Skyscapes
![photograph made in Sydenham southeast london of a vapour trail down the high street](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/high_street_vapour_trail_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329114)
Whenever I'm out making work I almost always make a skyscape. It can be very interesting up there.
I was on my way to a property assignment when I saw the contrail perfectly aligned to my local high street. I made one picture and knew I had something I really liked.
⬆️ When I saw the aircraft contrails overlapping while out for a walk one evening some years back, I knew I had to scale the fence around the demolition site such that I could align them with the street lamp giving the impression of a Van_Der_Graaf generator. ⬇️
![contrails appearing to emerge from a street lamp like a Van Der Graaf generator in Sydenham southeast London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/Van_der_Graff_derelict_London_skyscape_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329178)
![contrail and reflected neon strip lighting at San Francisco International Airport USA](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/blue_sky_jet_trail_USA_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329268)
The above image was made upon entry to San Fransisco International Airport as my family and I were about to board a flight back to London. Again, just one frame. A quick reaction yielding a picture I really like. ⬆️
![commercial jet negotiating a lattice works as seen from the Walkie Talkie building on Fenchurch Street in Central London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/lattice_flyby_walkie_talkie_building_London_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329377)
![bird shaped kite stuck in a tree in Sydenham Wells Park in southeast London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/bird_kite_tree_London_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329467)
![silhouetted street scene with steam from a domestic boiler against a brilliant deep blue sky at dusk in Crystal Palace in south London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/silhouette_street_London_Crystal_Palace_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329543)
![shadow beams from backlit skyscraper in Vauxhall south London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/skyscraper_sunbeam_shadows_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329677)
![stormy Shard skyscraper at London Bridge as seen from the Walkie Talkie building in Central London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/stormy_Shard_skyscraper_London_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329773)
![Tower Bridge in silhouette at dusk across the Thames in London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/Tower_Bridge_silhouette_London_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329861)
![Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster Houses of Parliament in silhouette at dusk with birds in foreground in Central London](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/Elizabeth_Tower_Big_Ben_Westminster_silhouette_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689329929)
![backlit Brandenburg Gate in Berlin at dusk](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/1745/5619/files/Brandenburg_Gate_Berlin_silhouette_1024x1024.jpg?v=1689330057)