Baker Street

Trevor Patterson IPA

Baker Street

This is how it would look framed:

I’d like you to indulge me a little whilst you look at this image of Baker Street Station as it will help you to see it though my eyes. To help you do this I found a video of Gerry Rafferty playing his 70’s hit ‘Baker Street’
I can never seem to walk through this station without the sound of that amazing sax running through my head, and since I spent 20 years of my life traveling through this station, every day, on my way to work, the words of the song seem so very relevant for me; this is an image of my home.
Baker Street is also the home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world famous detective Sherlock Holmes. You will find tourists wandering about this part of London looking for the place he was supposed to live… almost as if he were haunting it. I think perhaps that when I’m gone we will probably both end up wandering these platforms, me and a man that never existed – how fitting.
Video Link Here

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Baker Street by Trevor Patterson IPA
  • Christophe Testi

    Christophe Testi

    Awesome shot! Excellent work.

  • Karen Crozier

    Karen Crozier

    You captured a terrific image I like the view point

  • berndt2

    berndt2

    Fantastic – love the horizontal symmetry in this!

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington

    great use of selective colouring.. perfectly captured with great composition

  • Dave Aarons

    Dave Aarons

    Great shot

  • micmac

    micmac

    Beautiful lines and light.

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns

    stunning shot

  • Anselmo Pelembe

    Anselmo Pelembe

    nice work

  • Dave Warren

    Dave Warren

    Excellent use of SC

  • Kasey Lilly

    Kasey Lilly

    well done

  • Colin Tobin

    Colin Tobin

    Great work. Thanks for the background info as well!

  • Eugene Farrell

    Eugene Farrell

    Wow, love this image, you hit the nail on the head well done

  • Alexander Gitlits

    Alexander Gitlits

    Great perspective and colours.

  • Deon de Waal

    Deon de Waal

    Great shot.
    Love the colouring

  • Michael Kienhuis

    Michael Kienhuis

    Great work
    M:>

  • Jen Cannella

    Jen Cannella

    This is truly a stunnig shot…I love it Trevor!

  • bites

    bites

    Great shot love the curve in the tracks and interesting history :D

  • GerryMac

    GerryMac

    love how your eye follows the lines in this capture Trevor!

  • Mark Higgins

    Mark Higgins

    yeah, love this shot, the red train and the yellow line.
    Brings back memories of my time in London and
    went through this station many times.
    (Great song too, Gerry Rafferty always had a super
    smooth voice and Baker Street was one of his best)

  • mysteryfaith

    mysteryfaith

    cool pic

  • Franklin Lindsey

    Franklin Lindsey

    wonderful suburban landscape you’ve created, congrats!

  • eddiepark

    eddiepark

    Great work!

  • Hertsman

    Hertsman

    Great shot

  • Sally Green

    Sally Green

    great shot trevor!! x

  • Trevor Patters... replied

    Thank you Sally!

  • David Friederich

    David Friederich

    Wonderfully composed image, Trevor, accompanied by a great piece of writing and connection to Gerry Rafferty’s piece.

  • Trevor Patters... replied

    Thanks David, I greatly appreciate you comments.

  • roybarry

    roybarry

    What a spectacular capture and little slice of your thoughts.

    I really am loving this shot.

  • Trevor Patterson IPA

    Trevor Patters...

    Thanks Roy, I’m glad your enjoying it, it means a lot to me!

  • Ashley Justiniano

    Ashley Justiniano

    nice!!!
    i really ike this!!!

  • DaveVaughan

    DaveVaughan

    This is one of the best I’ve seen in a long long time. I’ve taken transportation photos for the railway industry and rarely do the shots include feeling. Fabulous work!

  • Trevor Patters... replied

    Thank you Dave, It’s quite difficult to add a sense of feeling to an image, but this one is such a familiar view for me that I knew just exactly how to do it.

  • Caroline Fournier

    Caroline Fournier

    Great photo and great song reference. Only one of the best songs of the 70’s!!! I love the bluish tone to it and selective colouring! Great job!

  • Trevor Patters... replied

    From one left brained, visual thinker to a right brained logical one…
    Thank you so very much Caroline for the lovely comment! :O)

  • Keiran Lusk

    Keiran Lusk

    Now I’ve got that sax running through my head too. Brilliant captured image Trevor. Perfectly framed. And nice work with the selective colour highlights. What a fascinating station Baker Street seems.

  • Trevor Patters... replied

    Thanks Keiran… A fascinating station indeed it was built buy the victorians and has been added to many times over the years, this is the top level which services the Metropolitan line, but there are another 4 levels below this one that service the district, circle, bakerloo and Julilee lines, with massive steel bomb doors that were built during WWII that turn the lower levels into a huge bomb shelter.

  • Keiran Lusk

    Keiran Lusk

    Wow. More fascinating than I could have possibly imagined! Four levels? Steel doors and massive bomb shelters? What an intriguing labyrinth of trains, people and buildings. Thanks Trevor – you have a fantastic portfolio.

  • Pascale Baud

    Pascale Baud

    great shot !

  • keki

    keki

    fantastic!! :) well done!

  • Crispin  Gardner IPA

    Crispin Gardn...

    Very well done Trevor. It’s one of those shots that you can keep coming back to and notice something you didn’t see previously.

  • nfldcutie

    nfldcutie

    This is just excellent! Beautiful work Trevor!!!!

  • pryere

    pryere

    The classic “S”.
    Great shot.

  • PhillJ

    PhillJ

    All the above, really can’t think of anything else to add.

    Phill

  • Konstantins Visnevskis

    Konstantins Vi...

    Urban beauty!

  • Jamie Lee

    Jamie Lee

    Fantastic image

  • Stephane Ferrero

    Stephane Ferrero

    Very cool shot

  • Christian Hartung

    Christian Hartung

    great shot

  • Chetan Raghuram

    Chetan Raghuram

    the image looks so perfect.. your story is even perfect!

  • linda858100

    linda858100

    stunning shot

  • Cora Wandel

    Cora Wandel

    Trevor, this is a great shot, and I also like your written commentary. Great work! – Cora

  • John Vandeven

    John Vandeven

    Nice work…Great image.

  • Suzanne German

    Suzanne German

    a fantastic shot trevor – particularly like the way you’ve retained the b & w and added only some yellows and reds….great composition and movement – it’s a real scenic shot well done!!

  • Hughesman

    Hughesman

    Fantastic Shot

  • shadyuk

    shadyuk

    Great shot, been there many times years ago !

  • Jason Vickers

    Jason Vickers

    Wonderful capture!

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell

    Great capture, and I can relate to the song playing in your head when you go to a particular place. To me it’s Spryo Gyra (more lovely sax music) when I’m in NYC.. Ah, music and art what would life by without it!!

  • shakey123

    shakey123

    Great photograph i like that a lot!

  • Phototone

    Phototone

    Nice work.

  • insight2design

    insight2design

    gr8 use of perspective & colour

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    outstanding,

  • eran gilad

    eran gilad

    you succeeded taking control over my eye here, straight and out. great work, awesome story telling bro

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