Green Roof 2

A second version of an earlier upload. I was looking for clouds, but

instead got the setting sun reflected in the windows.

Fun image. I think it'd look better if the blue areas were more of a monochrome. Composition and cropping area good.

nice capture carl, is that the reflection of one building or a line of buildings? 6/6

Chuck, the short heavy lines in the sky are result of using a circular polarizer. I don't really mind them.

 

Joe, one of the fun parts about this shooting location is that there is only one green roof, but it's repeated with variations due to the slightly concave surface of the window wall.

Hi Carl,

I like everything from the glass' patina to how you've captured each of the domed turrets in it's own frame. It has a Disney-like abstraction to it.

Having already viewed your impressive website portfolio I must admit that I am envious of your mastery of exposure and creative interpretive skills.

Cheers...John.

Again, looks nearly like an illustration for a legendary book....The different direction of the funny towers are giving the impression of moving in the wind...Has a special charm.

Carl; maybe the rateings don,t mean much to you, i don,t know, but looking at the rateings on this photo and seeing four people rated this wonderful, unique,photo, makes me think of danceing houses 4/4, thats average, this photo is definetly above average. what,s that all about are they blind.

John gets it, Pnina gets it, you get it. . . . . you're all able to look at a photograph metaphorically. We probably don't read it the same way, but I see that as a benefit and enjoy reading and talking about the possibilities. That's more important than numbers (although it does explain why I try to promote changes to the ratings system that will encourage your kind of input.)

Fun shot. I think I would like it even more if there were less sky and more emphasis on the dancing building. Think this would work well in panoramic type proportions. I like the illusory effect of the buildings dancing so I find that the streaks and uneveness in the sky area "throws me out" of the illusion. Thanks for sharing it!

Well, looking at the rest of your work, I see you already have done the version I imagined and I like it as much as I imagined I would!!! :-) PS. We are neighbors..fun to see your "takes" on local landmarks!

The decision was a practical one. I had an exhibit recently. All twenty-four prints were framed 20X24. so I stayed with 3X2 and 4X3 aspect ratios.

The reflected sun is a fascinating. It add a whole new dimension to this shot. Usually the magic of the reflection shots is to see an image of an object which was not really where you shot it, but behind you. This seldom occurrs in clear thinking, since it is somewhat implicit. However, the sun makes me think of an object which is shining at me from the front, where it was, but through a double reflection... It's obvious, but suddenly gets mind bobbling, and gives lots of three-dimensionality to the image.

I am slightly disturbed by the polariser effect onto the windows. I guess it gives out too much of the canvas on which the reflection takes place. Conceptually, this might be balanced by the fact the sun is then a much farther object, so project us far again, but the way the trick of the deformity in the shapes is given out by these windows still puts me off a bit.

It might be in the seek of reducing these lines, which I might prefer a tighter composition like that of the the other take.