John Sandell photography : Image of the Month

Image of the Month | February 2010

The image posted here each month is normally a new addition to the site. It hasn't always happened on time, unfortunately, but since The Big Redesign in mid 2007 I've been trying hard to do the update in the first couple of days of each month. Earlier IOTMs are moved into the growing Image of the Month Archive, which is now spread over several pages.

Cycle Path

Cycle Path. I guess this image would be defined as a pattern picture, if it has to be defined at all. Certainly a mix of textures, from the hatched lines of the terraced planting to the intersecting circles of the red paving. A strong diagonal from bottom right to top left (is that allowed?), crossing a 'curved diagonal' from the cyclist round the top of the image to the top right corner. The photo was taken from a footpath beside a railway bridge over the river, near the huge cathedral in Cologne [Köln], Germany, as I set out on my Grand Tour in September 2008. Coming back to the picture now I rather like it, even if I can't really say why! I think the two people in the background are important in blocking off that corner of the image. A small but careful crop.

Technical: NIKON D300, f=18.0 mm, ISO400, 1/320 sec @ f9.0

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