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11th April 2011
The Great Escape by sparkle

The Great Escape

photo 165
I've had a bizzare kind of a day. Great journey up to Nottingham this morning and a really productive meeting. As I came out of the offices I noticed this fire escape on some buildings opposite. So, doing as we do, I pulled the car over and jumped out and started to snap (with my P&S). Next thing I know I'm being almost rugby tackled to the ground by a lady shouting "what do you think you're doing, I'm with security, what are you doing??". Completely bemused (and frankly expecting a SWAT team to jump out from behind the bush and cover me in red lazer spots) I said "i'm doing a project and I liked the shadows..."!! Apparently I should've asked before stopping my car and photographing a building that was a good 400 yards away!! The experience left me a bit edgy for the rest of the evening.

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Comments
Well if you will photograph GCHQ.... Like the shot very much - worth the trauma! Being a security guard has to be VERY boring indeed unless you have unsuspecting photographers to pounce on.
posted April 11th, 2011  
Love the shape!
posted April 11th, 2011  
@judithg LOL it was an Experian building - hardly the Bank of England!! wouldn't have minded if I had of been trespassing!!
posted April 11th, 2011  
Love the shadows.... Sorry for your scary lady experience!!
posted April 11th, 2011  
Lovely capture of the shapes and shadows.
posted April 11th, 2011  
Very cool shot with the shadows.
posted April 11th, 2011  
very cool shot !
posted April 11th, 2011  
fantastic capture of structure,shapes,shadows and light, great detail and focus
posted April 11th, 2011  
Great shadows
posted April 11th, 2011  
Cam
It's a great image and well worth the hassle. You should have taken a few frames of the over-zealous security busybody too (they love that) :)
posted April 11th, 2011  
Wonderful light play!
posted April 11th, 2011  
Great spot, great shot Juliette!

I must confess I had a little chuckle at your telling of the rugby tackling security lady! :)
posted April 11th, 2011  
great shot!
posted April 11th, 2011  
very nice architecture shot!
posted April 11th, 2011  
Now *this* is a great image. Totally worth being tackled to the ground. I love the large depth of field in this too.
posted April 11th, 2011  
Love the shadows Juliette , great composition and nice B/W too. As for the security guard, Nottingham is a tough old East Midlands city , maybe the securuty guard was a tad worried about your safety.

When I first saw the image I thought it was the Pork farms building in Nottingham, rather than Experian. The Experian HQ on the NG2 park is very impressive a night ..all blue and smoked glass !
posted April 11th, 2011  
@phil_howcroft thanks - if I was nearly killed in the process of taking a shot in the daylight I'm buggered if I'm going to try it at night!!! LOL
posted April 11th, 2011  
Fantastic, got to FAV this one!
posted April 11th, 2011  
Love this! :D
posted April 11th, 2011  
Great shadows and great shot, just not a great experience in getting it! What a horrible experience that must have been.
posted April 11th, 2011  
lines and shadows are beautiful in this, love the B&W too. FAV
posted April 11th, 2011  
fabulous composition. really amazing shot
posted April 11th, 2011  
Another great capture. Wow for your experiences. Glad you are safe.
posted April 11th, 2011  
super shot and haha.. sounds all too familiar to me having been stopped a few times... if you've time, stick to your guns and balls it out... bloody security guard and their jumped up power trips...
posted April 11th, 2011  
ha ha...great story and great shot. :)
posted April 12th, 2011  
LOL what an interesting experience!!! I think it was worth it though! great shot!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Phenomenal capture!
posted April 12th, 2011  
nice!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Life is dangerous for the photographers of 365!!!
I love the shadows as well. Personally, I think a bit of risk is part of the fun.
posted April 12th, 2011  
Great shot!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Wow, I'm always afraid something like that will happen to me! I've had a couple of police cars drive by when I'm photgraphing businesses, and I always feel like they're going to stop and ask me questions although they haven't yet. I am glad you got a GREAT photo out of the experience!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Wow what an awesome shot, love the reflections. Well Done.
posted April 12th, 2011  
wonderful b+w and shadows!
posted April 12th, 2011  
oh and WOW to your story about getting the shot!! crazy!
posted April 12th, 2011  
WOW!!! Fav.!!
posted April 12th, 2011  
B
How did I miss this photo. WOW The shadow, the construction and the entire composition of the piece is astoundingly beautiful. Well done and very very lovely to look at.
posted April 12th, 2011  
Great stairway and fabulous capture!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Amazing capture!!
posted April 12th, 2011  
great capture and what a great story to go with it :)
posted April 12th, 2011  
This is amazing! Fav to show my family! I'm sorry you had a bad experience getting the picture, though. :(
posted April 12th, 2011  
Wow, great if crazy story! Absolutely perfect shot. A fav!
posted April 12th, 2011  
love it - love the reflection
a fave
posted April 12th, 2011  
Wow, crazy! I do like the shadows too :o)
posted April 12th, 2011  
Great shot
posted April 12th, 2011  
I really like how the shadows look. :D Cool shot ♥
posted April 12th, 2011  
I love the balnce that is created with the shadows great capture!
posted April 12th, 2011  
Great shot.
posted April 13th, 2011  
Wow, what a story. At least you got an awesome shot out of the deal!
posted April 13th, 2011  
It's a great photo and I've faved it for that as well as your bureaucratic ordeal :)

In Australia, as with the US, you can take a photograph of anything you can see from a public space as long as you remain in a public space. If it's the DSD or NSA buildings (GCHQ equivalent) then you can snap them from the road. I know the UK is just starting to relax its ridiculous lawset governing (among other things) photography in public but I'm not entirely sure what stage it's at. I would have turned the camera on the security witch and asked for her name...but that's how I roll ;)
posted April 13th, 2011  
Love the shadows, love the shape. Next time just text us and we'll form our own 365-swat team to swat her back!
posted April 13th, 2011  
Cool B&W, love the shadow
posted April 13th, 2011  
There was a debate some time back about the legality of building shots - worth checking it out. I think you were perfectly within your right and these shadows are fabulous so two fingers to the over zealous security lady ...although I would have probably asked if she thought I'd got the right angle:-)
posted April 13th, 2011  
Fabulous capture! I immediately thought of Watson and Crick because of the combined shadow and stair double helix. Great composition and very effective as BW. Fav
posted April 13th, 2011  
Well this was definitely worth the effort despite your run-in with security! Awesome color, composition, light and shadow! It seems more and more places are having issues with cameras....we just have to learn to be more stealthy! :)
posted April 13th, 2011  
looks great in b&w
posted April 13th, 2011  
Cracking shot, and crazy tale.. you take care out there girl, those dumb security can't wait for something to do..
posted April 13th, 2011  
Well worth the trouble!! Great shot!
posted April 13th, 2011  
Nat
Fantastic shadow and I like the highlights on the steps.
Hope you have got over your ordeal.
posted April 13th, 2011  
Like
posted April 13th, 2011  
Clinical shot, love it
posted April 13th, 2011  
Beautiful...love the shadows. Definitely worth the hassle I would say. Isnt it ridiculous though? I expect the local security on the base the stop me everytime I go out with my camera (its an EX-army base, but they still have their little security guards...) :)
posted April 14th, 2011  
sorry,i missed this one-love and fave !!
posted April 14th, 2011  
Great symmetry with the shadows , and I like the caption too. This reminds me of a time I was with a friend recently and we were photographing a village. Some one came out of one of the houses all huffy and said to her, "What do you think you're doing?" as if she was a soviet spy or a burglar or something. I took a photo of a tractor, we need new tractor designs in Siberia, just don't tell anyone. ;)
posted April 14th, 2011  
Very cool shadows, indeed! A little over-enthused security guard - maybe she was bored...
posted April 14th, 2011  
There's a photo you will NEVER forget, small price to pay for such a perfect pic. :0) Instant Fav.
posted April 14th, 2011  
This is awesome!
posted April 16th, 2011  
near perfect symmetry trhought light and shadow, great stuff!
posted April 16th, 2011  
This is such a neat effect! It's a perfect double helix.
posted April 17th, 2011  
Love the shot, too bad about that hassle, tho!
posted April 18th, 2011  
Excellent! Somehow I missed seeing this one. No wonder you were a bit shy about taking a photo in the airport!
posted April 18th, 2011  
What a great shot. Well worth being rugby tackled for...
posted April 18th, 2011  
very cool, I love the shadows too, I once get stopped and questioned by the anti-terroist police for photographing a road
posted May 18th, 2011  
+fav
posted May 28th, 2011  
love this the shadows are fab
posted July 13th, 2011  
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