Day 083 - A Day At The Blues by stevecameras

Day 083 - A Day At The Blues

Could have had loads of 'Blues' lines today, including 'feeling blue' (was a very, very cold and slightly tedious day at work), as I have been working at the Chelsea Football Club. The team are sometimes known as The Blues, and this is also the club colour.

I decided to take my new Fujifilm X20 with me rather than my 7D SLR, and ended up using one of the special filters on it, this time where only blue colours are seen in the shot.

It's a little 'snappy', and very gimmicky given the blue-only filter, but I thought why not - i'm still getting used to using it, and it doesn't hurt to use the features built-in.

I like the viewpoint - taken from a little cubby hole in the stadium where the corridor I'm stood in, stops at a dead end behind me - and I like the flood light coming into the dark.

I'm back there again for match day tomorrow - Brazil v Russia playing in an international 'friendly' so might try something similar, maybe with a different colour filter :)
I really like this Steve. Lots of shapes and textures and great pov. I bet there are many who would envy you your access to chelsea football grounds. Nice one!
March 24th, 2013  
I like it too! I especially like that it is empty, and the b&w with the blue is fitting.
March 24th, 2013  
@happysnap @spair Thank you both :)
March 24th, 2013  
Nice one. Love the pov and all that blue. Has a mystery about it.
March 24th, 2013  
@amandal Thank you :)
March 24th, 2013  
Yes I like the way the walkway leads to the blue inside the stadium. Kind of lonely looking.
March 24th, 2013  
@eyesmile Kind of what I was hoping to achieve. It's a very busy shot, but also empty because the stadium is empty and there are no people in it.
March 24th, 2013  
Nice shot Steve
March 24th, 2013  
@dreamatrix Thank you!
March 24th, 2013  
love this shot
March 25th, 2013  
Nicely captured!
March 25th, 2013  
March 25th, 2013  
well that's a cool function to have in a camera! interesting shot, this... i am most fascinated by the sparkling black wall and texture on the right :)
March 25th, 2013  
Very nice perspective, and I find built in functions can be great fun!
March 25th, 2013  
What can I say - as a Chelsea fan it will be biased. An interesting shot of parts of the stadium we don't normally see :))
March 25th, 2013  
cool shot, Steve!!
March 25th, 2013  
@northy @florrie @malc @jessca646 Thank you all :)
March 26th, 2013  
Interesting POV, I like how you have captured this.
March 26th, 2013  
@nicolecampbell Thank you :)
March 26th, 2013  
This shot captures the mood just before everybody else comes in backstage. Interessting and nice pov, great selective colour
March 27th, 2013  
@khirsch Thank you. And I agree...there's something about a big, quiet stadium or arena on match/gig day that's very cool!
March 27th, 2013  
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