I was in Bradford over the weekend and having woken reasonably early on Sunday morning I decided to go for a walk to help with my head-clearing process. As usual I took the opportunity of packing a camera, so I left the hotel armed with my little Fuji E900 and took to the city streets at 7:20am in the cold and the wet.
The following image was shot in quite low light conditions at 7:40am and as you can see the streets really were wet. With no tripod the camera was hand-held and the long exposure of 1/25 sec @ f2.8 resulted in a little camera shake. I've deliberately enhanced this "error" in Photoshop to create a soft-focus effect. My apologies to any Bradford residents, but I forgot to note the name of the street - it runs along one side of the old Wool Exchange and has Starbucks on the right.
I like the image because it reminds me almost exactly of how I've been feeling - woolly, wet and out of focus...
menhir
You'd never guess the picture, as such, was out of focus in any way. The waving watery effect is rather interesting.
I noticed that there was an unlit Xmas decor light still in situ, while the street lamps and the inner light in the church remain on. The glow of the street lamps was very effectively mirrored by the surface water.
Is sprog okay?