Eller O&M Building -- Hasselblad version

The first thought that came into my head, was how

much it reminded me of Metropolis, a movie from

1927 directed by Fritz Lang.

I was initially amazed, but I realize now that

the photo could have been much better if the

building was paralell to the edges of the photo.

Hi there...thank you for the nice comments on my photo. I truly appreciate that...

I can understand why you *think* it might look better with the edges parallel to the sides of the picture, but that was not the effect I was trying to achieve. The reason I composed it this way was to give an exagerated sense of height and to accentuate the massiveness of the structure. This was accomplished through the distortion provided by the extreme perspective (I was standing about 40 feet away from the building shooting up at the corner.)

If you notice, I did make the corner (where the eye is drawn...the most dominant part of the picture) parallel to the sides. Something had to be parallel or it would have looked silly so I chose the most obvious part -- the corner.

Thanks again for the comments...I hope my explanation makes a little sense about why I shot it this way.

T. Bloxom

you might want to use a high contrast filter for printing

#4 or #5 perhaps?

it works sometimes

close enlarging lens to the minimum aperture -1, -2 stop?

clean the lens?

try some these above

good luck!

tuan

ps: i did rate your photos (after reading the bio :-) )