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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/20/2006
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Good idea Manu!
thank you very much! (I just wish I owned the lens!)
I was wishing there were more trees down there, but it's just so close to my day job to add things that are not there, that I have to draw the line sometimes!
thanks again!
cheers,
-joel
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Manu
{K:13082} 4/20/2006
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Great shot and from so far away shows what an awesomw lens you have. Personally I would clone in more trees to give it a "real" concrete jungle look...?
Manu
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/20/2006
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Thanks Phil!
I hear ya about the crowds! I always wait as long as it takes to get the shot w/o any people in it...unless it's needed for scale. But to deal with a crowd at a Zoo... *crazy*. I just saw a tv special in Giraffes, and now I have to go to the zoo to take pictures... i'm sure I'll be delaing with your pain very soon! ....wind is nothing when compared to a crowd!
thanks again Phil! I love the 'lion' images!!
cheers,
-joel
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Phillip Minnis
{K:13131} 4/20/2006
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A fantastic image, Joel! What an incredible building. Well captured, considering the adverse circumstances!
LOL, you had to contest with wind, I had to contest with crowds, during our Easter photo shoots . I don't know which conditions are worse! LOL
Cheers
Phil
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/19/2006
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Thank you Petal!!
your comments are always entertaining as ususal! :)
learnred my lesson with this one.... bulding - trees = abstract
cheers!
-joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/19/2006
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Thank you Elisa!
These building always blew me away when I was a kid. I always thought they looked like a wall of building... so this is a kinda how I see them :)
So glad you like this! Very kind comments!
best,
-joel
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 4/18/2006
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Dizzy, you make me dizzy, my head is spinning, like a... ;-D Boy, this is really a eye (not head... LOL) turner... LOL!! That one window is neat and the trees: on the one hand I'd leave them in (color, scale) but as an abstract I would probably 'lose' them... Fantastic line play... well captured!!
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NN
{K:26787} 4/18/2006
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The one window with light is what makes this image tick ;-) Looks like a huge, never ending building! The trees add colour and scale to the image. Different (as so many of your images) and therefore interesting!
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/18/2006
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Joćo!
thank you very much my friend!
cheers,
-joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/18/2006
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Thank you very much Janet Marie!
I think the Alcoa building is still there....just called something else.
....everything is big with a long lens!
cheers,
-joel
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/17/2006
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I think your central vertical is the strongest.
Also, given lens aberration (which would be minimal at this focal length) the line through the center of the image is most accurate.
I see how you aligned left now, and it's pretty cool, actually.
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Joćo F * Photography
{K:41945} 4/17/2006
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excelent composition dear jioel well done my friend i like it !!
Cheers
jo
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Janet Marie ;-)
{K:-2076} 4/17/2006
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Love the lines; reminds me of the old computer punched cards. I used to work opposite the Embarcadero Center in the Alcoa building, is it still there? I don't remeber the Embarcadero Center being this big...I like the movement of the trees and the touch of colour.
Cheers,
Janet Marie ;-)
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/17/2006
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Thank you very much Roger!
Well.... ya know how it goes... far enough away, long enough lens, you can make anything look HUGE! These building slip quietly between the other 'monoliths' in the city. California and Hyde building (as seen in "Towering Inferno") is still the tallest!
thanks again! ...and come back soon!
cheers,
-Joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/17/2006
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Thanks again Paul. Glad you like 'em.
...the trees almost give it that miniature scale kinda feel...
-J
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/17/2006
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Thank you very much Paul!
I love to share 'too much information', so I'm glad that you liked it!
Ya know, I tweaked the daylights out of this with lens distortion, and a slight rotation. I didn't want to bend it too much, and a rotation sends the edge crooked... so tried a straight up distortion, and even resorted to paint, before just going all the way back striaghten the left edge, and let it all fall away to the right.
I'll keep stabbing at it, if you noticed it that quickly.
thanks again!
cheers,
-joel
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/17/2006
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Kiarang,
Thank you very much for your kind comments!
cheers,
-Joel
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 4/17/2006
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Wow, I was there when they started to build the Embarcadero buildings, but I had no idea they would reach this enormous size. Must really dominate the surroundings! SF is, from whichever angle, a most photogenic city and you've captured a very untypical view here, Joel. Well done despite the difficulties you list.
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/17/2006
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I agree with your inclusion of trees for scale, Joel. Keep 'em. ;)
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Paul Lara
{K:88111} 4/17/2006
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This is a really strong shot, Joel.
Thanks for the background and details on what it took to achieve this.
I think a teeny bit of rotation is in order to straighten the vertical lines in center-frame.
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Kiarang Alaei
{K:49415} 4/17/2006
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Ok! A composition study full of lines/texture.
unusual composition with the big space in upper part and just a thin space for the trees.
nice experiment!
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Joel Aron
{K:14920} 4/17/2006
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Thanks Brad!
I hear ya! ....that's one of the reason I left the trees in... had a wicked time trying to focus! ..that, and to toss in a little scale.
Thanks for the comments and suggestion!
cheers,
-Joel
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DELETE ACCOUNT
{K:5655} 4/17/2006
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I think it's a great building for an abstract, but I'd like to see it cropped to focus solely on the building. No trees in the foreground. If you stare at this, things start moving. I think that defines a good abstract.
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