Simon Says Architecture

[okidoki]

Thought we would have a thread dedicated just for how YOU capture Architecture. Found this image that made me stop & take another look, the image kind of spured this thread. Architecture has always been kind of a second fetish of mine - cafe tables being the first and I find it interesting to see how photographers look at buildings & such - because it is so much different from how I imagine a "common mortal" person would.
Please post a image and lets have a jolly good time.

T

[okidoki]

Just one more.

[Bill C]

I like both pics, but there is something about the first that I really like - the subtle texture in contrast to the strong shadow...of course, the colors in the 2nd are rich. Good 'challenge'.
My wife, daughter, and I were in Nashville TN yesterday to look at a college. It was wonderful weather- 75 degrees and sunny! The flowers were out! Many old buildings, yet a lot of new construction in the city. Here is a picture of Belmont Mansion, located on the campus of Belmont College. This mansion was the first house in TN to have running water..etc. (By the way, when we returned to the Philadelphia area last night, it was 45 degrees and raining!)
Bill

[Serge]

I find your images mesmerising, quite a comeback Oki,
but your statement;
"because it is so much different from how I imagine a "common mortal" person would." intrigues me just as much :rolleyes:

[okidoki]

Glad you liked the pics Serge.
And I am even more glad that we are only photographers in this forum, under any other "umbrella" this thread, because of just that line would have been bombed with comments about what I meant by that.

:)

Bill is that a filter you use to create the effect or did you shoot a drawing?
If filter, which?

T

[coolrun]

Sky and surroundings reflect off this Wall Street office building.

[sandman]

But Timo , you're right , whether we are amateurs or professionals we DO see things differently , light , objects interacting with each other , shadows ,little things which ''ordinary mortals'' miss .
Never used to be like that , i remember when i could go shopping , sightseeing , or just visiting friends , without having to worry about whether my camara had fresh batteries, the C/F card was erased , the ISO was right ,

OH i miss the carefree days of innocence . (that was a only a year ago before i found this forum , it's you lot that have made me think like this). :lol:

Brian

[Serge]

Mercy me, if we are mere mortals or mere photographers, then lets keep it simple. But here I go again :)

Ok, I am more than JUST a photographer, I am;
a son, a brother, a husband (seperated), a father, brother in law, scoutmaster, godfather, sinner, believer, friend, dreamer ......

just glad to be part of the Human Predicament :)

Had a wonderfull day today, a family gathering, not one perfect, but Family,
caring :)

Hallelujah, what more can one want.


Good night.

[robinp]

I am always drawn to architecture as a subject, sometimes just fascinating details, sometimes (as here) the relationship of a building to its surroundings.

This is the casino at Granville (Normandy) taken with my tiny Fujica GER rangefinder - I'm still looking for a pocketable digital equivalent.

Cheers, Robin

[okidoki]

That is a wonderfull image Robin.

[HulaMike]

remarkable images oki!

[LightWriter6208]

I have an architecture shot...

[okidoki]

Now that is architectural skills.

wonder what happened.

[coolrun]

Reminds me of a scene from "Metropolis"

[Linda G]

This challenge is dangerous!

We travel, I photograph buildings. Everywhere! Doors and windows really attract me (Mel to Linda...WHAT are you looking at NOW? Huh? a picture?)

Here are a few.

One, Oklahoma City, downtown. I was trying to figure out how to capture the red sculpture in front of the glass.

Second is an Abby in Germany.

[coolrun]

Doors and windows really attract me

You like doors? How about doorbells? I saw this jumble of buttons in Brooklyn last weekend.

[Serge]

Reminds me of a scene from "Metropolis"


:righton: Bernie

That's hillarious, Alice :lol:

Linda, keep seeing :voegeli:

[Linda G]

More? you want more? HooWEE!

First is a b&w I took on Rodeo Drive, wish I hadn't cut the very top of the building off.

Second is of a door in Berlin last spring.

[Linda G]

Uh, yeah. the attachments. :o

[jhawk1000]

This is what occurs when America meets Germany

This stately old building in Downtown Hamburg is now a Burger King. What a shame. One of the things Linda and I like about Europe is how the buildings never seem to be torn down but what we don't like is how McDonalds and Burger King seem to find some very stately buildings to renovate inside.

Mel

[jhawk1000]

Dome on shopping mall, downtown Hamburg, Germany.

Mel

[jhawk1000]

One final. This was from our hotel room in Nurnberg, Germany. We stayed on one corner of the Market Place near many churches and the beautiful gold fountain. Can't beat the architecture of old churches.

Mel

[es136]

This is what occurs when America meets Germany

This stately old building in Downtown Hamburg is now a Burger King. What a shame. One of the things Linda and I like about Europe is how the buildings never seem to be torn down but what we don't like is how McDonalds and Burger King seem to find some very stately buildings to renovate inside.
Mel

With Mel's blessings, Burger King and some other stuff, be gone. :righton:

Eddie

[Linda G]

very nice work! I'll have to look up my other McD images for you to clean up. If only you could do that to the actual buildings.

[jhawk1000]

Excellent urban renewal :)

Mel

[es136]

very nice work! I'll have to look up my other McD images for you to clean up. If only you could do that to the actual buildings.
No problem Linda, but not so loud. I don't want the crazy clown chasing me around the arches. :eek:

Eddie

[HulaMike]

One final. This was from our hotel room in Nurnberg, Germany. We stayed on one corner of the Market Place near many churches and the beautiful gold fountain. Can't beat the architecture of old churches.

Mel

Really beautiful color Mel.

[okidoki]

Uh, yeah. the attachments. :o

Just down the block from work, love that little passage - there is a place that serves a wicked cup of coffe there.

Coolrun - that door & the bells is a really cool shot, I would have PS'd the mailbox out and printed big big big...

T

[JPS]

Hoooops ! sorry, these two pics weren't shot with my S2 Pro, I took them 2 years ago with my Nikon CP5000 and the WC-E68 (19 mm. converter) !
No ! it's NOT A DEFORMATION !!! the buildings are really been built like that ! There's only some overall perspective distortion that I left "as-is" because I think it gives more "caracter" to the photo...
I WILL DEFINITIVELY re-shoot them with the S2, but for that, I need some more $$$ to get the Nikkor 12-24, wich is VERY tempting (or maybe the Sigma 12-24 ? I heard some good critics about it...).
Well, anyway... these two architectural shots are of the new head-office of the UBS (Union of Swiss Banks) in Geneva...

[JPS]

...and another view of it !

[puntisaks]

Take it about 3 month ago In Bangkok.

[david_hegar]

One of those pics while JWA (just walking around).

[HulaMike]

I WILL DEFINITIVELY re-shoot them with the S2, but for that, I need some more $$$ to get the Nikkor 12-24, wich is VERY tempting (or maybe the Sigma 12-24 ? I heard some good critics about it...).
Well, anyway... these two architectural shots are of the new head-office of the UBS (Union of Swiss Banks) in Geneva...

Nice shot JP.

As for the Nikkor 12-24, I just got mine today. I can't believe how sharp it is edge to edge at 12mm for an f4 lens. I see no color fringing as some report or any radical distortion. Very happy so far. Images tomorrow.

[HulaMike]

Take it about 3 month ago In Bangkok.

Beautiful Puntisks. I think your talent lies with architectural shooting.

[sandman]

A small part of the Greenwich Observatory in London , this is where we get out time zones from , Greenwich Mean Time . G.M.T.

Brian

[robinp]

I spent a year buying and selling cameras on Ebay, gradually upgrading until I got to the S2. This was taken last October, just before I got my S1, with a Nikon F90x -scanned at Boots the chemists by a Fuji SP-2000 film scanner.

Cheers, Robin

http://www.ducey-tourisme.com/

[robinp]

Taken in December with Fuji S1 and Tamron 28-105mm.

Cheers, Robin

http://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/libraries/templates/havingfun.asp?FolderID=203

[Marcel F]

Taken few weeks ago while on business trip...

[jhawk1000]

Robin

Outstanding series of architecture. I particularly like the last one with the S2 because of the scale.

Mel

[Linda G]

Marcel,

I took the liberty of working on your image. I loved the lines and the feel it created but thought the buildings and wall needed more punch. The image had too much cyan and was too dark for having the sun shine on it so I separated the sky from the rest, lightened it and added a little contrast (both in curves), added red to the image in the color balance and added just a slight bit of saturation to bring it all out.

Lovely shots, both you and Robin! Thanks for the world tour, I'm going back to find more of mine to add.

Puntisaks, I agree with Hula, your architectural shots are outstanding!

[Marcel F]

Linda ,

Thanks , great job....

Marcel

[robinp]

Linda,

You've really livened up the Segovia shot but I think you may have overdone it a bit - unfortunately (in my experience) the light in Segovia is always difficult. I think the best shots to be had there are in the evening when the Roman aqueduct is floodlit. If you plan passing that way on your next trip to Europe be warned that it can be extremely hot in summer. Last time I was in Segovia (on my bicycle) it was overcast but 44C (111F) !

Cheers, Robin

[robinp]

Here's the wooden church in Honfleur, Normandy.
S2 Sigma 18-50mm
Wish I'd had a wider lens with me as I couldn't get any further back and would have liked more surrounding space to do correction of verticals etc.

Cheers, Robin

[JPS]

I am always drawn to architecture as a subject, sometimes just fascinating details, sometimes (as here) the relationship of a building to its surroundings.
This is the casino at Granville (Normandy) taken with my tiny Fujica GER rangefinder - I'm still looking for a pocketable digital equivalent.
Cheers, Robin
...this shot reminds me a lot the style of pictures from Tony Armstrong-Jones.. remember ?
:cheers:

[robinp]

...this shot reminds me a lot the style of pictures from Tony Armstrong-Jones.. remember ?
:cheers:
Well I remember him Jean-Pierre but some of our younger readers may know him better as "Snowdon" (Princesse Margaret's husband). I have a very old book of his photographs of London but haven't looked at it since I bought it in a junk shop 20 years ago, must dig it out for another look....

Cheers, Robin

[MacDar]

Taken last summer in York, England.

[robinp]

Romanesque church on the clifftop at Talmont sur Gironde, Western France.

[Marcel F]

Robin ,
nice Church , picture taken at about 11:00 AM , would have been nice at sun set or sun Rise . Is that North or South of the river Gironde?

Next sunday , I will pass by Segovia , in Spain , and try to give a second shot at this Roman Aqueduc with my new 24-120 VR.

I will be there right in the middle of the day , not very good for photo. :mad:

Keep posting... Thanks

Marcel

[robinp]

Robin ,
nice Church , picture taken at about 11:00 AM , would have been nice at sun set or sun Rise . Is that North or South of the river Gironde?

Next sunday , I will pass by Segovia , in Spain , and try to give a second shot at this Roman Aqueduc with my new 24-120 VR.

I will be there right in the middle of the day , not very good for photo. :mad:

Keep posting... Thanks

Marcel
Thanks Marcel,

The church is on the north bank of the Gironde estuary, we were camping some way away so sunset shot not practical this year...
Look forward to your Segovia pics.

Cheers, Robin

[Marcel F]

Robin ,
do not expect too much from Segovia .. I will land In Madrid by 9:00 , wait from a Canadian colleague flying via London and swing by Segovia on our way to Aranda de Duero ....
You may see better pic from my trip to Utah Arches National Park in earlier August.. not there yet , but looking forward. I will spend 2 weeks betwwen San diego and Arches national park

I will be in Brittany ( France) the first week of November , if you are passing close to Nantes or Chateaubriant ( between Nantes and Rennes) , let me know .

Regards
Marcel

[maco]

Hello I have done some travel in Korea and this is what I have discovered in from of my lens... any coments are welcome.. enjoy...

[maco]

here are three more images from Seoul, Royal Palace...

[Marcel F]

Second trip to Segovia ...

[robinp]

:righton: Very nice result Marcel, considering it was against the light - difficult...

Cheers, Robin

[Marcel F]

Thanks Robin ,

yes , I had one hour in Segovia , just by mid day .. I waited to get some light on corner stone to add some 3D effect ...

It was a coudy day with changing ligthing .. Hope that one day , I will pass by late in the afternoon ..


I am preparing my gears to go to San Diego and Mob (Utha) ..


Regards

Marcel

[robinp]

Tried this the other day but 20-35mm was the widest lens I had with me and it wasn't wide enough :(
So I went back today with my 17mm, still not enough space round the outside to adequately correct the converging verticals but I'm happy with it till I get a wider lens.

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

Robin,

Next time, take two and post it as a challenge for us to correct and paste together.

[robinp]

Linda,

That's a great idea - give all you PS wizards something to get your teeth into. I must admit I've never tried any of the panoramic "stitching" software, somehow seems like cheating to me - but then the 1.5 crop factor of most DSLR's is a real problem at the wide end.

BREAKING NEWS! - I've just "won" a 14mm lens on Ebay, once the inevitable problems of paying a German seller have been sorted and I actually get my hands on it you can be sure of seeing some shots from a wide angle tyro. In 35mm terms that's 21mm and the widest I ever tried on a film camera was 24mm.....

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

Congratulations!

Yes, I don't care for cheating, but there are times you want to show what's there and you cannot do it with the equipment either on hand, or made. I know of times when, believe it or not, my new 12 is not wide enough! I 'm not trying to cheat to make an image, but I must somehow show all that's there.

[robinp]

Thanks Linda,

Glad to know that sometimes the 12mm is not enough :)
Your suggestion of two shots really should have occurred to me sooner, solves a lot of wide problems while still using a more normal lens with less possibility of distortion. I just didn't expect to have trouble like this on my trip to Gloucester - its a "mere" cathedral after all, not one of your American skyscrapers or the Eiffel tower.

On the 14mm lens front, good news - it turned out the seller had a Paypal account (many Germans haven't) so the lens is paid for and should be here soon.

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

When we went to Romania last fall, the widest lens we had was 20 mm and I didn't have it with me when we climbed to the top of Citate, plus the fortress is built on the top of a volcanic plug and there's just no way to get the whole building in! I ended up using five images (three across and two above that) and put them together in photoshop to get the whole structure in one image. I took an image of my face on smallest jpg before and after so I would remember which ones I had planned to put together then had to add sky to the two upper sides. It seemed the only way to get the expanse in short of renting a helicopter!

http://members.cox.net/digiphotoer/Cetate/cetatii_030.htm

There are other images there of the fortress to give you an idea of the limitations. Many of the shots posted there are when I'd turn and look down. I would have backed up as far as I could to get as much in.

Why couldn't they have built it with me in mind? I mean, honestly! They made it very difficult to photograph.

[robinp]

Thanks for the link Linda, some impressive images there :righton:

Cheers, Robin

[Linda G]

Thank you. We had a blast on that climb! I build my pages with BreezeBrowser which will put the watermark on the images so I just get the jpgs with the correct name and rebuild with no watermark. That way, Mel and I can have both our images on the same page and know who's is who's!

[jasonbrian007]

Compared to some of the images i've seen here, mine arent quite as cool, but up here in Manchester theres still a few places i'd like to show you. The first is Manchester town centre, as the artist Lowry is a big influence here i've tried to introduce a modern look by including people walking around as he would in his paintings - i quite like it, the clouds are forming in the sky - which is typical of the weather we get here. The second image shows the landscape of Manchesters buildings, bridge and ringroad, with the cars all going in one direction and none the other way. It's busy life in Manchester and I hope the black and White make it more gritty.

cheers

Jason :)

[Linda G]

Yes, it does make it feel gritty in black and white. In the first one, the building Debenham even seems to have a film of coal dirt on the stones in places. Is that what it is or is it because it's in black and white?

[jasonbrian007]

It's typical of the dirty buildings in this town. In England asthma is on the increase, when you look at the state of the buildings it makes you think what does it do to our lungs!!

Jason :)

[Linda G]

That's very unfortunate. Asthma is on the increase everywhere and I have a daughter and husband that suffer from it! (both have different triggers so there are more things to avoid but CATS are bad for both, hence no entries in the 'cat wars')

Coal consumption in the US I think, has been slowed but we have plenty of other pollutants, they just aren't as visible.

[jhawk1000]

Coal consumption has slowed in the US and laws WERE in place to reduce coal pollution even more by requiring more pollution devices but-----they seem to have been relaxed, particularly in Texas.

Mel

[jasonbrian007]

As you said asthma is triggered by different things, stress, etc.. but with the UK being small and more cars on the road, etc... it's becoming more of a concern that pollution is the cause. I have asthma, I pray my 2 girls dont get it. As for the Cat thing.... I think I might start a Dogs thread off tonight. That will get us off the subject of cats hopefully! :lol:

Jason :righton:

[JPS]

Just to keep the thread going... 2 more buildings with the Sigma 12-24 !
First shot: 1:125 @ f/8 - ISO 100 - Second shot: 1:350 @ f/8 - ISO 100 - Both pics at 12 mm. of focal length
No cropping at all ! Although I shot handheld, I've been very carefull with my framing ! (now I allways keep the grid ON). I only resized them, and gave a slight USM !
NB. I really get my kick using the 12-24 for symetric things...
:cheers:

[Maisiemouse]

This is the Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes. It was hand-built in about 3 weeks by Buddhist Monks as a sign of peace (hence the name :rolleyes: )

It's been subjected to a huge amount of vandalism over the years, mostly from neo-Nazis who show their ignorance by painting swastikas all over it (most of them painted the wrong way round - such clever people).

One of my favourite places to go and sit and watch the world go by.

S2, 19-35mm

[Maisiemouse]

And another - the Xscape centre in Milton Keynes. It's an indoor skiing centre with real fake snow(?). I'd love to show you some interior shots, but photography is banned. I'll post another shot of this building soon, so you can see it in full - it looks like a huge metallic seashell

S2, 19-35mm

[robinp]

S2, 19-35mm

Nice clean shots :righton:
Which 19-35 ??, there are so many!

Cheers, Robin

[Maisiemouse]

Robin

The pictures were taken with a Vivitar Series 1. It only cost £135 and the optics are pretty good (build quality's not wonderful though). You pays your money....

Thanks for the positive comments.

Sean

[robinp]

Robin

The pictures were taken with a Vivitar Series 1. It only cost £135 and the optics are pretty good (build quality's not wonderful though). You pays your money....


Sean

Ah, the Cosina with a different name, yes it seems they spent the money on the glass & not the "feel" - better that than the other way round :)

Cheers, Robin

[robinp]

So, my 14mm arrived yesterday and I returned to Gloucester determined to get the whole cathedral in shot - still, its only the equivalent of 21mm on the S2 so the converging verticals are rather wild :D

I played in PSP for 20 minutes but still couldn't get it straight so moved to PS and gave up trying to find the right options after 5 minutes.
Linda, sorry I haven't taken you up on the "join two shots" challenge yet but maybe someone can make a better job of straightening this than me....

BTW, this Sigma seems to overexpose by at least 1 stop!, had to darken these a lot....

Cheers, Robin

[robinp]

Ha! - back to this shot after 2 years and now find that with the "Distort/Lens Correction" tool in PSCS2 this is a much easier job :righton:
I've only worked on the .jpg to post here but still have the raw file even though the camera and lens are long gone.

Cheers, Robin

[JPS]

This is the Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes...............
And another - the Xscape centre in Milton Keynes...............
:crazy: Nice TEXT, but were's the images ?

:cheers:
J-P.

[jhawk1000]

Sounds good to me! I don't understand it but sounds good.

Mel

[JPS]

PLEEEEEEEASE

......someone, find a way to get rid of the SPAMMERS !!!!

:mad2:
J-P.