post your Architecture photographs!

[DennisD]

Building Ruins, Elizabethville, NM ??
[correction: Elizabethtown, NM]
Took this a number of years ago - ghost town like setting, according to my notes, Elizabethville.
Tried to find on a map but nothing shows, so the location name may not be correct.

Linhof Technika 4x5, Lens most likely 150mm Symmar
Tri-X developed in HC110




C & C welcome

[David Hedley]

Altar, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

[Graham Patterson]

"Altar, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista"
That actually creates a physical sensation in my eyes! The crispness throughout is essential.

[baronvonaaron]

Altar, Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista

Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Ilford Delta 100 / PMK Pyro

I actually gasped when I scrolled down to this one

[DennisD]

David,

That's a wonderful image !
Beautifully framed and sharp, wonderful sense of depth.

Not only is the altar spectacular, the entire church structure is an architectural classic, a real masterpiece.

[David Hedley]

Thanks for the kind comments! This small, beautiful chapel is in a fairly remote village high in a Swiss valley. Its design is extraordinary, as are the acoustics - to hear a chamber choir in this chapel is sublime.

[Bernard_L]

Building Ruins, Elizabethville, NM ??
Linhof Technika 4x5, Lens most likely 150mm Symmar
Tri-X developed in HC110

Beautiful tonality, from open shadows to sunlit.
Did you use an orange filter, or which?

[TrentM]

David,
Bravo, well conceived and executed. That crumpled rose is what pulls it all together and makes it complete.

[Christopher Barrett]

David, I dig this shot. I was wondering, though... with the 75 I think you would have had enough rise to shoot this with the camera level so that the verticals didn't converge. I've been shooting architecture for a living for 20 years, so this is the first thing my eye goes to. Just curious if that was a conscious choice or not?

[David Hedley]

Thanks again, Trent and Christopher.

On the converging verticals, I think part of this may be my technique, but a larger part is probably the actual shape of the building, accentuated by some optical effects in Mario Botta's design. In other words, what appears as a straight line is actually curved - this is perhaps more obvious if you photograph a corner where two walls meet, but is also visible on a plane. The wall behind the altar is not a semi-circle on top of straight lines; it's actually a subtle parabola. This may be one reason why the acoustics are so good, and is a good reason to go back and check! One of his larger buildings, the Bank of International settlements, is close to where I live, and has similar characteristics.

By the way, Christopher, your website is truly outstanding!