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Photographer’s Note

Halmstad is known for it's beautifull beaches. This is a sight never seen in any tourist information. But still, it's part of the city.

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Bos (615) 2006-01-08 15:10

Great sky and excellent tones, this really is a nice b/w shot, well done.

cirospat (530) 2006-01-08 15:17

very interesting contrast: clouds and vertical building
ciro

KevRyan (22350) 2006-01-08 15:37

I love strong B&W images like this - really good work on the contrast and bringing the sky out so fully - a nice composition - and tonal work.

best wishes kev

syd1946 (17869) 2006-01-08 15:57

Hello Britt,
What an excellent b/w photo.Very intersting
and strong composition.Well done.

Regards
Thomas

jiherka (4465) 2006-01-08 15:59

Hello Britt,
Interesting sky. the clouds give a very nice contrast with the right lines of the buildings.
Well done.
Salutations
Jacques

Ebbe (9571) 2006-01-08 16:30

Tough lowkey on the silos in Halmstad Britt, quite an impact. Feel a little bit of a tilt though and that makes it a little bit less than perfect.

flashlight (579) 2006-01-08 16:36

The B&W goes very well with this industrial complex and the sky is amazing.We could tink that there was an explosion.
Cheers!

amstel (2252) 2006-01-08 16:40

Hi Britt,
It's an excellent photo. I first thought it was a huge cloud of smoke. Perfectly shown!
Cheers!

ElSato (824) 2006-01-08 17:20

Britt,

Really beautiful, definitely better than a typical beach. Beaches have been photographed into triteness; this has majesty.

How is an industrial complex (quite possibly a polluting one) beautiful? Thomas deQuincey, in "Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts" used satire to make the point that morally terrible things -- fires, earthquakes, and even murder -- can be judged beautiful if one can set aside the moral element and view them purely aesthetically.

In that sense I'd say this is very beautiful. Beaches don't normally have this kind of awe.

Lee

vapours (7913) 2006-01-08 20:52

Amazing shot. The clouds are so dramatic through the different shades of black&white, and you've caught the industrial feel through the darker buildings perfectly.

tjanze (5674) 2006-01-09 3:23

Hi Britt!
Ugly part of city.Every city has ugly part,but your photo is beautiful.It is art to make good shot from something like this.I like contrasts and dramatic sky.
Bravo!

jasmis (50184) 2006-01-09 4:26

Strong, dangerous sky and awful buildings. Very impressive. Good work.

MvS (4163) 2006-01-10 17:37

Tjena Britt, och välkommen tillbaks får jag väl säga! Kul att se ett av dina mästerverk!
Vilken fin plats för denna småbåtshamn. Påminn mig om att inte stanna här när jag seglar förbi. :-)
Fantastiska och välplacerade moln, som får fungera som utsläppsmarkörer, för jag antar att det inte är så mycket utsläpp från dessa byggnaderna.
Vi hörs,
Magnus