 a national survey found that 4,190,000 holidaymakers stayed in the resort, and 12,590,000 people came on day or evening trips — these visitors are thought to have spent over £445 million in the town in 1989. Over the past twenty years the pattern of holidays has changed, with an increasing emphasis on self-catering accommodation (now forming 25.5% of the town’s stock of hotels, guesthouses and holiday flat premises), and on day trips and short breaks throughout the extended season'.

UPDATE: I have posted an alternate crop of this image as a WS - see what you think :)

Wolle, eleparc, Fixfocus, RGatward, pamastro has marked this note useful

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RGatward (19751) 2005-02-26 4:01

Ah you're stepping out Stephen. Absolutely brilliant shot. Appropriate high DoF, and a perfect compo giving a diagonal across the frame. Would be a fav if I had any more I could add.

Ebbe (9571) 2005-02-26 4:09

Lovely repetitions and the worn look and moss green is pleasing to the eye.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-02-26 4:15

Excellent digonal compo,Stephen!
The reptition in this one is really great.
Would be perfect if the black hole in the foreground was complete,-but that´s just a deatil.

eleparc (24059) 2005-02-26 4:19

this is very graphic stephen! i love it ... something in the olli spirit.. no no! you read well, i did not say holly, but olli! haha!
nice shot and great choice to shoot in diagonale!

Wolle (148) 2005-02-26 5:54

Great graphical shot with a strong line from bottom left to the top right, giving a great POV.
Looks a litle like a macro of a honeycomb :-)

robiuk (10763) 2005-02-26 14:25

Wonderful pattern shot! Looks very Sci-Fi (could be a rusty space ship floating abandoned in the space), but familiar as we have a very similar one here in Scarborough - a new one!
Your DOF is superb as are texture and colours.
Brilliant one!
Robi
PS. The alternative is also good, but I prefer this one.

avigur_11 (21307) 2005-02-26 14:36

Hi Stephen,
This is a wonderful industrial shot. The hexagons creaets a great pattern with very nice textures. I like the tilt very much. Excellent composition.

BTW, I like this crop better than the WS one.

jkneze (506) 2005-02-26 18:53

These are great! What are they ? They look like huge nuts - without the bolts. Great shot, great POV, DOF, coloring, framing . EVERYTHING!!!

pamastro (7213) 2005-02-27 20:18

Very nicely done to capture this graphic image of the sea wall. The textures and contrast are perfect for this shot. The angle and perspective are well seen. I think I like the workshop a little more, however. There is a feel for greater depth as everything dwindles so far away. And I also like the solid block that breaks up the repetitive pattern in a key spot and really makes a good jumping off point. Well done.

ishai (4093) 2005-03-01 16:59

What a great capture Stephen, I missed this one

I like the repetition here and symmetry
Very good perspective and crop