allan engelhardt 0 Posted September 30, 2001 Straight heads-on architectural photography has largely fallen out of fashion (if it ever was in fashion?) with the (justified) argument that it is unimaginative. The attitude is summed up neatly in a Pentax advertising campaign where they give you "the standard shot of the Eiffel Tower" so you are free to take your camera and do something more interesting with it. However, it seems to me that the architecture of some buildings are very much about their front and they way they impose themselves on the city-scape, and it would be not be fair not to include a shot that shows the this clearly, and, perhaps, unimaginatively. So, are direct front-on shots boring and should be culled from the portfolio, or are they sometimes justified, perhaps if balanced with other views? Discuss. :-) And the ultimate test is, I guess, whether the image is pleasing to the viewer, so fell free to comment on that as well. Link to comment
nejattalas 0 Posted September 30, 2001 I liked the lighting on the building...different colours in all floors... also well framed and exposed.. congrats! Link to comment
jillmyers 0 Posted October 1, 2001 I agree on the colors being great. I think you've picked the best angle as well. The building is overwhelming and dizzying. The outlandishness has pushed away the ground and sky to grab the viewer's undivided attention. Link to comment
mike l 0 Posted October 2, 2001 Nice picture I like the colours, but just to be a bit nick picky, you were slightly left of centre when you took the shot, so it isn't quite square. Link to comment
peter_popp1 0 Posted October 5, 2001 I like the colors but disagree on the framing. I would like to see some of the sidewalk a the bottom - perhaps the curb running along the bottom the frame. At least where the building meets the ground. And the edge of the building touching the top of the frame leaves me wondering where the top of the building really is. Lots of potential with this one, though. Link to comment
cedarbough 0 Posted March 3, 2002 Really excellent... colors, composition. What a totally strange building! Link to comment
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