In the 1960s, Carnaby Street was the place to visit, and the street was frequented by the Beatles and other musicians and the public seeking the latest fashion trends. Carnaby Street was well-known for its popular fashions, and these fashions became popular all over the globe. Today, Carnaby Street still retains some of this heritage, though the shops are mainly chains. (It's still well worth a visit, and there's many nice shops here as well as an indoor shopping centre.)
The famous Liberty building (the timber-framed black and white Tudor-style building housing the Liberty department store) is at one end of the Carnaby Street shopping area. Particularly around the Christmas season, it is well worth seeing the window displays. There's also a florist at the middle shop entrance (facing Argyll Street), and they sell the most beautiful flowers that are reminiscent to flower shops in France.
The Great Marlborough Street entrance to the Liberty department store, showing the usual Saturday crowd of shoppers and the florist. The sun was bright and low to the west (late afternoon at the beginning of March), which created fantastic lighting for this photograph. I thought a sepia tone worked well for this photograph.
The flowers in front of the Liberty department store are always beautiful. I muted the colours in the above photograph, but I did not enhance or change the colouring in the photograph below. I am very happy with the colour output of my new camera. (I was never happy with the output of colour that my Canon produced.)
Arched signs let the visitors know that they are entering the Carnaby Street shopping area. The building on the right is a vivid yellow, and I felt that muting the colours slightly would appeal more and highlight the history of this street.
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