chair 'o' planes and the Nottingham Riverside Festival

We went to the Nottingham Riverside Festival on the embankment of the River Trent today.

Essentially it is a 'free event' held over 3 days by the banks of the river Trent at the famous Nottingham landmark...... Trent Bridge.

The event includes music, street entertainers, traction engines, craft fayres and of course the obligatory travelling fair

This is the chair-o-plane ride shot against the sky and converted to B/W to make a bit more impact.

I like the diagonal of the swings against the white background.

I went +2.7EV on the exposure to keep detail in the people and get a blank white canvas for the sky

[ShadowDancer]

Very good! Great contrasts, and yes, the diagonal works great, and so does b&w. Cool shot!

[peter/zipp]

..such a cool name for a ride. This looks brilliant against the white sky. Good work Phil.

[Jennifer C]

love this! great capture!

[Judith Greenwood]

This is really cool and (speaking as a frame fan) I love this WITHOUT a frame as they are swingin out in to the big white yonder. I like the way you slip 'traction engines' in as though it's obvious that there would be some of those!

[andy c]

this is great phil... top shot mate

[Pat Knowles]

The guy on the right made my stomach lurch when I saw him.. he's not holding on !!!!! It was only when I looked large I realised he was in a sort of bucket seat ...phwwww! Great angle here Phil!

[Juliette Packham]

great shot Phil - love the exposure again and the great white expanse give a great sense of space. Love the lines too - really great shot - fav!

[Janine Nelson]

love that ride! lol. and great shot! the black and white looks very nice.

[Kerri]

Awesome

[patsyj]

great shot Phil..the empty seats are a little scary..like someone disappeared ha! We have a similar ride at our county fair in September.

[Sue Wilde]

This is amazing Phil...a definite fav...I love the empty space and the B&W

[Howard Steele]

very cool shot

[Diana Nelson]

Love this...the black and white works very well.

[Phil Howcroft]

@dinelson diana thank you very much for your kind words and thank you for the follow too :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@steeler cheers howard, it was quite a tricky shot to capture

[Phil Howcroft]

@swilde thank you Sue , especially for the fave.

I'm not too sure about the tree in the bottom left hand corner ..i don't know if it gets in the way a bit or is distracting

[Phil Howcroft]

@patsyjphillips thanks Patsy, i look forward to you doing a similar image in the Sept. county fair

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens thanks kerri :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@janinelson Janine, thanks for your comments :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle oooh Juliette a fave from you, thanks for that :).....I've not read your HDR tutorial yet, I will prob have a peek tomorrow :) .....getting late now

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, the ride does move fast, so you need a high shutter speed and multi frame shooting :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@andycoleborn cheers andy, high praise from you :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg ha ha judith, yes i did rather slip traction engine in !!! I don't know if the term is used in America, so was wondering if it would get any comments :). Glad you like the 'all white' background

[Phil Howcroft]

@jenrobcarr thanks Jeniffer:)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sleepdozer57 cheers Peter, glad you approve. I had a quick peek at your Leeds teracced street images, they all look fabulous. I'll have a closer look tomorrow

[Phil Howcroft]

@shadowdancer many thanks shadow, glad you like the high contrasts

[Frances Chaloner]

Cracking shot Phil! thanks for the info about exposure - you are a whizz on getting it spot on!

[Anita]

This is a fav, Phil. Looks great in b&w and I love the space on the right of the pic. Really great framing!

[Tashy]

Faved! This stark b/w is perfect for this shot. I love how everybody is doing something different, its very surreal. Well done Phil :o)

[Phil Howcroft]

@whippeteer cheers Francis, not really a whizz, I just experiment a bit with the settings and know a few basic rules of photography !

[Phil Howcroft]

@anron thanks for the Fave Anita, did you visit the riverside festival ?

[Phil Howcroft]

@tashy thanks Tashy, surreal is a good description :)

[Anita]

@phil_howcroft You're welcome. I had thought about going on the Saturday for the fireworks but I had a weird day and didn't make it in the end.

[Sarah Horsfall]

I love that you've captured the girl holding hands with her grandma. Works well in black & white :o)

[Phil Howcroft]

@sarahhorsfall thanks sarah, i did not spot the 'hand holding'...see you have such attention to detail....can you see the bug in the top right hand corner !

[Matthew Shepherdson]

Great shot... brilliant in black and white. It's been years since I have been on one of those - you have captured the fun of the moment with everyone looking relaxed. Nicely done.