I know that I got some good comments on my last two shots but I wasn't all that happy with either of them, but I am happy with this one. As I mentioned yesterday this is our local waste disposal/recycling centre and it was built around a year ago. The previous building on this site, while functional, lacked any sense of style or attention to detail, in fact it was downright ugly. This one was clearly designed with aesthetics in mind, and there are probably a few more shots I could take if I get time before we move.
As for this image: it's a relatively straightforward shot, converted to black and white using the channel mixer to extract the red channel (hence the dramatic sky), then moderately colourised. The only thing I'm not pleased with is that I would have liked a bit more clarity on the upper area of the building to the left. As it stands this area of the shot is almost completely unsharpened as all my attempts introduced obvious moiré patterns into this area of the image. Other than that though I'm pleased with this one.
camera capture date aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO focal length image quality white balance cropped?
Canon G5
3.54pm on 2/7/04
f4.5
1/1250
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
11.2mm
RAW
auto
no
The shot is excellent but the alterations you've done on the colour has made it even stronger. I see that in both of your pictures, circular shapes play an important role in the whole feeling of the structure, if you take away that circle on the right, the structure loses half of its attractiveness.
Wow! ... the sky is fantastic -- love the black and white conversion... well done...
comment byKayleigh at 05:18 AM (GMT) on 5 July, 2004
Everything about this photo stands out. Love it.
comment byChristina at 05:22 AM (GMT) on 5 July, 2004
Stunning - I love the contrast of the puffy clouds with the straight lines of the building.
comment byRainKing at 10:43 AM (GMT) on 5 July, 2004
I like it a lot, not only because of the pic, but also the combination of this one and the previous one. I like how they have the circular thing in common yet in very different places.
comment bydarragh at 01:58 PM (GMT) on 5 July, 2004
lovely photo.. must give that b&w conversion technique a go sometime
I like the composition here. Looks like a really interesting building...
You should try and take a shot of it at night!
comment by djn1 at 07:51 PM (GMT) on 5 July, 2004
john: unfortunately the Canon G5 is terrible in low light - the sensor produces an unworkably noisy image - so I wont be able to take any night shots. It's a good idea though, and I imagine it might well be quite spectacular.
comment bybtezra at 01:02 PM (GMT) on 6 July, 2004
~strong graphic presentation~
comment byAndrea at 02:29 PM (GMT) on 6 July, 2004
Wow! Absolutely awesome! For being a recycling center, it's a pretty cool building! And nice work on the color extracting!
I know that I got some good comments on my last two shots but I wasn't all that happy with either of them, but I am happy with this one. As I mentioned yesterday this is our local waste disposal/recycling centre and it was built around a year ago. The previous building on this site, while functional, lacked any sense of style or attention to detail, in fact it was downright ugly. This one was clearly designed with aesthetics in mind, and there are probably a few more shots I could take if I get time before we move.
As for this image: it's a relatively straightforward shot, converted to black and white using the channel mixer to extract the red channel (hence the dramatic sky), then moderately colourised. The only thing I'm not pleased with is that I would have liked a bit more clarity on the upper area of the building to the left. As it stands this area of the shot is almost completely unsharpened as all my attempts introduced obvious moiré patterns into this area of the image. Other than that though I'm pleased with this one.
capture date
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
focal length
image quality
white balance
cropped?
3.54pm on 2/7/04
f4.5
1/1250
aperture priority
+0.0
evaluative
50
11.2mm
RAW
auto
no
The shot is excellent but the alterations you've done on the colour has made it even stronger. I see that in both of your pictures, circular shapes play an important role in the whole feeling of the structure, if you take away that circle on the right, the structure loses half of its attractiveness.
Wow! ... the sky is fantastic -- love the black and white conversion... well done...
Everything about this photo stands out. Love it.
Stunning - I love the contrast of the puffy clouds with the straight lines of the building.
I like it a lot, not only because of the pic, but also the combination of this one and the previous one. I like how they have the circular thing in common yet in very different places.
lovely photo.. must give that b&w conversion technique a go sometime
I like the composition here. Looks like a really interesting building...
You should try and take a shot of it at night!
john: unfortunately the Canon G5 is terrible in low light - the sensor produces an unworkably noisy image - so I wont be able to take any night shots. It's a good idea though, and I imagine it might well be quite spectacular.
~strong graphic presentation~
Wow! Absolutely awesome! For being a recycling center, it's a pretty cool building! And nice work on the color extracting!
great shot, I really love it!
-hd
is that sky for real?!
it looks amazing with the building.. even if you added the sky later it looks great :)
tilnox: yes, the sky (other than being converted to b/w as described above) is as-shot.