Micklegate Bar at Night by if1

Micklegate Bar at Night

305 - I last included a shot of Micklegate Bar in bright sunny conditions in summer ( http://365project.org/if1/365/2012-08-29), but here it is again, this time after dark. A brief history of this structure was included with the earlier shot.

I set out to take shots of a number of floodlit buildings around York - places like the Minster and other parts of the city walls, but sadly the floodlights that glowed brightly before Christmas have been turned off on some of the buildings. It looks like austerity has hit town!
Awesome!
January 4th, 2013  
Another impressive building in your historic city
January 4th, 2013  
Excellent low light shot. The inclusion of the car works well in giving the building scale.
January 4th, 2013  
Very nice - love that deep blue sky.
January 4th, 2013  
Lee
I like photos of stone buildings, your illuminated photo shows the stone off well. I'm planning to take some night shots myself.
January 4th, 2013  
Beautiful gate, A great capture
January 4th, 2013  
Beautiful night shot! Good subject.
January 4th, 2013  
Good shot. Very atmospheric
January 4th, 2013  
Great sky and I like the car headlights coming through!
January 4th, 2013  
awesome - in the day and the night
January 4th, 2013  
Very good capture. Has a lot of atmosphere to it. Interesting comment on the lighting.
January 4th, 2013  
Bob
Great structure. Nicely lit.
January 4th, 2013  
A beautiful shot of a wonderful old structure....
January 5th, 2013  
Looks very impressive with the dramatic lighting.
January 5th, 2013  
just lovely...against the blue sky
January 5th, 2013  
Such a strikingly different effect. Looks more dramatic and a little sinister in this version. fav
January 5th, 2013  
Lovely shot - I like the upped contract resulting in the dark blue / purple sky - brings out the colour in the stone brickwork and gives the image that royal feeling :-D
January 5th, 2013  
Great shot!
January 6th, 2013  
@vesna0210

Thank you Vesna, glad you like it!
January 6th, 2013  
@purplehaze12

Thank you Hazel - I'm certainly spoilt for choice with so many historic buildings!
January 6th, 2013  
@isleofmanlandscapes

Thank you Colin - as you say, the car gives scale - it's hard to imagine how tall the bar is without something to give it scale.
January 6th, 2013  
@busylady

Thank you Judith - I took this a while after sunset and I was surprised just how much light there still was in the sky.
January 6th, 2013  
@gamelee

Thnk you Lee - we have lots of stone buildings here! Good luck with the night photography.
January 6th, 2013  
@pyrrhula

Thank you Pyrrhula - it is an imposing structure.
January 6th, 2013  
@gnilrets

Thank you Sterling, it is nicely illuminated to allow night shots.
January 6th, 2013  
@chris17

Thank you Christine, the council have made a good job of illuminating parts of the city walls.
January 6th, 2013  
@shweetheart

Thank you Helen - I was a bit surprised how bright the sky came out!
January 6th, 2013  
@doodlerdeb

Thank you Debra - it is an impressive entrance to the city.
January 6th, 2013  
@steviepix

Thank you Stevie - I will just have to get shots of the remaining illuminated buildings!
January 6th, 2013  
@bobhuegel

Thank you Bob, it is an impressive entrance to the city.
January 6th, 2013  
@roslynjoy

Thank you Roslyn, glad you like it. This was the royal entrance to the city in earlier centuries.
January 6th, 2013  
@ladyjane

Thank you Ladyjane, the city council have made a good job of illuminating parts of the city walls.
January 6th, 2013  
@winoti

Thank you Wini, that sky came out rather brighter than I expected. Nice to see you back on here again. Are we going to see more of your photos soon?
January 6th, 2013  
@tonydebont

Thank you Tony, I do like the effect of the floodlighting on parts of the walls.
January 6th, 2013  
@githaofegestal

Thank you Githa - I was surprised how bright the sky came out!
January 6th, 2013  
@frankhymus

Thank you Frank, glad you like it!
January 6th, 2013  
Incredible night shot, love the dark blue sky and the way you composed this shot. Wonderful detail and lighting on the building =)
January 7th, 2013  
Wow... Like this shot a lot. The lighting makes it very interesting. Reminds me of Disneyland here in the states. I had to look up the name as it is sort of similar to my last name. I see it means "great street."
January 7th, 2013  
What a great night shot!!! Cool place!
January 7th, 2013  
@tanja_1211

Thank you Tanja - I was a bit surprised just how bright the blue of the sky turned out.
January 7th, 2013  
@brianl

Thank you Brian. This entrance to the city is the traditional entrance to the city for royalty, which is possibly the origin of its name.
January 7th, 2013  
@clmiller

Thank you Caren, glad you like it!
January 7th, 2013  
Gorgeous!
January 9th, 2013  
@kdimagery

Thank you Kd, I was pleased with how it came out.
January 10th, 2013  
Did you wait for a car to appear before you took this shot. wow you have so many interesting historical structures and this is one of them.
January 10th, 2013  
@bruni

Thank you Bruni - there was a queue of cars, so had to wait for a gap in the traffic to include just one car!
January 10th, 2013  
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