Day-to-night: Penfold postbox

I still use the term ‘postbox’, even though many now use the more Americanised ‘mailbox’ (and very few use the older term ‘pillar box’). This particular type of postbox dates from 1866 and is called the ‘Penfold’ design, named after its designed, John Penfold (if you are a fan of cartoons, Dangermouse’s sidekick, Penfold, was named after this type of postbox). It was very expensive to produce and they were phased out in 1879.

To highlight the postbox in this shot, I’ve slightly desaturated the rest of the image, before darkening it and adding illumination to the lights and shops.