Angel Silhouette by Owen

Saturday, 9th May 2009

Angel Silhouette

by Owen

Ho big!

Equipment: Sony Alpha 200

Owen

My name is Owen I live in Peterlee a town by the coast in north east England.I live with my wife and 4 year old son and we are expecting a baby in February.I’m still quite new to photography and absolutely love it as a hobby.

16 Comments

sbl Says:
May 9th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Good, dramatic image. Well done.
tom Says:
May 9th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I really like this, the fact that its so hard to tell if its a natural photo or a ‘photoshop’ image makes it more interesting, the sun is in front of the statue but yet the front is in shadow, really nice image either way.
Alex Says:
May 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Very good job, attractive image.
su Says:
May 9th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Have yet to see this, love the way you have got people in the shot to give it perspective, congrats
liz Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 12:51 am
totaly cool,love the sky in the background
Marie Dunphy Harding Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 2:46 am
Fantastic sky .. but no idea about the shot!
Kirk Jordan Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 7:05 am
What in the world is going on here? Is this some kind of back mounted hang-glider? Just curious, and want more details.
KeithT Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:34 am
The Angel of the North is an impressive sculpture. I have no reason to go that way these days, so will probably never see it for real. I like this take on it though. At least it is different from the countless shots that have already been taken of it.
owen Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Thanks for nice comments, I know the Angel is photographed so many times so when I do photo her I ahave tried different angles…

Angel info for Kirk:

http://www.angelofthenorth.org.uk/

Thanks again
su Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
For Kirk and anyone who is curious, The Angel of the North is a huge steel structure in the North of England, it is 20m tall and 54m across the wings. It is therefore wider than the statue of Liberty is tall.It has to be able to withstand 100mph winds. An impressive sight.

Regards
Pauline Jones Says:
May 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
This is a nice picture, especially for a beginner, well done.
Anurag Says:
May 11th, 2009 at 7:15 am
You have put the wide angle to good use, though as a variation maybe you could have tried for a tighter crop to exclude the bushes on the left which seem to distract a bit.
owen Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Thanks for viewing and comments
Sue Gagnon Says:
May 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Thank you ’su’ and ‘KeithT’, absent your comments, I was completely lost with this photograph. Makes the shot infinitely more interesting for me.
Renee Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Amazing!
mike Says:
September 27th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
I love the clouds also.