Linda Kavanagh
May 2021 - LEAVING LIVERPOOL - A CASE IN HISTORY
About the Image(s)
his is a concrete sculpture, one of many in Liverpool on Hope Street created by John King and erected in 1998. It evokes a time in history when many immigrants passed through the city on their way to a new world. Some of them are linked to famous people, of course, my fave, members of the Beatles the reason I was visiting the city in the first place.
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5 comments posted
A good travel photo which leaves to the imagination the stories of the immigrants that were there. There are some interesting colors and I think I would have made them more vibrant. Posted: 05/19/2021 11:28:22
Interesting sculpture, but it looks a little flat to me. Would there have been interesting shadows if you had taken the picture at a different time of day? Enhancing the colors in post might help, too. It would have been cool if a person carrying a suitcase had walked by. Posted: 05/25/2021 14:49:54
(Group 3)
If I am not mistaken Hope Street links the 2 famous Cathedrals in Liverpool - I must have strolled past this monument, luckily I am going back there in September!
This photograph certainly has a travel theme, I may have been inclined to increase contrast. Posted: 05/25/2021 16:13:35
This photograph certainly has a travel theme, I may have been inclined to increase contrast. Posted: 05/25/2021 16:13:35
Linda Kavanagh
I wondered about adding a bit more vivid saturation as that is what I usually go for but I was trying to tone it down a bit and keep the photo with the look of the time and worn out weathered bags.
Posted: 05/25/2021 16:33:08
Posted: 05/25/2021 16:33:08
Linda, I like the muted tone as in my view this helps to portray the cases as aged - and thus faded, which they would be. Perhaps a tad brighter with extra shadow may help, but I suggest not to overdo it.
I worked in Liverpool in the mid to late 1970's, crossing the Mersey daily on the ferries, walking anti-clockwise being the tradition. It was the era of black bowler hats (my father's generation not me!). I've been a few times but never seen this - I will look out for it! Posted: 05/29/2021 11:29:01
I worked in Liverpool in the mid to late 1970's, crossing the Mersey daily on the ferries, walking anti-clockwise being the tradition. It was the era of black bowler hats (my father's generation not me!). I've been a few times but never seen this - I will look out for it! Posted: 05/29/2021 11:29:01