showmanship, a photo from West Yorkshire, England

Photographer's Note

Here is the entrance to a big wheel giving people rides up into the air in front of Bradford Civic Hall. These wheels seem to be popular at the moment - this one was travelling from place to place. In the background is the main facade of the City Hall which was designed by Lockwood and Mawson, a Bradford firm of architects. This firm were the winners out of the thirty two entrants for the competition to design the building. Construction took three years and the building was opened on the 9th September 1873. The 220 foot Italianate bell tower, containing 13 bells, is modelled on the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence.(SEE WORKSHOP) On the facade are 35 statues of rulers of England, from the Norman Conquest up to Queen Victoria.
I worked in this building at the end of the 1960's when much of Bradford town centre was being demolished and rebuilt - resulting in the loss of many valuable and interesting buildings. A new wave of demolition and reconstruction is going on at present!
The WS shows the tower and the top of the wheel.

trekks, ARGI, cobbydale, Royaldevon, evanrizo, maloutim has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (0) 2008-04-19 15:06

Hi dear Maggie,
Great and colorfull scene very well composed and captured. Perfect compo and very nice notes.
TFS and have anice weekend
Best regards
MESUT ILGIM

trekks (14348) 2008-04-20 1:38

hello Maggie

Eye dazzling colors and decorations in this capture to attract my attention. Good BG of building facade to make it more interesting.

tfs, bill

pally3100 (3413) 2008-04-20 3:59

hello Maggie
a very good pov , a good idea for a good picture Bravo friendly Henri(no active for moment)

emka (157280) 2008-04-20 23:59

Hi Maggi, very interesting picture fuul of details. I like this building covered almost totally by the wheel. Good composition and colours.

Regards

Malgorzata

ARGI (3456) 2008-04-21 1:52

What an amazing picture Maggie.
Your composition is superb.!!
Excellent contrast between the Bradford Civic Hall tower and modern(?) instalation of the wheel.
Colors and your POV is wonderful.
My sincere congratulations
best regards from GReece
Argyris

cobbydale (1958) 2008-04-21 12:29

Good capture Maggie, nice colours and well composed. I like the bored looking assistant just visible inside the kiosk. I took some shots on a grey day of Bradford City Hall from roughly the same place but there was nothing like this to brighten it up and the shots were quite drab. TFS.
Leon.

Royaldevon (85606) 2008-04-21 12:32

Hello Maggie,

Sharp, bright, detailed, eye-catching ... all the adjectives you would associate with this type of public entertainment!
Having pulled us in, the eyes cannot help following the metal struts, to investigate the contrasting, ornate architecture of the building.
It's like two scenes for the price of one!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

ifanik (21679) 2008-04-22 3:44 [Comment]