post your Architecture photographs!

[gsinico]

Could you show in a picture how you did the frames? Thanks.

[Christopher Barrett]

Glad you guys like it. It was fairly straightforward. First I made a lens board out of thick card stock. Then I cut three evenly spaced holes in the board and taped a pinhole diaphragm to each. Then I cut 2 smaller pieces of card that would fit inside my bellows. There is one piece of card between each pinhole (mounted perpendicular to the 'lens board'). The inner cards keep each pinhole from exposing the entire sheet, but do allow them to overlap somewhat. One thing I love about making pinhole cameras out of view cameras is that your bellows extension now acts as a zoom lens and you can set the focal length exactly where you want it.

[David Hedley]

Messeplatz, Basel (Herzog & de Meuron)

Sinar F, Rodenstock Grandagon-N 75mm, Fuji Acros / Xtol 1:1

[h2oman]

Very striking, David.

[Mkillmer]

David, this is quite an incredible picture. Thanks for sharing.

[Ari]

Scary good, David; I love it.
I thought Switzerland was full of bankers, chocolatiers and yodellers, not a hotbed of groovy modern architecture.

[Peter Yeti]

This is an amazing structure and a very good image of it. Basel has a number of very interesting modern buildings and has a reputation for contemporary architecture.

[David Hedley]

Thanks very much for the kind comments. I went past this structure again this morning on the tram on the way to work, and I think it can be done better. I need to get there earlier, when the light is softer, and try a wider lense - I'll try a 58mm, which doesn't often find its way into my pack in order to save weight.

Ari - there is a strong tradition of contemporary art, music and architecture in Basel; one of the major sources of support and finance has been the pharma and chemical industries as they grew during the 20th century. There are two major art museums - the Kunstmuseum and the Fondation Beyeler, whose main focus is on the late 19th and 20th centuries - and they've also played a role in this.

Cheers, David

[David Schaller]

[IMG]At the Clark 2 by dschal, on Flickr[/IMG]

The Clark, Williamstown, MA.
Wisner Tech 4x5, 150mm, FP4, Pyrocat.

[Ari]

Ari - there is a strong tradition of contemporary art, music and architecture in Basel; one of the major sources of support and finance has been the pharma and chemical industries as they grew during the 20th century. There are two major art museums - the Kunstmuseum and the Fondation Beyeler, whose main focus is on the late 19th and 20th centuries - and they've also played a role in this.

Cheers, David

Thank you, David; my tongue-in-cheek comment not withstanding, I am unaware of this architectural tradition, as I have yet to visit Basel.
But thank you for putting it on my map, and I hope no offence was taken, as none was meant.
Just that I was surprised how much good, contemporary architecture was in your neck of the woods.

Feel free to make any number or combination of beaver/moose/igloo/maple syrup-related quips.