The colour Red

Mar/20/10 15:36 Filed in: Photo shoots

A different view of the British Flag.


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One way of dealing with being and living in the UK now is photographing the British flag. And instead of going to Buckingham Palace, I found this Nissan Micra parked at a car dealership around the corner. Of course it was not only just a Micra, but it is painted in the "Brit look" - therefore it is being sold with an exorbitantly high price tag. Although the painting of this vehicle is rather cool, it still is a Micra. I don't have to buy it I guess. But it was inspiring enough to approach it with my camera and take a few close up images (for a larger view of the photograph above see inside the article).
So, I drove up (yes, I am able now to drive on the other side of the road - and trust me, it took me a while to learn), walked into the car dealership and actually asked (believe it or not) wether it is ok to take a few photos of this car. And the manager on duty agreed. I could not believe it. Good.
British flag painted on Nissan Micra
Unfortunately it was a rather dull day and I did not bring my tripod. Why not? I think because deep inside I did not believe the sales folks to agree and that I would have to come back again in the early morning before the store opens. So I had to deal with that situation. And trust me, after a few approaches at higher ISO settings, I decided to keep it low. Since I was working with my 55-200 mm lens to get some nice close ups, I had to keep the shutter speed up which resulted me working at a relatively low f-stop. I do like the image I got out of this shoot. I absolutely love the lines and the colours. The shallow DOF makes the photograph more lively. Without that I think it would have just been a flat image of red and blue. The lens vignetting in the corner also add in my opinion to the dynamic of this image.
I think this photo starts a new project I will keep in mind - the colour red.

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