Lambs To The Slaughter

This is an underpass in Shepherds Bush. I took the photo on my way to work this morning.

I've had the pleasure of staying quite close to work for the past two nights and the twenty-minute stroll to the office has been quite refreshing. In spite of taking pictures on the way, I've actually been in early, which is something of a novelty for me.

Technically I'm not entirely happy with this image. I couldn't sharpen it much, probably due to the high contrasts in it, and it always annoys me when I can't get photos as sharp as I'd like.

Comments

Richard, Thu 10th Nov, 2005, 3:49pm
Really nice, has that gritty feel to it, I also really like the lighting.

Nickoli, Thu 10th Nov, 2005, 9:44pm
Constructive criticism You could probably do with shooting with a smaller aperture, i notice you often use very large apertures because you dont use a tripod, but means that your depth of field is hugely reduced which is not necessarily negative but it will affect sharpness through the image.

Jamey, Thu 10th Nov, 2005, 10:40pm
Yeah I do tend to use wide apertures. Unfortunately it's either wise apertures or no images, as I can't take a tripod with me to work and I wouldn't want to. I do tend to bump the ISO up to try to claw back some DOF but this one was already at 400 and didn't warrant any higher really.

Nickoli, Fri 11th Nov, 2005, 12:56am
Yeah course mate- the perils of photography on the move. You make some strong images though- keep up the good work. peas

sammy sheep, Fri 6th Jan, 2006, 4:13pm
finally my flock of flat sheepi

no name blog, Sat 11th Nov, 2006, 10:16am
These sheep are old friends I unexpectedly rediscovered on a return visit to London last summer. I wrote wistfully on my blog about being guided along by them towards the light after a descent among the shadows, and I'm happy to find an image that expresses for me some of the same idea (even though I now notice they do not guide out of the tunnel, only to the centre).

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