Bradford remembers

One last Remembrance Sunday display: photographs projected onto the clock tower of Bradford City Hall to commemorate the centenary of the signing of the Armistice that ended the First World War. I'd read about this display so I popped into town to see it. It included photos of servicemen from across the Commonwealth, including some of the Bradford Pals (16th and 18th battalion, Yorkshire Regiment), interspersed with cascading poppies. It was conceived by Bradford artist Steve Manthorp, with support from Bradford Council and technical companies for the illumination.  

I didn't find it easy to photograph. It was a good test of my recent learning about the technicalities of shutter speed and so on. Because the projected photos were changing quite quickly and fading in and out, the shutter speed had to be quite fast to catch each image clearly. That meant I had to use a high ISO, with the result being a little bit grainy. All good practice though!