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Frappez avant d'entrer

Posted by Le Photalgraphiste (London, United Kingdom) on 4 June 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

- "Please knock before entering" -

I took this picture today in London, on the Victoria embankment near Blackfriars in London, but I made a mistake : I forgot to set the camera back to ISO200 and took it at ISO800, hence the grainy texture. Nevertheless, I added very little noise reduction which happened to give that very slight blurry filter effect. I kept it this way because I thought it just added to the out-of-this-world aspect of the picture.

It's like there's an invisible wall just on the line separating wet and dry pavement sides. As if this poor chap had a house of his own, except there's no wall and no door. Or as if his house had just been removed while he was sleeping tight. I found it very poetic. And sad, but then again I'm not the kind of person to give money to beggars, so I'm not going to talk about the actual problem behind this and pretend I'm Mister Perfect. I'd rather just be the eye of the beholder instead.

Modifications : b&w conversion and noise reduction with Nikon Capture.

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