Lauren Heerschap
April 2021 - WA State History Museum
About the Image(s)
In Tacoma, WA there is a history museum that is located in an old train terminal. The renovations included this new entrance that is reflecting the old building. The old and new in one shot. It was a gray sky day, at ISO 32o, F8.0, 1/160 sec, hand held. There was a polarizer on my lens.
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8 comments posted
The lines and windows are interesting, and their colors and the overall composition of the window, very nice. I think I would have cropped out the black on the right and left sides, and I think the shot would have been improved with a zoom lens that could have gotten us a closer view of the windows. I can't really distinguish what the images are. Perhaps a horizontal shot, too, would have helped us get closer in by putting more photo rather than black in the available space. Posted: 04/12/2021 23:31:26
Oops I should have hit reply to your comment below and said I created a new one. Thanks for the feedback. Posted: 04/13/2021 11:45:22
I am finding your comment about black very interesting since I didn't put any black on either side of the image. I am wondering if this isn't function of export in Lightroom or is it part of the display that PSA uses? Either way, it is a vertical shot and I don't think I had a wide enough lens on my camera to go horizontal Posted: 04/13/2021 11:44:08
Someone more expert than I is going to have to answer that. I exported mine from LR Classic, and it's much wider than yours. I have no idea what the issue is. Posted: 04/13/2021 21:02:46
Hi Lauren, I love glass building reflections. It's fascinating how changes in angle and lighting can create new images from the same scene. My favorite is PPG Place in Pittsburgh, PA, a glass building complex headquarters for PPG (formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass).
Your image is nicely captured with correct verticals and plenty of information to identify where and what. The warm colors of the old building juxtapose nicely with the cool tones of the modern section. I like it as an overall view because there is plenty to see in browsing the image or upon repeated views. I would like it as a print on the wall to view carefully or as the cover of the museum brochure. Close-ups of reflections could be used to supplement this one in a photo essay. Well done! Karl Posted: 04/17/2021 11:09:28
Your image is nicely captured with correct verticals and plenty of information to identify where and what. The warm colors of the old building juxtapose nicely with the cool tones of the modern section. I like it as an overall view because there is plenty to see in browsing the image or upon repeated views. I would like it as a print on the wall to view carefully or as the cover of the museum brochure. Close-ups of reflections could be used to supplement this one in a photo essay. Well done! Karl Posted: 04/17/2021 11:09:28
Thank you for the encouraging words.
Posted: 04/17/2021 18:18:42
Posted: 04/17/2021 18:18:42
I love reflections and the resulting distortions. Your capture of the old seen in the new is terrific. There is a symmetry in the image that looks as though it could be extended by a crop on the left and an extension on the right to include the vertical beam (I am assuming there was one). I agree with Karl that there are many images in these windows. A reflection portfolio would be interesting. Posted: 04/25/2021 10:39:05
As most of us are aware, I have a very strong preference for the abstract. To my mind, making an abstract takes a lot more thought and tends to put the makers conveyance of how he felt when he saw the original. In this image. I love the contrast between the modern lines and the preservation of the older buildings in the reflection. Nicely done. Posted: 04/29/2021 14:01:30