University challenge

Today's photo project - local architecture - ideally needed direct sunlight to give me the effect I had in mind, but that mental picture evaporated by early afternoon as high cloud rolled in from the south.

Not to be deterred by the diffused light I now had to work with, I set off to photograph the town's university buildings that have sprung up in the past couple of years. My intention from the outset was to produce graphic black and white images: a treatment that I prefer for such subjects.

 

24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. Matrix metering. ISO 100

Top: 1/640 second at f/5.6. Bottom: 1/800 second at f/5.6

Mono conversion in Capture One Pro

© 2021

Going up

"It's getting more like New York every day..." quips a passer-by, as I stand waiting for the light to change. He is referring to the plethora of construction work currently going on, with the expansion of Bournemouth University.

A tad exaggerated, I feel, but tall buildings appear to be going up at an alarming rate in the town. Most of it appears to be student accommodation, but whatever its use, it's too good an opportunity to miss with a camera. 

Top: 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/400 second at f/8. Matrix metering. ISO 100

Middle: 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/500 second at f/8. Matrix metering. ISO 100

Bottom: 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/640 second at f/8. Matrix metering. ISO 100

© 2019