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We ❤️ Eddy G.

Edmonton Green shopping centre, North London.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
It's heavily-cropped & has tilt-shift added, which gives it a sort of 'toytown' look.

The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.

We ❤️ Eddy G.

Edmonton Green shopping centre, North London.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
It's heavily-cropped & has tilt-shift added, which gives it a sort of 'toytown' look.

The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.

This is what it really looks like, with a standard wide phone lens…

We ❤️ Eddy G.

North London shopping centre.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
It's heavily-cropped & has tilt-shift added, which gives it a sort of 'toytown' look.

The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.

We ❤️ Eddy G.

Edmonton Green shopping centre, North London.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
It's heavily-cropped & has tilt-shift added, which gives it a sort of 'toytown' look.

The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.

We ❤️ Eddy G.

North London shopping centre.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.

We ❤️ Eddy G.

North London shopping centre.
Forced perspective.

This cannot be seen in real life as it appears here. It was forced using a long lens from about 150 metres away, picking carefully between lamp posts, traffic lights, cars, pedestrians etc. The bike is really 20m in front of the sculptures, the bus 50m behind. There is a big green electrical/telephone cable box directly in front of it & a slew of deliveroo scooters usually blocking it. It faces a roundabout with no pedestrian access & a raised centre that can't be viewed over - it really is in the least useful position to be seen properly by visitors.
After about 40 minutes of trying to get a good shot of it, I'd given up & was leaving the scene. I'd crossed the main road… then took one final look back over my shoulder & saw I might be able to squeeze something from that far away. This was the result.
It's heavily-cropped & has tilt-shift added, which gives it a sort of 'toytown' look.

The council have since moved the installation even closer to the big green box, so now you couldn't even repeat this shot.