Helpful Posts: I'll call it a Pagoda for want of the proper term. There's a half metre or more space between the horizontal members but when I positioned myself at the right angle that became insignificant. C&C welcome.
Pagoda_84A5509-1 by Greg, on Flickr
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7th August 2018, 06:54 AM #1
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7th August 2018, 07:33 AM #2
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What a satisfying image.
I have tried viewing it with a small bit cropped of the bottom edge.(more or less a square format) It didn't spoil it but I am unsure if it was an improvement. The design is so strong no doubt several crops would work well.
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7th August 2018, 08:56 AM #3
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Nicely captured.
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7th August 2018, 11:13 AM #4
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I like it
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7th August 2018, 11:34 AM #5Moderator
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Well spotted, photographed and processed!
With scenes like these, the challenge comes in recognizing what they will look like as a 2-D image. Getting the shadows to fall just right can be a quite challenge too. You have definitely nailed this one.
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7th August 2018, 11:45 AM #6
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I love this kind of photography. I always include some discord in the image however, just to break it up. That is only an opinion and does not take anything away from this excellent image.
Cheers Ole
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7th August 2018, 11:53 AM #7
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Re: Pagoda
I too, usually like patterns/designs with a little "discord". However in this case for some reason I felt it was not really necessary.
Originally Posted by mugge
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7th August 2018, 12:00 PM #8Moderator
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I totally agree. I suspect there is so much harmony in the repeating patterns that the "discord" would likely have resulted in a weaker image. Originally Posted by pnodrog
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7th August 2018, 01:16 PM #9
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Re: Pagoda
Nicely done all around
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7th August 2018, 01:44 PM #10
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A powerful image. I don't think I would change anything--other than perhaps the name, since a form with nothing but straight lines and right angles doesn't suggest a pagoda to me.
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7th August 2018, 01:49 PM #11
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I would'nt change it either nice just the way it is
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7th August 2018, 02:47 PM #12
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I love it.
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7th August 2018, 04:44 PM #13
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Oh, I like that. Strength from sheer simplicity make for a great deal of impact. Well seen and processed.
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7th August 2018, 11:35 PM #14
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Love this image. The shadows have sure added to the image to create a nice abstract.
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7th August 2018, 11:56 PM #15
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Well done, Greg
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8th August 2018, 05:51 AM #16
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Wow! Thank you everyone for so much positive feedback.
Paul, I played around with several different crops - and liked several of them - but settled on this because I felt it best preserved the sense of symmetry.
Manfred, the irony is that I have walked past this structure most days since the building was completed a year or so ago, and thought it was kind of odd and pointless. And then recently passed it at the right time of day to see the beautiful shadows. Now I think the designer / architect is brilliant.
Ole, I know what you mean about discord. The anomaly that breaks the pattern makes the pattern a picture. But if there is no discord in the scene ...
Dan, you're right. The word I was grasping for is pergola - if it can be called that.
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