291 - A drier day today, and reasonably warm, so a late afternoon walk into the centre of York to do some after dark photography.
The Shambles is probably the York street best known to visitors, and there were still quite a few people wandering around when I took this shot.
Sadly, not much effort has been made with Christmas lights - just a few small Christmas trees with white lights at 1st floor level, but it still has a nice feel to it after dark.
Thank you Judith, glad you like it. The river is up, and currently about 3.8 metres above normal. The riverside paths are flooded. I suspect the water might be close to the Kings Arms on the riverside too, but I forgot to look while I was in town. The flood forecast is that the river is close to it's highest already.
I've never seen the Shambles at night - this is a lovely atmospheric picture.
I hope the poor old Kings Arms isn't in for another flooding - they won't be dried out after the last one.
Thank you Paul, I was experimenting with the inbuilt night settings on the camera, rather than doing time exposures, and I was quite pleased with the results.
Thank you Janet - York is a very attractive city by night, but I don't often get to see it! The river peaked at about 4 metres above normal last night, so the Kings Arms would have been flooded. The interior is designed to cope though, with stone floors and bare brick walls. Beer is stored upstairs rather than in the cellar. A quick hose down and disinfect and they are back in business after a couple of days. The floods also got them a free advert on national tv last night, so they probably aren't too upset by events!
Thank you Judith, glad you like it. The river is up, and currently about 3.8 metres above normal. The riverside paths are flooded. I suspect the water might be close to the Kings Arms on the riverside too, but I forgot to look while I was in town. The flood forecast is that the river is close to it's highest already.
Nice capture
I hope the poor old Kings Arms isn't in for another flooding - they won't be dried out after the last one.
Thank you Pyrrhula. Some bits of the Harry Potter films were shot in Yorkshire, but I don't think anything was filmed in York itself.
Thank you Paul, I was experimenting with the inbuilt night settings on the camera, rather than doing time exposures, and I was quite pleased with the results.
Thank you Bob, and thank you for the fav!
Thank you Izabrit1, I'm pleased you like our lovely city. More night shots of York to come.
Thank you Janet - York is a very attractive city by night, but I don't often get to see it! The river peaked at about 4 metres above normal last night, so the Kings Arms would have been flooded. The interior is designed to cope though, with stone floors and bare brick walls. Beer is stored upstairs rather than in the cellar. A quick hose down and disinfect and they are back in business after a couple of days. The floods also got them a free advert on national tv last night, so they probably aren't too upset by events!
Thank you Bill - it has some beautiful old timber framed buildings, and is one of the best known streets that tourists visit here.
Thank you Brian, it's a very photogenic street, day or night, but is usually very busy.
Thank you Roslyn, it's a lovely street for atmospheric shots.
Thank you Christine - it is a lovely photogenic street.
Thank you Marie - you're quite right, he does look very tall! The buildings on the left have very low entrances, which creates the optical illusion.
Thank you Heather, it is a lovely atmospheric street to get shots of.
Thank you Helen - it's a very atmospheric street. It was used in a remake of Treasure Island with Sean Bean a few years ago too!
Thank you Jason, these streets certainly have character.
Thank you Michael, glad you like it.