Thirty minutes after I took this shot, every seat was full.
Taken at St. Mary's Stadium yesterday, where a record crowd watched my team Southampton demolish Liverpool by 3 goals to 1.
A wonderful day out for Sam, Ben and me. After years of driving the 350+ mile round trip, yesterday we took the train. A far more relaxed way to travel.
Sam has a lot of exams coming up in the next couple of months, so this may be our last visit this season.
I must say I love your B&Ws, it's so inspiring to try some myself. The composition is perfect and to find one person sitting there... it was meant to be. Fav.
@yrhenwr Thank you David. I'm only shooting occasionally at the moment, and using archive shots or taking a weeks worth of shots in a day to take the pressure off. Silver Efex Pro is a brilliant piece of software, I have yet t get much further than the presets. Yes, we were 3 very happy boys on saturday night. Interestingly, I've been watching Saints for 40 years, and a Liverpool win on the south coast is as rare as hen's teeth.
@seanoneill A win over Liverpool was always special for me - a Forest season ticket holder when i lived near the City Ground back in the 'glory days'. You can rescue lesser shots with silver FX by getting to use the 'contact points' which allow you to alter brightness, contrast and structure locally
@yrhenwr I remember standing on the Trent End myself back in the day when Liverpool were visitors. Happy days indeed. Looks like Forest are the form team again at the moment too, so hope that we get to play you again next season for the right reasons. Yes, I need to teach myself how to edit locally, I have the perfect shot with an imperfect sky that is crying out for it, and guess what, its of a steam train powering up an embankment!
@seanoneill So maybe I was in the East Stand, looking down on you! Billy Davies has got them into the play-offs before, all to no avail! Look forward to seeing that steam train shot!
