post your Architecture photographs!

[DennisD]

Madison Square Park
Toyo 45AII
Portra 160

Hi Chassis,

Interesting photo. Great job with the camera adjustments !

Just as a point of interest:
How recently did you take it ?
Time of day ?
Lens ?

Thanks

[chassis]

Thanks Dennis.

- The image was made about 3 weeks ago, around July 21 if my memory is correct.
- Time was 8:03pm, according to the clock tower. Joking aside, it was around 8:00pm.
- Lens was Schneider Super Angulon XL 58/5.6, at f/22.
- Exposure was something around 4-6 seconds.

This image was a challenge in many ways for me. The camera position needed to capture the full height of the clock tower, while preserving a view of the Flatiron Building, was not easy to find. The camera adjustments were in principle not difficult, yet some refinement in postprocessing was still needed. I was striving for a "blue hour" rendering, and did not quite achieve this. The experience was humbling in many ways, and I learned some things.

[DennisD]

Thanks, Chassis,
I was not sure if the clock time was accurate.
I know the area well. You did a good job with positioning the camera and lining up the buildings to avoid unwanted mergers of the many different elements.
I particularly like the buildings against the sky and the manner in which they vary in height.

As much as I like the image, the contrasting busy feeling within the bottom 10-20% of the image is somewhat distracting to my eye. While one could argue the lower portion grounds the image, I wonder whether some degree of cropping might be a consideration. Just a thought.

[chassis]

Dennis, thanks for the comments. I like this area because of the openness of the space, not so common in the city. I see your point and agree that there is some business in the lower part of the image.

[jesse]

Ebony 4x5, Kollinear 15cm f12.5, FP4+

[chassis]

Ebony 4x5, Kollinear 15cm f12.5, FP4+

I like it jesse! The lines are left to speak for themselves!

[Mark Sampson]

Jesse, well seen, and well executed too.

[Peter De Smidt]

Nicely done, Jesse.

[jesse]

I like it jesse! The lines are left to speak for themselves!

Jesse, well seen, and well executed too.

Nicely done, Jesse.

Thanks !

[ericantonio]

I'm not anywhere as good as you guys at architecture. I'm more of a people picture guy. But I figure I got 9 months left here cause my son will finish up HS and move somewhere a little more affordable. I figure I should take pics of the neighborhood before I leave.

This is Saint Paul's Greek Orthodox church by my house. I originally wanted to take a pic of the cross on the dome, but realized when I walked over to it, you can't see it!
Chamonix 4x5, Xenar 150, old Arista EDU 400 @ 200, I used a sekonic 398M studio (yeah, I'm just used incident metering), 1/200/f16 and I figure, give it a little more for the white walls so 1/200/f11, processed PMK. Been having fun with my betterscanning holder and AN glass.