Reaching Skyward

[Radtech1]

On the Altmart Plaza in Dresden between the Elbe and the Train Station.

I just love the Communist Utopian architecture and art that adorns the city.

When viewed from almost any perspective this looks somewhat boxy, like a very angular stylized jack. Only from almost underneath it, with a good portion of it hiding behind itself, does it take on this soaring appearance.

I got lucky on the sky, too. This was TTL, not pasted in from a different shot.

As usual, any critique or comment will be greatly appreciated.

Rad

[jenne]

The ranges of shadows and the crossing lines in this shot are great. It gives a very futuristic, sci-fi kind of feel to the photo. I think the darkness of the shot is appropriate to the structure. What time of day was this taken? And would you happen to have a normal photo of the entire structure so I can get a feel for the angle at which this was taken?

[toddb]

The darkness (or dark colors) is pretty appealing in this shot that I think align themselves well with the felling of these tall, sharp like structures seem to be holding back this ornge colored ball. I wonder what this would look like at sunset or early morning. Probalby a too much shadow information lost though overall. I need to look for some interesting structures to shoot, these are cool looking.

[Robert_Lay]

No one seems to notice the unbelievable coincidence of several points of tension - here are the ones that I can enumerate:
1) Point touching the frame in upper right corner
2) Rectangular column coming up on the lower far right has its upper left corner just kissing the larger upright.
3) The orange ball has a perfect tangent made by the curved horizontal behind it.
4) That same horizontal structure behind the ball extends to a point to the right which just touches the right margin.

It is impossible for that many precisely configured points of tension to occur accidentally - especially, when you consider that they are only present from that one, unique, precise vantage point.

[Meaty0]

No one seems to notice the unbelievable coincidence of several points of tension - here are the ones that I can enumerate:
1) Point touching the frame in upper right corner
2) Rectangular column coming up on the lower far right has its upper left corner just kissing the larger upright.
3) The orange ball has a perfect tangent made by the curved horizontal behind it.
4) That same horizontal structure behind the ball extends to a point to the right which just touches the right margin.

It is impossible for that many precisely configured points of tension to occur accidentally - especially, when you consider that they are only present from that one, unique, precise vantage point.

Hey Bob,

Is so much tension a good or bad thing? I'm guessing bad.

My C&C? Well I like Rad's photos usually and this is no exception, but on my monitor, it looks about 1/2 to 2/3 stop underexposed. Easily fixed if shot in RAW.

Paul

[Robert_Lay]

Tension is neither good nor bad, in and of itself.
Points of tension usually draw attention to themselves - especially when it's caused by something that also has bright colors - such as a small spot of green and a small spot of red - they don't even have to be close to one another to cause tension.

Tension is the "contrast" of its own world.

Another good example of tension lies in the eyes. Everyone agrees that eyes are very important and they agree that the eyes must be in focus. What few realize is the eyes also usually have the extreme range of tones almost adjacent to one another - the deep black in the pupil of the eye and the white of the eye. The high contrast between the two is an area of tension.