Forecourt Blues

<sup>Location: West Allotment, Northumberland, England
Date: 23/09/2006 @ 20:49
Light Conditions: Dark/Streetlit

Camera: FujiFilm FinePix A405
Lens: --
Focal Length: 6 mm
Flash: --
Flash Mode: --
Shutter Speed: 1/6 sec.
Aperture: F/3
ISO: ISO-200
Filters: --

Post-work: Crop / Colour Balance
Related items: 42</sup>




At the time of submission in late 2006, it was the first new material I had submitted for a long time; I'd gotten my hands on a camera again, momentarily. This particular image was taken whilst driving home from the IKEA in Gateshead, earlier that evening. That place taints me a little each time I inflict the journey upon myself; I don't yet drive, so on the way back I had plenty of time to stew over the evening's proceedings. It culminated with my pointing the camera at the passenger-side window and repeatedly hitting the capture button. This was one of the results.

There have been various versions of this piece; from visual poetry to short animations, but I've generally returned to the image. Perhaps I'll provide external links to the varying versions at some point in time, but that's something for another update. However, the written piece 42.