20101021e The laughter of the crowd - a photo on Flickriver

20101021e The laughter of the crowd

Laughing faces appear in the tessellations of the brutalist Welbeck car park, in Marylebone (close to Oxford Circus), London.

Built in 1971 by Michael Blampied and Partners to serve the flagship Debenhams store on Oxford Street, the car park exterior design is composed of tesselate concrete polygons. In 2017 its demolition was approved by Westminister Council. Campaigners are fighting to prevent it being torn down and replaced by a hotel.

An interesting article about the situation on Spaces.

Shot with a Nikon D40 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G II lens and processed in GIMP (including the addition of a light Orton effect) and Photoscape.

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Mayfair (show map)

Taken on: October 21, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D40, f/9.0, 1/640 sec, 48mm (=72mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D40
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	48mm (35mm equivalent: 72mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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