Passage of time in a concrete jungle

Passage of time in a concrete jungle by Cvail73

Passage of time in a concrete jungle

This picture was taken in manchester at night (1st March 2008), on piccadilly Gardens, on an obviously rainy day. BUT I would like to mention that manchester is not getting rained on as much as people think….(Yes I know, I’m not helping the North West’s reputation much with this picture)

See the square crop of this photo.

Passage of time in a concrete jungle belongs to the following groups:

A Beautiful Blur, After Dark, All About Your Best Work, Kairos - Capturing the Decisive Moment, Street Photography and Photojournalism, The Urban Environment, This is England and United Kingdom
  • cheridan

    cheridan, 7 months ago

    Awesome. Person approaching invisibility. :)

  • Michael Douglass

    Michael Douglass, 7 months ago

    Great effect.

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylor, 7 months ago

    love the FX

  • Allison Lane

    Allison Lane, 7 months ago

    Very cool, well done!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 7 months ago

    Blymme, got featured :O

  • Victor(Vic) Bezrukov(stran9e)

    Victor(Vic) Be..., 7 months ago

    amazing moment !
    love the movement !!

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylor, 7 months ago

    Congrats!!!!!!! on getting featured :D

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Karin Taylor’s comment, 7 months ago

    Thanks, I did not expect it, lol!
    I had planned to go back there with my tripod, lol, looks like I should do it, lol!

  • Alejandro Silveira

    Alejandro Silv..., 7 months ago

    Very nice artwork!
    Warms
    Ale

  • Daniela Reynoso Orozco

    Daniela Reynos..., 7 months ago

    Awesome image!!!!!!! congrats on your “feature”

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert, 7 months ago

    Brilliant shot

  • DawsonImages

    DawsonImages, 7 months ago

    Very nice!

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 7 months ago

    beautiful image!

  • mieclarke

    mieclarke, 7 months ago

    Love this!!

  • N♥RIN    ISM♥IL

    N♥RIN ISM♥IL, 7 months ago

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  • Justin Keller

    Justin Keller, 7 months ago

    Great exposure. Very nice.

  • Roslyn Slater

    Roslyn Slater, 7 months ago

    Great image. Love the colours.

  • rosedew

    rosedew, 7 months ago

    Amazing image

  • Philip Rogan

    Philip Rogan, 7 months ago

    very lovely and love the reflective qualities.

  • Daniela M. Casalla

    Daniela M. Cas..., 7 months ago

    This is excellent!!! I love it!

  • BlaizerB

    BlaizerB, 7 months ago

    super image, lots of interest nice simple background, works really well. cheers

  • Vincent Abbey

    Vincent Abbey, 7 months ago

    You’re a hit! You deserve it for making Piccadilly Gardens look atmospheric!!

  • Melissa Contreras

    Melissa Contreras, 7 months ago

    I love this, especially the title. Great work.

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellaworks here, 7 months ago

    sensational image – so much style!

  • Morris Hill

    Morris Hill, 7 months ago

    great job…

  • Anette Tyler

    Anette Tyler, 7 months ago

    Cool capture. I love the movement of the person

  • felixx

    felixx, 7 months ago

    Great atmosphere!!

  • emapearl

    emapearl, 7 months ago

    this is excellent! i love the blur! and the colours , it’s really great. beauitful. :)

  • KCphoto

    KCphoto, 7 months ago

    Very cool :)K

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 7 months ago

    great capture

  • Dave  Miller

    Dave Miller, 7 months ago

    excellent, love the movement

  • sasha

    sasha, 7 months ago

    Very effective

  • nick board

    nick board, 7 months ago

    Great , a bit off the wall, and off the pavement.

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Daniela Reynoso Orozco’s comment, 7 months ago

    Thanks! :))

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington, 7 months ago

    this is great, awesome shot

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to nick board’s comment, 7 months ago

    lol, like your play on words, lol! :)))

  • lemank

    lemank, 7 months ago

    wonderful image, a fave!

  • kitlew

    kitlew, 7 months ago

    Great image. A favourite for me

  • martinilogic

    martinilogic, 7 months ago

    very cool shot,

  • don mammatt

    don mammatt, 7 months ago

    superb image

  • Sarah Dickson

    Sarah Dickson, 7 months ago

    I love the lighting and movement. Very nice.

  • Gaurav Dhup

    Gaurav Dhup, 7 months ago

    Awesome work!

  • Kim Roper

    Kim Roper, 7 months ago

    Love the tones, and the use of slow shutter speed to such a great effect!

  • L K Southward

    L K Southward, 7 months ago

    splendid piece of work..reminds me a little of Lowry’s work must be the way you’ve captured the person in the pouring rain..well done! =)

  • Mohammed Al Ibrahim

    Mohammed Al Ib..., 7 months ago

    beautiful work!!!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to L K Southward’s comment, 7 months ago

    Thanks, considering it’s been taken in Manchester you’re not far off. I used to live near Pendle ;) I still miss Pendle Hill…

  • Quigi

    Quigi, 7 months ago

    Great work! Very creative.

  • Von McKnelly

    Von McKnelly, 7 months ago

    You got to have art…this is art! Kudos!!

  • oliver berlin

    oliver berlin, 7 months ago

    I agree with Von- quintessential beautiful generic urban image- wonderful image

  • Louise Cooke

    Louise Cooke, 7 months ago

    great mood, movement and light – wonderful capture :)

  • Carl Osbourn

    Carl Osbourn, 7 months ago

    great capture of movement – perfectly executed :]

  • Hazel

    Hazel, 7 months ago

    Fantastic…almost a Lowry!

  • geoff curtis

    geoff curtis, 7 months ago

    Beautiful picture..love it.

  • Nixter

    Nixter, 7 months ago

    This is stunning!

  • David Harris

    David Harris, 7 months ago

    Very cool shot!! I need to get me a tripod!!!

  • Ellen

    Ellen, 7 months ago

    Excellent!

  • davehiskey

    davehiskey, 7 months ago

    great pic..

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater, 7 months ago

    beautiful work very well done

  • intheflesh

    intheflesh, 7 months ago

    Fantastic

  • Lulybelle

    Lulybelle, 7 months ago

    a fabulous image…we long for rain here!

  • jiashu xu

    jiashu xu, 7 months ago

    Great work, so beautiful!

  • N Kumar Bellani

    N Kumar Bellani, 7 months ago

    Amazing…

  • sra58

    sra58, 7 months ago

    This is very, very nice.
    Sharon A.

  • David Lay

    David Lay, 7 months ago

    Seen on the home page…congrats!

  • nikirios

    nikirios, 7 months ago

    very interesting choices.

    The crazy wall and it’s bottom lighting really enhances the effect here. =)

  • Jodie Johnson

    Jodie Johnson, 7 months ago

    just perfect composition with the vertical trees and horizontal lighting. I also love the hues in this.

  • Martin  Mullen

    Martin Mullen, 7 months ago

    Great feel of the street – I like it!

  • Vita

    Vita, 7 months ago

    Fantastic, very atmospheric.

  • pinkyjain

    pinkyjain, 7 months ago

    Fabulous, fantastic

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, 7 months ago

    fabulous work

  • Geir Floede

    Geir Floede, 7 months ago

    I have seen this before. On the best lists?
    The blury figures make this so outstanding an powerful
    great!!

  • Lam Tran

    Lam Tran, 7 months ago

    Beautiful blur action shot!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Geir Floede’s comment, 7 months ago

    Lol, on the ‘featured’ page… Very recent pic, took it last saturday on my wet way back to an exhibition… It took me hours to get warm again after, but looks like it was worth stopping longer in the rain. Wish I’d had my tripod with me but hey! :)
    Thanks!

  • Kingcobra

    Kingcobra, 7 months ago

    Great shot really well balanced colours.

  • Antoine Dagobert

    Antoine Dagobert, 7 months ago

    Brilliant!!

  • MrBridgewater

    MrBridgewater, 7 months ago

    Seconded! Where is this?

  • Joanne A. Bradley

    Joanne A. Bradley, 7 months ago

    Great effects. Moody and pensive and melancholy. Wonderful encapsulation of a rainy day!

  • Skaffs

    Skaffs, 7 months ago

    awesome

  • cmsdesign

    cmsdesign, 7 months ago

    This is stunning. Love the movement and the warm colours coming out of such a wet day. Great shot!

  • Priscilla Rodriguez

    Priscilla Rodr..., 7 months ago

    wow, love this.

  • lacitrouille

    lacitrouille, 7 months ago

    What a beautiful, haunting image. Lighting and blurred background and person are fantastic.

  • Nicole Ryan

    Nicole Ryan, 7 months ago

    that’s so cool !!

  • greenfrog153

    greenfrog153, 7 months ago

    Stunning work.

  • Silvia Ganora

    Silvia Ganora, 7 months ago

    This is wonderful! Simply love the mood and color!

  • Elizabeth Pierrepont

    Elizabeth Pier..., 7 months ago

    Lovely capture

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to MrBridgewater’s comment, 7 months ago

    Manchester Piccadilly of all places.. :)

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to David Harris’s comment, 7 months ago

    I did not have tripod (I wish!) but I took the photo at 3200 ISO ;)

  • botticcelli

    botticcelli, 7 months ago

    fantastic pic!

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer, 6 months ago

    Excellent work! Love the moodiness of it!

  • Richard Murch

    Richard Murch, 6 months ago

    .. yes these motion images are very striking…..

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy, 6 months ago

    Well created!

  • JudyBJ

    JudyBJ, 6 months ago

    Absolutely superb

  • Tinnify

    Tinnify, 6 months ago

    I absolutely LOVE this!!!

  • DarlaReeves

    DarlaReeves, 6 months ago

    Very nice work!

  • Lesley Smitheringale

    Lesley Smither..., 6 months ago

    You’ve simply captured the essence of a rainy British day! Bravo

  • DanielaK

    DanielaK, 6 months ago

    This is amazing! A photo or a painting? Beautiful

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to DanielaK’s comment, 6 months ago

    A photo at night!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Lesley Smitheringale’s comment, 6 months ago

    The pub at the corner is missing

  • kipishiux

    kipishiux, 6 months ago

    Wonderful image! So cool!

  • midzing

    midzing, 6 months ago

    awesome image,,, well done

  • Heather Hartkamp

    Heather Hartkamp, 6 months ago

    My goodness – another one! So atmospheric and lovely lighting.

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu, 6 months ago

    YES

    this is different

    AMAZING/love it

  • yorkyanne

    yorkyanne, 6 months ago

    stunningly different.What an imaginative picture.

  • sayeeth

    sayeeth, 6 months ago

    This has the surreal feeling … way cool

  • Dan Shalloe

    Dan Shalloe, 6 months ago

    This is very special; ghostly beauty with an unusual, captivating light and atmosphere.

  • ragman

    ragman, 6 months ago

    I recognised the Manchester rain, but the rest is really excellent

  • Jenni77

    Jenni77, 6 months ago

    very eerie shot, great stuff!

  • Judith Oppenheimer

    Judith Oppenhe..., 6 months ago

    omg this is gorgeous!

  • Nancy

    Nancy, 6 months ago

    Fabulous! Love the contrast and soft hint of color. very nice!

  • Cliff Vestergaard

    Cliff Vestergaard, 6 months ago

    Like a dream love the mood !

  • MegCouch

    MegCouch, 6 months ago

    Kinda ghostly. I love it:)

  • Roslyn Slater

    Roslyn Slater, 6 months ago

    Fantastic work.

  • Rosina  Lamberti

    Rosina Lamberti, 6 months ago

    Wonderful work – I love this

  • mrana

    mrana, 6 months ago

    It’s a brilliant shot!

  • JohnScott

    JohnScott, 6 months ago

    this reminds me of duchamp for some reason. fourth dimension of objects moving through time.

  • LostBoy1

    LostBoy1, 6 months ago

    Your putting out some beautiful work! :)

  • marshall calvert  IPA

    marshall calve..., 6 months ago

    god this is good, colours texture and great movement

  • lurline

    lurline, 6 months ago

    I love this picture. The beautiful colours of a lovely rainy night! :)

  • wzgraphicoz

    wzgraphicoz, 6 months ago

    very nice

  • Douzy

    Douzy, 6 months ago

    Brilliant imagine – creative and striking.

  • JohnScott

    JohnScott, 6 months ago

    I thought if I haven’t commented on this already it really works. hmm

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to JohnScott’s comment, 6 months ago

    Lol, you already have commented, even more flattering that you’d want to comment twice, thanks! :)

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 5 months ago

    great image!

  • John Edwards

    John Edwards, 5 months ago

    Just stunning!

  • Maxhamish

    Maxhamish, 5 months ago

    So cool….............what a great image…....

  • andreasphoto

    andreasphoto, 5 months ago

    awsome light and blurring

  • Leslie Patton

    Leslie Patton, 5 months ago

    Great image. Love the color and softness of it

  • Anett  Kilen Kennedy

    Anett Kilen K..., 5 months ago

    very cool!

  • LisaR

    LisaR, 5 months ago

    Very interesting shot!

  • Anett  Kilen Kennedy

    Anett Kilen K..., 5 months ago

    Thank you for your kind words! Its’ much appreciated. Love your work too and wish you all the best:-)

  • pbworks

    pbworks, 4 months ago

    beautiful !

  • Andy  Mercer

    Andy Mercer, 4 months ago

    “Manchester isn’t getting rained on as much people think”

    LOL.. I believe you.. thousands wouldn’t.

    Nice picture !

  • Alexia  Wardell

    Alexia Wardell, 4 months ago

    Love the composition of this, the blur is fantastic. Great piece.

  • Steven Novak

    Steven Novak, 4 months ago

    Wow, I love this one. Love the comp, love the colors, love the blurry figure…great piece.

  • Glen Allen

    Glen Allen, 4 months ago

    Excellent

  • spike

    spike, 3 months ago

    Brilliant work, you captured the moment beautifully.

  • meanderthal

    meanderthal, 3 months ago

    wow isn’t this a popular piccy…. and deservedly so….!

  • Samuel Durkin

    Samuel Durkin, 3 months ago

    Great picture

  • midzing

    midzing, 2 months ago

    brilliant

  • Chris Clark

    Chris Clark, about 1 month ago

    fantastic image …...looks like….........wait for it….......... A Water Colour Painting

  • Heather Croft

    Heather Croft, about 1 month ago

    This is excellent and I love Manchester

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Heather Croft’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks, I love Manchester too :))) depite the moody weather, it’s such a great city :))

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Chris Clark’s comment, about 1 month ago

    Thanks :) Did not think of that :))

  • Jayne Logan

    Jayne Logan, about 1 month ago

    Brilliant work! cheers

  • jayview

    jayview, about 1 month ago

    I love the subtle colours and mood of this- and Manchester (in memory).

  • dinghysailor1

    dinghysailor1, about 1 month ago

    beautiful worka and great to see it on the home page!! :)

  • TerraChild

    TerraChild, about 1 month ago

    stunning image

  • Chris Clark

    Chris Clark, about 1 month ago

    commented 4 days ago and now again today. This image is well deserving of it’s place on the RB Homepage. Congratulations

  • Ian  James

    Ian James, about 1 month ago

    Love the movement and the lighting….cool image. Well done on the homepage.

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73, about 1 month ago

    Thanks everybody :)

  • Deb Milligan

    Deb Milligan, about 1 month ago

    a beautiful shot Cvail

  • Liv Stockley

    Liv Stockley, about 1 month ago

    Very well shot, excellent choice of venue :-))

  • Caroline Gorka

    Caroline Gorka, about 1 month ago

    Excellent work ..this works so well :)

  • Teresa Zieba

    Teresa Zieba, about 1 month ago

    Congratualtions on your home page feature. Incredible photo and well deserved feature.

  • Julian Escardo

    Julian Escardo, about 1 month ago

    Fabulous shot….......!

  • Zuzana

    Zuzana, about 1 month ago

    amazing work, well done!

  • pbworks

    pbworks, about 1 month ago

    Congrats for you !
    very good redbubble’s home page with your image !

  • Arletta

    Arletta, about 1 month ago

    Hmm.. you’d help it with me, as I LOVE rain! So long as it doesn’t wash my house away or anything dreadful like that, anyway.

    Also, I love this I love the way the walking figure looks as equally made of rain puddles and rain drops and mist as does the rest of the world … except for the trees. It’s gorgeous and elemental and … and … I love it!

  • margaretfraser

    margaretfraser, about 1 month ago

    I love this it looks like a painting

  • Sashy

    Sashy, about 1 month ago

    wonderful photo, there is such a mood to it and i love how you captured the movement.

  • Mahjabeen Mankani

    Mahjabeen Mankani, about 1 month ago

    wow! great work!

  • scott allison

    scott allison, about 1 month ago

    this is a really great picture! i especially like the person’s leg frozen stiff while the rest is motion blurred! congradulations on making the home page!

  • andymars

    andymars, about 1 month ago

    I love this shot! It’s really interesting and caught my eye…great composition.

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, about 1 month ago

    i know i have already commented but this one is worth a second comment – love it!

  • Mary Campbell

    Mary Campbell, about 1 month ago

    great job, it has interest, and appeal.

  • jordanpaint

    jordanpaint, about 1 month ago

    Great shot! Love the way the man looks like he’s starting to disappear.

  • Danzo

    Danzo, about 1 month ago

    Love love love it.

  • Victor(Vic) Bezrukov(stran9e)

    Victor(Vic) Be..., about 1 month ago

    amazing movement !

  • JimFilmer

    JimFilmer, about 1 month ago

    great effect CV – the “hurried” movement – the “silence ” of the trees … great reflections

  • Jan Cain

    Jan Cain, about 1 month ago

    bravo!

  • Butterflies And Bullets

    Butterflies An..., about 1 month ago

    i thought this was a painting at first! its beautiful!

  • ToastedGhost

    ToastedGhost, about 1 month ago

    Fantastic capture

  • Dani Di Cesare

    Dani Di Cesare, about 1 month ago

    This is beautiful – I can almost smell the rain!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Dani Di Cesare’s comment, about 1 month ago

    thanks, Lol, I can smell it too, I’ve just come back from lunch and I’m absolutely drenched!! That will explain why I don’t make photos of beautiful beaches, he he he! ;)

  • Lisa Evans

    Lisa Evans, about 1 month ago

    Beautiful, beautiful : )

  • Birgitta

    Birgitta, about 1 month ago

    I want you to know, that I was sitting there yesterday, at the “Immediate Care Center”,
    (like a hospital), with a 4 day migraine..tears streaming down my face in chronic pain-
    felt like I was going out of my head with pain!! and all I could think about was this photo.
    Yep. It’s true! Then they gave me a shot and everything got warm & fuzzy….heheh.
    (much like this image) This is top notch work..and among the top 5 here on my list.
    Love it.

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Birgitta’s comment, 29 days ago

    Wow! Thank you so much Birgitta, I am so flattered! I have always had a huge soft spot for your own work, and I am very very glad that at last you are back, I have missed your posts! :)
    I hope you are alright and that you weren’t in hospital for anything too serious…

  • Aimelle

    Aimelle, 20 days ago

    brilliant shot, I like the effect and tone. great atmodphere

  • Anthony Mancuso

    Anthony Mancuso, 19 days ago

    brilliant. well done

  • Jen Cannella

    Jen Cannella, 15 days ago

    The lighting on this is spectacular! Love this!

  • Andy Mueller IPA

    Andy Mueller IPA, 14 days ago

    That is a fantastic image, love it. Very nicely done!

  • Kurt Golgart

    Kurt Golgart, 12 days ago

    Fabulous impressionism. Beautifully done.

  • GlennB

    GlennB, 12 days ago

    kind of image that stands out – good work!

  • Nancy Polanski

    Nancy Polanski, 10 days ago

    This is Fantastic work!! I love what you’ve done with it!!

    (and I love the comment on my Daisy’s Curtain Call….thank you!)

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Nancy Polanski’s comment, 10 days ago

    Thanks! Your photo has a great composition and Daisy is so expressive :)))
    I hardly did anything with the photos, mainly the lighting at the bottom of the concrete wall, the pattern of the trees due to the architects, and night made that I had to switch to high ISO and be stable at 1/6s – yes I know, I should have been a surgeon ;)—he he he!
    Mind you, to my credit,I waited for ages under the rain (got a cold from it) for somebody to pass at this exact place with a brolley….

  • Noel Elliot

    Noel Elliot, 10 days ago

    This is special

  • Nancy Polanski

    Nancy Polanski, 10 days ago

    Were you behind glass? It looks like there’s a reflection and I like what it does to the picture. The more I look at this, the more I LOVE it!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73, 10 days ago

    No no, I was fully exposed to the rain (no shelter, just leaned on an electric pole, it’s the movement of the person, at 1/6s you capture quite a lot of movement, including the rain ;)

  • Rosy Kueng

    Rosy Kueng, 9 days ago

    Absolutely stunning! It looks really special…Congratulations on your feature of this week!!!! Well deserved…

  • Paul Grinzi

    Paul Grinzi, 9 days ago

    I wanted to comment on how great this photo is … but it seems a few folk have beaten me to it!

  • Rosina  Lamberti

    Rosina Lamberti, 9 days ago

    beautiful moment… in capture!

  • Cvail73

    Cvail73 in reply to Paul Grinzi’s comment, 8 days ago

    lol, but I still appreciate, thank you very much! :)

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt, 2 days ago

    absolutely super

  • Loredana Crupi

    Loredana Crupi, about 5 hours ago

    Another great capture. Straight into my favourites!

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