The topic this month is: "Astounding Architecture"
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I liked my original entry, but I'm not sure if it qualified as "Astounding Architecture", also I was not happy with the composition. We're going to have to make another trip out to Barcaldine again and work on that one a bit.
I loved watching them build this bridge, how the stilts progressed and "walked" over the river. As suspension bridges go, I find it pretty astounding. Tried to photograph it yesterday with limited success, so I tried again tonight hoping to get some sunset colours... of course not , but I still ended up with an image I'm happy with, so I've changed my entry.
Last edited by firstlight; 20-06-2013 at 09:16 PM.
I've been impressed, excited, humbled and left in awe at many examples of architecture around the world, but astounded, at only one: The Monument to the Conquerors of Space.
Well, I have stayed with the Great Q1 Building from the 19th and am sure this composition has been done a few times by many a photographer ?
The View from my camera hopfully displays not only the framework at near ground level, but also the 'up/outstanding' hieght of this skyrise, and trying to place the Towering aspect within the clear panels whilst capturing enough foreground, including the 'Skypoint' sign to go with the Theme of this capture !
10mm, ISO800, F10, 1/3200.
This is the Olympic Stadium Tower from Montreal. Those who grew up in the '70s will remember it as the background in the film clip of "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Emerson Lake & Palmer.
What is astounding is how much it all cost. Montreal have only recently paid off the debt from the '76 Olympics and they didn't even get to finish this stadium until years later. Anyway it is very interesting to visit and ride the funicular up ro the top.
Architecture, well...Industrial anyway...built for purpose
Sorry, no original effort this month, this from the back catalogue...
This is 'A' Station, Central Power Station, Broken Hill N.S.W.
Decommissioned in 1986, it supplied the underground mines and surface
workings of all mines in the city.
Several relatives and friends of mine worked in this building over the decades.
Station B , almost identical in size to A, has been recently converted into
an outback Film Studio
5 panels stitched in Autostitch using my daughter's Samsung point
and shoot, manual settings.
, but I still ended up with an image I'm happy with, so I've changed my entry.
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