Quick Shot: Urban Landscapes
I consider myself, first and foremost, a landscape photographer. But if I tell someone that I'm a landscape photographer, they assume I focus on trees and mountains..... which is partially true. I love a good nature scene. Yet I believe in many types of landscapes, and enjoy photographing all of them.
Today I'm sharing a series of images that capture the urban landscape - that is a landscape that focuses less on trees and blue skies and more of the urban jungle created by mankind. When I photograph the urban landscape, I try to focus on capturing those little scenes that we've become numb to - the things we see so often that we no longer stop to appreciate their beauty.
As you look at these images, I hope you'll be reminded that there are beautiful landscapes and whimsical settings all around us. I captured these images using a Leica Monochrom with f/0.95 Noctilux (because that lens is not just for portraiture!).
This is a bit of a surrealist image - a photograph of a light pole with a reflection of a light pole
A sign on one of the locks and waterways on the Danube River. This lock separates the boundary between Austria and Germany.
These old trollies in Austria looked like they were fresh out of 1970. I loved them!
Water spigot here.
Staircase running along a hydro electric powerplant
Tram tracks in a busy intersection in Vienna, Austria
Bridge struts in Budapest, Hungary
Inside one of the locks on the River Danube