the Cockeyed Symmetrical Geometric Dome
Sep 24, 2013 13:02:25 #
Photographs of symmetrical geometric designs dont normally do much for me. Im not much for pattern pictures either, but once in a great while something will catch my eye, like the dome high overhead in the Garfield Park Conservatory, in Indianapolis. To avoid the photo being a totally boring straight-overhead shot, I moved underneath the rim of the dome and THEN pointed the camera straight up. At least then it would be sort of cockeyed symmetrical, which is better than dead center in the middle, right? Well, I hope so because that was the best I could do considering the circumstances.
Sep 24, 2013 15:26:50 #
As an architect I frequently photograph subjects with pattern. I also like to photograph interior domes. My main problem is trying do do this without a tripod (time and weight constraints usually). Your dome picture is well composed and good exposure. Be happy!
I'm attaching a couple of my dome shots for you to compare.
I'm attaching a couple of my dome shots for you to compare.
Sep 24, 2013 15:42:24 #
TP wrote:
As an architect I frequently photograph subjects with pattern. I also like to photograph interior domes. My main problem is trying do do this without a tripod (time and weight constraints usually). Your dome picture is well composed and good exposure. Be happy!
I'm attaching a couple of my dome shots for you to compare.
I'm attaching a couple of my dome shots for you to compare.
They're all great shots, TP, but this analogy is coming from a nature guy. I'm hardly an aficionado of architectural design. However, I do recognize an appealing shot regardless of the genre--and the middle one you posted, the one with the sun rays streaming through, is quite stunning. Every once in a while I'll see something architectural that catches my eye and I'll take a shot, and if I can find them I'll post a couple for your review. Thanks for the posts. I truly did enjoy them.
Sep 24, 2013 15:47:26 #
j.erwin.brown wrote:
They're all great shots, TP, but this analogy is coming from a nature guy. I'm hardly an aficionado of architectural design. However, I do recognize an appealing shot regardless of the genre--and the middle one you posted, the one with the sun rays streaming through, is quite stunning. Every once in a while I'll see something architectural that catches my eye and I'll take a shot, and if I can find them I'll post a couple for your review. Thanks for the posts. I truly did enjoy them.
I like how both of you have found your own angle on things.
Sep 24, 2013 16:05:57 #
This is probably about as close as I'll ever come to photographing something of architectural interest. It's the inside of a 150 year old covered bridge crossing the Kaskaskia River, near Cowden, Illinois (Shelby County). All the superstructure & trusses are still original, as well as the riveted, cast iron pylon supports. It's also touted as the narrowest covered bridge in Illinois, at only 10'-7" wide. The span is a little over 100 feet.
Sep 24, 2013 16:26:47 #
I love all these pictures, but esp the bridge. I love domes too but it makes me dizzy looking up like so I end up either not taking it or it is blurred. Love what you all have captured.
Sep 24, 2013 18:56:47 #
I like the low view point. You nailed the exposure, difficult with high contrast. Here are a couple of my takes on perspective. As you can see, the "architecture" is hiding!
Yellowstone
Timbuctu
Volga
Sep 24, 2013 20:12:11 #
TP wrote:
I like the low view point. You nailed the exposure, difficult with high contrast. Here are a couple of my takes on perspective. As you can see, the "architecture" is hiding!
Three very interesting perspectives. I like them all three, and especially the middle one of Timbuctu. What is the purpose the poles sticking out of the structure?
Sep 24, 2013 20:20:13 #
Flashhead wrote:
I love all these pictures, but esp the bridge. I love domes too but it makes me dizzy looking up like so I end up either not taking it or it is blurred. Love what you all have captured.
Don't quote me on this, but I've been told that domes were not intended to be view by blonds... for the very reason that it makes them dizzy, which I presume is there the term "dizzy blond" originated--from looking up at too many domes? I don't know if there's an ounce of truth in it, but that's what I've been told, just don't quote me on it, or I'll get into trouble with my ex-wife, because she's a blond who used to look up at domes all the time and if she finds out I've been spreading malicious gossip all over the internet about her "condition", she'll raise my alimony and then I'd have to sell my camera. Geepers!
Sep 25, 2013 12:19:47 #
Buildings in W.Africa are frequently made of mud brick coated with a mud plaster for preservation. The sticks are used for scaffolding so that maintenance work can be performed. I think the Timbuctu Mosque is a combination of function and artistic license. The attached Mosque in Burkino Faso shows the functional scaffolding more clearly.
Burkino Faso
Sep 25, 2013 13:05:27 #
TP wrote:
Buildings in W.Africa are frequently made of mud brick coated with a mud plaster for preservation. The sticks are used for scaffolding so that maintenance work can be performed. I think the Timbuctu Mosque is a combination of function and artistic license. The attached Mosque in Burkino Faso shows the functional scaffolding more clearly.
Nice photo showing the scaffolding supports left in place after the building was completed. American Indians of the south-west built in a similar matter, correct?
Sep 26, 2013 11:55:01 #
Adobe construction in SW USA is similar to that used in W.Africa. However, the scaffolding you see in W.Africa is not used in the SW USA. What you are seeing projecting from the walls in the SW are either rain spouts or the ends of heavy roof beams. Sorry I don't have a picture to hand, am traveling with my laptop and only about 6000 of my 30000+ picture library.
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