Skating under the bridge
You might remember this shot I posted a couple of months ago of the Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon. I still have a few images of the bridge that I would like to post, but first I thought it would be interesting to show you the scale of the scene by posting an image with some kids skateboarding at the skate park located right under the bridge.
The kids were from the island of Cabo Verde (a place I would really love to go to at some point!) and were very relaxed about having someone with a camera sitting around taking pictures. They couldn’t do any big tricks, but they made up for it by putting a lot of heart into trying!
Europe, Portugal
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Warning light
As you can imagine there’s not a whole lot of things I can tell you about this image. It was taken from the roof of a 48 stories building in Business Bay and it depicts one of the air traffic warning lights at the top of the building with the tallest building in the world as a background. It’s a very simple shot, but I like the way the lines take your eye towards the subject.
As for the post-processing, it was very simple and initially I had this in black and white, which I think, if it wouldn’t have been for the red warning light, would have worked very well. By hovering over the image and looking at the original you will also notice that I’ve horizontally flipped the image as I thought it worked better. Of course, I would love to hear what you think (good or bad…)
Dubai, Middle East, United Arab Emirates
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Vidra Lake
As I was saying in this previous post, last month, while in Romania, I got the chance to drive on Romania’s new highest road crossing the Parang Mountains. Once you cross the mountains, you have a few options where to go and we carried on to Vidra Lake, an artificial lake sitting behind a fairly large dam.
The area is incredibly beautiful and surprisingly under-developed. A few years ago there used to be a big hotel here (this is where I took the photograph below), which now is closed and is slowly crumbling away. I couldn’t find an exact reason why the hotel closed down, but it’s a real shame to see that in a region with many financial difficulties, tourism is not being taken as a serious alternative.
Europe, Romania
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