Lace Market Biker by phil_howcroft

Lace Market Biker

This is a shot from yesterday when I had a pre meal stroll around the Nottingham's Lace Market.

The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area of Nottingham. It was the centre of the world's lace industry during the British Empire and is now a protected heritage area (words courtesy of Wikipedia).

Actually I'm surprised I've never really featured much of the Lace Market before in my 365. I think I need to do another photoshoot here as it is very photogenic.

This is a biker man strolling into the scene (to give scale). I always like a person in both my urban and natural landscapes.

Raw file post processed in Rawtherapee. Auto Levels, Tone mapped and then a G'MIC mono film emulation of Ilford Delta 400 applied.

I then sent the file to GIMP to correct my converging verticals (not worked out how to do that in Rawtherapee yet) and then did a minor contrast adjustment.

Looks pretty good to my eyes. I am pleased with this :)
Nottingham lace is so famous & the best....very fashionable now too. Is any lace made here now Phil? Very smart photo.....your figure shows the scale of the buildings nicely too. Lovely lacy door!
March 16th, 2015  
Awesome B&w
March 16th, 2015  
@happypat thanks Pat, nottingham still has a few lace manufacturers , in fact I walk by a little outlet near school on my daily walk :) , not in the Lace Market, I may add
March 16th, 2015  
@phil_howcroft Lace making is fascinating to watch, you can see them at the Westmorland County Show....all that crossing of bobbins!
March 16th, 2015  
@happypat "cross bobbins", if i see anyone outside the factory i'll ask them how their "cross bobbins" are getting on !!!
March 16th, 2015  
March 16th, 2015  
Lee
Good shot Phil.
March 16th, 2015  
Those repeating patterns really do wonders in pictures - very nice ones here! Wonderful choice for black and white too!
March 17th, 2015  
Love it Phil. I agree with you - I love to add somebody in my shots, too. The architecture is beautiful, too. I wish you could have a look at my posting of today. I dedicated today's joke to you.
March 17th, 2015  
Fantastic shot! Well composed and shot.
March 17th, 2015  
Reading your processing is like double Dutch (!) to me but I like the end result and, although it's in b&w (nice) I think the sun was shining.
March 17th, 2015  
A beautiful b&w! love the comp!
March 17th, 2015  
@nicoleterheide glad it meets with your approval nicole

@quietpurplehaze it was a hazy morning hazel, no distracting shadows :)

@timandelke thanks elke i am pleased with this one

@sangwann seen it elke, going to add another comment in a minute

@vera365 thanks vera , i choos black and whote a bit oo often !!

@gamelee many thanks lee
March 17th, 2015  
A lovely bit of architecture.
March 20th, 2015  
Lovely b&w shot :)
March 20th, 2015  
Really pleasing shapes, lines and repetitions in this. Fab. b&w too. Like your choice of portrait format.
March 21st, 2015  
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