Friday, 22 August 2008

An explanation and more reflections

Many of you have wondered what the photo in the Skywatch post (the previous one) represents. Well, it was a detail from the building picced below. No solar panels there, just darkened plexiglass reflecting the sky.



The building is situated beside one of the bigger junctions in the city centre and is crescent shaped. It was constructed only a few years ago and it hosts several offices. I drive (or am being driven) past it almost every day but I usually take one bus stop before it so until now I haven't really taken the time to examine the thing. For yesterday's post I deliberately walked the extra length to shoot the detail of this building but didn't remember to take another shot at a wider angle. So I had to repeat the action today to bring you this.

But then I walked around the building and to my delight (and embarrassment) discovered more spectacular reflections. On reflection (sic), I'm not too pleased with how the shot turned out so I'll have to repeat the action soon, possibly at a more favourable time of day.



Same building from the back side...

9 comments:

Dr.John said...

Good reflection pictures.

Dianne said...

I love that building!

at first I thought there were people on the roof then I realized it was shrubs lol

Anonymous said...

Thank you! This is the coolest building. The front of it is spectacular. I don't suppose it is situated the right direction for a spectacular sunset shot ....

I actually like the reflection you captured, but I wasn't there to see the possibilities that fueled your disappointment.

Ingrid said...

I like the first picture it has something special !

Minkydo said...

Thank you for explaining. I think it's a neat building. I like the windows both up close and farther away. That second building is interesting as well.

Carletta said...

Man, that does not look like the same building - I really love the closeup now even more.
I see all kind of reflections in the second image and this last one is good too. It looks hot and hazy.
Great job Juliana

Webradio said...

Hello !

Il y a quoi dans ce bâtiment ???

juliana said...

thank you all for your kind comments.

well, i wasn't exactly disappointed - the shot isn't that bad although i should have framed it more carefully but there are several other possibilities for capturing reflections. a reason to come back and repeat the excercise, i reckon :)

webradion: il y a des bureaux.

Carver said...

Those are all good reflections and so interesting to see them as you make your way around the building.