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Prowling the grey streets of Reykavik, the capital of Iceland, in the drizzle, my eyes were drawn to colours like a starving man might be drawn to a burger advert.
Fortunately for me, in amongst the monochrome steel and concrete of this modern city, some Icelanders had rebelled against their colourless existence, covering walls and hoardings with an eclectic array of both classical and abstract graffiti.
This is an example of the more classical style of graffiti, in which a high degree of skill has been shown by the artist in the use of line and colour, producing a more formal portrait of a roaring tiger.
In planning this photo I originally zoomed in to capture just the graffitied panel, but on further consideration I decided to include the mesh covered building site behind the hoarding, both to give a context to the street art and because the juxtaposition of the magenta and cyan colours was especially pleasing to me.
I wonder what will happen to this marvellous work once the hoarding on which it's painted is no longer needed.
It would be sad to think that it would just be tossed aside, never to be seen again.
Filename - reykjavik graffiti 06.jpg
Camera - Canon 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 47mm
Exposure - 1/30 sec @ f8, ISO400
Location - Reykjavik, Iceland
This image - 577x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - Hand held exposure with lens stabilisation
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