Giant Ferris Wheel Prater Park Vienna Black and White Wood Print

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The landmark Wiener Riesenrad can be seen for miles around. The star attraction of Vienna's Prater Park, this giant Ferris Wheel was featured in the well known movie 'The Third Man'. On the day I visited the park, it was deserted, the crowds of summer, long gone. The big wheel creaked and groaned in the wind, the vivid red compartments swaying lightly, empty of people, but filled with mystery. There's something spellbinding about a fairground in winter, an eerie calm that's out of place, a haunting silence mocked by the garish cartoon faces looming from every corner. Nostalgia hidden behind the gloom, waiting for the seasons to change and the merry-go-round to begin again. I hand blended textures with my original photograph in black and white.

I'm a travel photographer and photo artist. I like to explore every nook and cranny of anywhere I visit and I'm always looking out for something unusual or unique, weird and wonderful, interesting and intriguing. For me, half the challenge is in the initial taking of the photo, the looking for something that catches my attention, getting that perfect composition, but the other half is in the processing, the tweaking and twisting and the addition of a little imagination to see how much detail I can bring to the surface and hopefully let the viewer see the same as I did when I took the shot. My images have been shot here, there and everywhere, mainly in the historic cities of Europe and with the occasional one taken in my own surroundings...