Fountains and Lions

Like the colors and compostion and exposure-time. Just long enough to see the water streaming. Just one tiny little thing.. The person behind the lion.

 

Regards,

 

Bram

I really like the way you composed this, and the shutter speed works extreamely well....

I can hear thw water coming down! Thanks for remembering so many moments in this square. I used to go every sunday to a pub nearby where all the Spaniards gather to have a wine or two, play the guitar and sing a bit of flamenco. That was 22 years ago!

Hi Bram! I like the boy playing on the lion as it gives scale and is a very typical feature of the place!

 

Linda, thanks! the shutter speed was a bit of a guess but I'm making out it was pure skill!

 

Angel, how time flies! Glad you have some good memories of the place. - regards Colin

Excellent image and angle of shot. Original.

Nice shot, I like also Hans? version. Good use of the IS - let me guess: 1/8 sec handheld ?

Thanks Carsten. I guess about 1/4 sec propped on the camera bag and tripped by the self timer!

I visited London for 3 brief days in 2001. All your photos are wonderful and bring back fond memories; this one especially. One day I hope to return. Thanks for sharing your work.

Marilyn, I'm glad my photos brought back good memories for you. Thanks for your comment!

The mood here is priceless. Great capture Colin.

Thanks Alec, I appreciate your dropping by.

What a wonderful, dramatic composition . This makes me feel as if I'm playing in the fountain.

This is one of my favorites images of yours, Colin. It has a nice aesthetic quality, of course, and plenty of visual energy, with the water bubbling and boiling in the wind and all... but I especially like how the lion is so strong-looking but is also so pleasantly at rest... at his favorite watering hole, maybe... nicely framed. I never thought at all about lions and fountains like this before... but I do now (viva photo.net!). And then, yes there's more... there's that elegant contrast between the wild beast and the fragile boy... both just peacefully getting along... and all of this encased in golden-hued stone and iron. Me like.

I've been to London this september and this really captures the atmospheare at Nelson's Column.... great photo!!

 

Congrats

 

chloe

Well, to re-open the colour debate can of worms, I liked the turquouise water in traflagar sq better than the one I think you guys ended up with, counter- balanced with the corally colour of the stone, (complementary?) worked for me. Great shot in any case.

 

Mariellen