On the train from Girona to Barcelona to go to MNAC on Saturday I saw a disconcerting juxtaposition of residential and commercial, apartment blocks on a hill behind a brewery. On the return trip I had camera at the ready and managed to grab an image deserving of some Photoshopping.
In lieu of having a tilt-shift lens, I blurred the background while sharpening the foreground and added vibrance to the colors. A small version of the result is here though if you click the image you can view at 1680 pixels by 746 pixels.
The result captures my initial horror at what I saw. Not to mention that these apartment blocks have a commanding view of the largest autoroute interchange in the BCN area. And if you examine it closely, the buildings’ balconies don’t afford a vista, only a mirror of one’s fellow inmates.