Angel in blue

Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 30 May 2012 in Art & Design and Portfolio.

Gormley's Angel of the North overlooking the A1 trunk road in Gateshead.
When I first published this black and white I promised to show the blue toned version - so here it is.

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ursulakatariina from Leixlip, Ireland

Wow, looks great!

30 May 2012 5:07am

Lokesh from Hyderabad, India

somehow i am not able to get the perspective.... are two images overlapped in this one...

30 May 2012 5:12am

Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld,Old West Wales Boy), Germany

Splendid processing of a great subject.

30 May 2012 5:13am

gerard1948 from Spain

Whaoooooo, superb.

30 May 2012 5:15am

PATRICK from miramas, France

wow splendid 5******

30 May 2012 5:21am

Alun from cheshire, United Kingdom

Cracking image, love the colour in the sky

30 May 2012 5:30am

PascalXLD from Rennes, France

Superbement saisi

Bonne journée

30 May 2012 5:36am

Doug from Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Superb image and fantastic processing, this seems almost more dramatic than the angel is in real life

30 May 2012 6:01am

Nigel from Avening, United Kingdom

brilliant image - well done

30 May 2012 6:20am

Carolina from Milan, Italy

Wow, it's beautiful...but what is it? A Bridge?

30 May 2012 6:21am

Rashed from Tehran, Iran

Wow.
Great shot.

30 May 2012 6:26am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

impressive processing*

30 May 2012 6:42am

Grigore from Bucuresti, Romania

A picture can not describe in words! Is wonderful!

30 May 2012 6:43am

Nazzareno from Rome, Italy

Dreamy image and lovely processing. I love

30 May 2012 6:49am

Chris Pereira from San Francisco, California, United States

wow, that is absolutely beautiful, love the monochrome.

30 May 2012 6:55am

Mirjam from Kyiv, Ukraine

Beautiful b&w

30 May 2012 7:01am

Florence from Paris, France

Loe this one, what an awesome sculpture, so expresiive in a sense. Love the blue hint here, the darkest part makes me feel like beeing flying around the stratosphere.

30 May 2012 8:37am

Aubélia from Kortrijk, Belgium

Beautiful colors.

30 May 2012 8:47am

Tamara from Aarschot, Belgium

Excellent work... But if you want my opinion, I prefer the other version. I think the light rays are to their best there. But I still like this one too. Have a nice day :)

30 May 2012 8:48am

Ryan Hammond from Tucson, United States

Very striking! Nice job!

30 May 2012 9:08am

Chetan from Gurgaon, India

Oh this is striking shot. The blue tones looks amazing.

30 May 2012 9:11am

grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom

Perhaps a red one next? :)

30 May 2012 9:11am

Nicou from Sion, Switzerland

quel effet et statue quel ampleur sur ces aile et bras sueprbe.
Belle journée

30 May 2012 9:14am

Ainsley from Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Really nice work!!!

30 May 2012 9:16am

Tede from Aubenas 07, France

Excellent and very original, splendid tone. Good day.

30 May 2012 9:37am

Hiro from Kyoto, Japan

Excellent toning. I prefer this one.

30 May 2012 9:57am

Jason Politte from Conway, AR, United States

Wow, this is really beautiful, Curly - love the way the light seems to eminate from the wings.

30 May 2012 10:31am

Kristiina from Tampere, Finland

This is so cool!!!

30 May 2012 10:46am

Yonatan from New York, United States

I think I favor this treatment over the B&W version.

30 May 2012 10:53am

Jules from Drayton, United Kingdom

Much prefer this to the b&w version - there is more depth to this.

30 May 2012 12:55pm

Z from Shanghai, China

superb image ..

30 May 2012 1:10pm

Judy aka L@dybug from Brooksville, FL, United States

I really like this processing on the statue.

30 May 2012 2:34pm

Francisco Romero from Carbajal de la Legua, Spain

Wow! Superb image!

30 May 2012 3:58pm

Leigh from Northallerton, United Kingdom

What a cracking image. Your processing is great on the old angel.

30 May 2012 4:26pm

Adela Fonts from Barcelona, Spain

This image is wonderful ... I liked when I first saw it but this edition is superb!

30 May 2012 6:18pm

AMH from Buenos Aires, Argentina

if it looks like a angel. a title perfect for a very good picture. I like the you presented. is novel and beautiful at once. a big kiss Curly. Alejandra

30 May 2012 7:34pm

franz from Baden, Austria

wow ... what a spectral image! superb ....

30 May 2012 8:03pm

Ted from South Wales, United Kingdom

I actually prefer the tone and lighting of this version.

30 May 2012 8:22pm

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Beautiful contrasts seen in this B&W compo! I love the lighting captured from behind.

30 May 2012 8:59pm

Eric Cousineau from Sherwood Park, Canada

Excellent pp treatment here Curly! Very impressive! ;-)

31 May 2012 1:10am

Elaine Hancock from Rockville, United States

Beautiful! Great processing!

31 May 2012 1:26am

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

quite surreal in the way that you captured it here! fantastic light, great composition and magical atmosphere!

31 May 2012 2:28am

Baldwin VW from Bejuma, Venezuela

I like this blueish version of this impressive and strange angel .... Excellent processing, beautiful photo and fabulous light !!!

31 May 2012 2:40am

DULCIE from Danville, CA, United States

An very fitting tone for a sculpture that invokes the sky and flight so strongly. Very strong mood.

31 May 2012 3:17am

Arash from Brisbane, Australia

stunning shot. well seen.

31 May 2012 6:17am

Heinz from Hamm, Germany

sehr gute Tonung.

31 May 2012 3:39pm

Wendy from Canterbury, New Zealand

Wow, very striking and amazing. Great image.

31 May 2012 9:15pm

shoti from somewhere in, China

wow. what is this thing? interesting. also a striking image.

1 Jun 2012 8:37am

Stephane.D from Limoges, France

superbe ;)

1 Jun 2012 10:44am

Jim Wilson from Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States

Wow. Now that's a dramatic shot. Good work.

1 Jun 2012 12:04pm

Christine from Ellemford, United Kingdom

love the angel and love the blue tone

1 Jun 2012 12:30pm

Stu from From Scotland | Living in 京都 Kyoto, Japan

Aah......superb!

2 Jun 2012 4:19am

RORO from LE HAVRE, France

Impressive light on the back, it's like the statue is living

2 Jun 2012 4:10pm

StarCosmosBleu from Bedford.Qc, Canada

Very nice in blue also.....great sculpture...great shot

16 Jun 2012 7:23am

Pentax K100D
1/15 second
F/22.0
ISO 800
30 mm (35mm equiv.)

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