Park Hill Flats, Sheffield

by AndrewA

Another from my trip to Park Hill Flats, Sheffield.
Uploaded27/03/2015 - 21:46
CategoryBlack & White
Shutter Speed1/40
Aperturef/8
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length26mm

drobbia
Posted 28/03/2015 - 02:37 Link
-it captures the Sheffield of the late 70's Fortunately or perhaps less so. Technically superior. The raked foreground brings a incongruous Zen Garden feel that the eye discovers after judging the little box flats. - the leafless tree adds its own comment. A seriously special image.- t
"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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GIULIO57
Posted 28/03/2015 - 10:43 Link
Good technical BW conversion
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bwlchmawr
Posted 28/03/2015 - 11:07 Link
A nice gritty bit of misplaced utopia. Am I right in thinking English Heritage listed this building, Andrew?
Best wishes,

Andrew

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pauljay
Posted 28/03/2015 - 11:41 Link
What a waste of living space! Your photos are certainly much better than those I've just been looking at on-line!
Paul.

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pgweber
Posted 28/03/2015 - 12:10 Link
It seems like a sympathetic treatment you have given here. A nice tidy composition and effective mono conversion which suits the dystopian nature of the subject.
Would you have still used mono on the opposite face of the building with all the coloured panels added during the Urban Splash refurbishment?
I note the top of the tree is clipped off. Was that so that you could maintain the camera at a flattish angle in order to keep the vertical lines parallel?
Peter

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Edited by pgweber: 28/03/2015 - 12:11
Bobbinalorry
Posted 28/03/2015 - 15:27 Link
that's how to make a boring subject come to life! Excellent.
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AndrewA
Posted 29/03/2015 - 09:58 Link
bwlchmawr wrote:
A nice gritty bit of misplaced utopia. Am I right in thinking English Heritage listed this building, Andrew?

Hi Andrew, yes it is listed, it is a beautiful set of buildings in my view and I am glad they have saved them.
Andrew

"I'm here because the whiskey is free" - Tyla

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AndrewA
Posted 29/03/2015 - 10:00 Link
pgweber wrote:
It seems like a sympathetic treatment you have given here. A nice tidy composition and effective mono conversion which suits the dystopian nature of the subject.
Would you have still used mono on the opposite face of the building with all the coloured panels added during the Urban Splash refurbishment?
I note the top of the tree is clipped off. Was that so that you could maintain the camera at a flattish angle in order to keep the vertical lines parallel?

The new parts are nice, I will try them next. Yep struggled to get it all in with only 16mm at the wide end to work with.
Andrew

"I'm here because the whiskey is free" - Tyla

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autumnlight
Posted 29/03/2015 - 17:23 Link
A stunning capture of these oldish flats, and it's a listed building?

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