Busy traffic

8th October 2014

Mansfield

First I tried this exercise in Mansfield. I spent time watching the flow of traffic. It wasn't really very busy though so I did this again in Nottingham with much busier traffic. 

Mansfield 1/60 f8 ISO100 70mm

In image 1 the shoppers were nicely spaced out and the view of their backs were not obstructed by any poles.

Mansfield 1/90 f8 ISO400 47mm

In Image 2 the shoppers are more clearly visible. People are in a hurry, checking watches and phones. The shoppers walk in all directions managing to avoid each other and the purposefulness of the shoppers makes it easy to get around without bumping into others.

Nottingham

Nottingham by comparison was much busier and the patterns different. Larger groups of people were out shopping and socialising. I aimed to show the busyness of the market square. The temporary market stalls attract people, and it was interesting to watch the number of people around the stalls change. The people in the foreground made a difference to the busyness too. When there was no-one in front of the the people were lost in the general market scene. 

Nottingham 1/750 f8 ISO200 35mm

Nottingham 1/250 f8 ISO100 24mm

Nottingham 1/250 f8 ISO100 67mm