The common theme that brings the images in this Series together is, as the title suggests, parallel (or nearly parallel) lines.
Whilst there are some similarities between the images, the way they have been created differs, as I briefly explain in the captions on each.
This image was taken traditionally as far as camera technique is concerned, from a beach on Tyneside in the UK. I took it with this post processing in mind, applying horizontal blur to simplify out the distracting details, thus allowing a focus on the colours and mood of the scene.
Shot from Saltburn beach in the UK on a beautifully calm summer's day. I was taken by the gentle ripples. Here the lines were accentuated by shooting a long shutter speed and horizontally panning the camera. And in case you are think this kind of image is easy?! This is one of only a couple of successful frames from perhaps 100 or so attempts that day.
And now for something different. Taken on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, UK. The image is of the leading edge of our camper van window, opened out to a horizontal position, whilst we sat inside waiting for the rain to clear. Patience and perfect timing was necessary for this image, and similar to the ripples image above there are many other failed shots also captured that morning. Look carefully into the forming droplet and you can just make out the hillsides along the sea loch I was shooting towards.
Anyone who is familiar with travelling on the London Underground in the UK might just recognise the subject here. In the foreground are the parallel lines of the platform edge : yellow warning line, the ridged edge of the platform, and white edging line. Beyond the platform (mind the gap) there is the track, and beyond that along the back wall of the station are the multi coloured power and data wires. I applied a horizontal blur post processing.
This images captures 7 trees at sunset along the side of the Canal du Midi in the Languedoc, southern France. The canal was calm (so the lower part of the image consists of the tree trunks reflected in the water) and the light was magical. The blurred effect was created by using a long shutter speed, but this time with a vertical pan of the camera.
Not altered reality at all (although you could be forgiven for thinking it was), the image is a stacked series of frames shot from a tripod to capture star trails in the night sky. So no camera movement, or blur created in post processing. The series of frames was taken over a 15 minute or so period one evening in Whitley Bay in the UK. The coloured rainbow lines are real, part of a laser light installation, I framed them against a redundant telegraph pole to create the illusion of coloured telegraph wires.
Taken in New York City from a sightseeing boat on the East River. I figured the only way to get a useable image from a moving boat after dark was to improvise, so here is another taken as a vertical pan. You can make out the dominant green coloured Empire State Building in the centre, with the yellow Chrysler Building immediately to its right.
