The Third Picture
Winchester High Rise
Originally uploaded by Liam O’Neill.
The competition at the end of the Winchester 2 Hour Challenge allows up to three pictures from those we took to be entered. This is my third picture, to go with the two from the post below. It’s of a sculpture called “Luminous Motion” by Peter Freeman that is in the grounds of the Cathedral. The lights on it can be controlled via text massage, which means it’s always changing colours. I think it’s one of the more interesting pieces of modern art you’ll find in a city center.
Ideally, I’d have waited until it was a bit darker to allow the individual lights to be seen shining, each of the black dots on the sculpture is a light, but by 4pm it wasn’t yet dark enough for that. I’ll have to go back another time to get the lights.
Instead the sculpture does a good job of reflecting the overcast clouds and the hint of the setting sun that broke through near the end of the challenge. I like the unusual perspective, making it look like a sky scraper rising from the street below and vanishing. Taking the picture was awkward enough as the camera had to be placed on the edge of the column meaning it wasn’t actually possible to look through the viewfinder when taking it.