The Urban Lamppost

Now let's contemplate a bit of peace, here is a composition "Made in the USA". I found this sunset over the water overseen by a lamppost on the shore absolutely stunning. The softness in tones of the sky contrasting with the harshness of man-made things was particularly eye catching. The orange light emanating from the lamppost seems to echo all over the sky and the clouds or is it the other way round, is the lamppost just another clumsy way of us trying to imitate the beauty of Nature? Well done.

Next Spain, Barcelona. Last time I was there I ended up spending an entire day at the French Embassy to request a new passport. Not my favourite city but nonetheless full of interesting architecture. This scene is fantastic, worthy of an Almodovar movie. Again field of depth was well thought off, the slight off centred lamppost make this composition stand out. The colour scheme is amazing, well balanced. The character behind creates a small mystery as we are not really let in into the action as it is secondary since the main subject was the lamppost. What really works here is that you take an overseen piece of street furniture and integrate it into a scene making the street furniture part of the plot and becoming alive. Love it. Well done.