Barcelona again.
This was one of my favourite places we visited. High on Mountjuic,
(Barcelona's own minature 'mountain')
behind the deserted 1992 olympic park, tucked away on the hillside, there is the
Jardí Botànic de Barcelona.
Apart from a dazzling display of interesting botany from around the world
(out comes the 100mm macro, and barely leaves my eye as I wander glued to camera from specimen to
specimen
)it's worth taking a nice broad look at the really great landscape architecture going on. Harsh opposing lines built from white concrete and rust red core-ten steel, the path you follow feels to be cut and edged into a climbing landscape. For me this hugely complimented the riotous colourful beauty of the planting
(even in January - such flowers!)
and provided a crisp monochromatic counterpoint.
So this set takes both colour and monochrome abstract images, one after the other, each complimenting or balancing the next. See what you think.
As before this type of organisational decision and arrangement came during post process but reinforces the general feeling I had when making the two different types of image.
As usual you also can view the set on Flickr
As always cutting criticism and comments via email (tomglendinning.photography@gmail.com) or
, are hugely helpful and welcome.
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