tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1901576583025195670..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Ross-on-Wye, HerefordshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80746815646414214902019-04-10T23:53:47.088+01:002019-04-10T23:53:47.088+01:00As someone who is an amateur photographer on the o...As someone who is an amateur photographer on the one hand (although I was about to take it seriously as a profession after achieving my best results in the various subjects of photography during my career in Fine Arts) and on the other hand, and as a lover of the architecture, take pictures of hundreds of buildings in an attempt to compile the buildings that fit in my favorite styles, my thoughts about the shadows in the photos collide with each other ... As "artist" I like to play with the volumes, especially those that occupy the shadows within the photograph. If what I want is to "catalog" buildings ... I certainly prefer that there are no annoying shadows, that all the details and adornments be seen, that distances be appreciated, as well as the textures ... In those moments I hate the strong light and the shadows (but of course, I live in Madrid, Spain, where the sunlight can be excessive and where the cloudy days are rather few.) What for you in Britain would be described as a "splendid day" I would consider as "another damn sunny day" myself).<br /><br />In your photograph, which showss a very open plane, that shadow is perfect since it not only occupies part of the building, it also occupies all the pavement, and shows enough of the arches and windows to give information about the building, and even hides a little people! (So good you waited for the right moment to take it!).franzjosefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504915625992301886noreply@blogger.com