The British Museum - the Great Court II

Matt thanks. I diud the previous one in B&W and liked this one for colour though the cyan sky is a bit in your face.

 

Lou Ann, gald you like the math(s) here. I am helping Matt with his GCSE maths (age 16) so am a bit off maths at present!

 

Kim, thanks, yes I think the figures help with the 'alive' bit. The stone lion was a bit less alive.:-)

 

Amar, I saw it more as a metaphor for the way everyone shares the same space but I like your take just as well.

 

Carsten, I think Hans' view has a lot of merit but those of us who like wide angle effects (like us) maybe will go for the extravagance. To me the w/a shot expresses the feeling I was after of the roof stretching out to protect everyone beneath it.

 

Paula, thanks, hope you are not feeling too dizzy!

 

Jayme, thanks. The roof structure is impressive isn't it? I imagine it is a shell structure where the weight of the glass is carried along the interconnecting metal arches.

An Architectural Marvel :) I'd love to read or see a documentary about how this ceiling was accomplished :) Simply amazing. You'd find me sitting on the floor, gazing intently at the ceiling. I'd have a hard time moving on to the antiquities :) It's overwhelmingly beautiful!

A beautiful image.

Colin your architectural shots are more and more impressive. This one is simply stunning. The lighting is just about perfect under the magic of this ceiling. I liked what Hans did, but from my view, your version feels epic, if not, hallucinatory. I would not change a thing other than the scale, which I would want on the order of 30x20 (inches over here!!!). Beautiful work Colin.

Thanks Jayme, Watermark and David, I appreciate your comments.

Beautiful place. Great use of that wide angle.

The colors are great and the picture is

neat. Color contrast are the strong point

of your photo.

 

I just adored that ceiling...