Mini-Challenge #206 - Enclosed Spaces

Meta4

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Let's play the theme "Interiors"

I'm nature boy from the Australian Outback but lately I've become interested in photographing large indoor spaces for something completely different. The theme that I've chosen for you this month is Enclosed Spaces. I'm looking for indoor photos in the broadest sense so show us what you've got.

Your photos of the great indoors could be a house but the theme can stretch as far as your imagination goes to include any space that is enclosed,whether by walls or something else. It might be inside a large railway station, a cave or interior photos of a barn, a boat or plane - even inside a tube wave. What I'm looking for is a photograph that captures the space itself rather than focusing on objects in that space. Let's see what you can come up with.


The Challenge will run until the end of 31st May and as soon as I can after that I'll declare the winners.

* Also, please read the rules (below) of playing before entering:

** I will post the winners here with links to their own photography pages

Here are some of my examples to get you started:

The first is the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris and you should be able to work out what that means even if you speak no French. So much going on in this picture, so many places for your eyes to wander. This is a composite picture made from a bracket of 5 images. One day I'll take the time to de-ghost it properly.



Second is a photo from one of my favourite places in Paris. St Denis cathedral was rebuilt in 1144 and is considered to be the world's first Gothic church. It has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries and is the burial place of the French kings, with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries buried there. St Denis is light and airy and has enough fascinating details to keep you snapping for hours. It makes the much more visited Notre Dame look like a crowded dark cave.



Third is a picture of the centre of a friend's house that has a great woody feel that goes with the mountain views they enjoy.



And since I'm not competing I'm going to throw in a 4th. This is the cafe inside London's Victoria & Albert Museum (which is a great place to take your camera).




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Earache

Great idea Meta4... I'll play, but I will need to utilize your invitation to choose enclosed space photos in "the broadest sense".


The African Mammal Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.



Sea cave - La Jolla, California



Samuel Oschin Pavillion - Final home of Space Shuttle Endeavour

Meta4

That's the sort of thing I had in mind Eric. Nice pics.
I'm leaving it open to everyone's imagination and hoping for some variety and interesting submissions.

travelways

Wow, you were fast Meta I didn't know you started already

- What a great idea for a subject! I've been in Paris many, many years ago when I was not thinking about photography (well not like today) unfortunately.
But I visited many other wonderful places where I had the camera with me.

travelways

PS: Wonderful HDR's!

grandmaR

I've had a really hard time deciding. I thought I would post a photo of a cave (not only inside but underground) but decided that didn't really fit. I have a photo of the view from the Admiral's Lounge in LAX. But I couldn't find it. (Haven't ever found it except for where I posted it on the internet.

These are all photos taken on trips that I took with my granddaughters.



Taken on the 4th of July 2012, on the way to Australia

Then I thought I'd post a photo of the inside of a submarine - but I rejected that one too.

So here is an image from a Disney cruise ship (Caribbean cruise)



Taken from the balcony before the rest of the passengers embarked - June 2013

And last



Hermitage taken June 2008

Cavalier

Here are a few [sort of] interiors:

1) I guess Firewalls count in this mini.....this is a '41 Chevy Coupe - Daisy with her chromed-out engine.




2) Foresthill Blacksmith Museum - a local favorite.




Walls of corn - Shenandoah Valley, Ca - corn maze.

travelways

Here is my contribution (I have so, so many, that I may replace some):

1. St. Mary's Cathedral on the Acadian Trail, Nova Scotia: Yarmouth - The largest wooden church in N. America



2. City Center shopping mall, Las Vegas

<a href="http://www.travelwaysphotos.com/Las-Vegas-pictures/City-Center-Las-Vegas/i-w8xHQCd/A&quot; title="City Center / Cosmopolitan shopping mall, Las Vegas"><img src="http://www.travelwaysphotos.com/Las-Vegas-pictures/City-Center-Las-Vegas/i-w8xHQCd/0/XL/cosmopolitan-city-center-shopping-mall-4a-XL.jpg&quot; title="City Center / Cosmopolitan shopping mall, Las Vegas" alt="City Center / Cosmopolitan shopping mall, Las Vegas"></a>

3. Cesars Palace Forum Shops Mall, Las Vegas

<a href="http://www.travelwaysphotos.com/Las-Vegas-pictures/Caesars-Palace-Las-Vegas/i-XRsvHwP/A&quot; title=""><img src="http://www.travelwaysphotos.com/Las-Vegas-pictures/Caesars-Palace-Las-Vegas/i-XRsvHwP/2/XL/caesar-palace-shopping-center-stairway-4-XL.jpg&quot; title="" alt=""></a>

TonyCooper

I don't have the time or the inclination to find some magnificent interior
view to photograph, so I went out in my backyard yesterday afternoon
to capture these two:

#1 Dinner in a glass restaurant



#2 What's on the dessert cart?



And, finally, one from 1970 of my son and daughter in an enclosed playhouse

CHANDLERJA

1. Train Station



2. Painted Church



3. Ticket Booth

DonRicklin

Here are mine!

1) Bat house interior through Bat entry hole.



2) Belt run looms Vanishing Point. A hellish place to work as a kid in the 19th Century.



3) Beneski Museum of Natural History




Don

Halogus

This shot is from my trip to Pierce Point Ranch. It was one of the first diary farms in the state of California. The photo shows the inside of the barn where they use to milk over 300 cows a day, back in the 1800's

juanheredia

Here are mine!

1.Dangerous rest, train is comming



2. Abandoned Monastery



3. Hunted

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Addiebee

First mini-challenge, hope I did this correctly.

Train Station in DC



Touring a canal in Bangkok, Thailand



Sitting in a quiet restaurant in Surat Thani, Thailand

JAG

As always I am posting just for fun, don't consider mine for judging.

1. Be-attitudes, Church built for the Sermon on the Mount in Israel


2. Crowded Enclosed viewing platform at the Panama Canal


3. Hallway at Castillo de San Cristobal in Puerto Rico

Meta4

Some good photos coming in but still room for a few more.
Just a couple of days to get your possible winning entry in.

Meta4

It was a difficult choice with lots of great photos this time with plenty of imagination shown.
Thankyou all for your entries. Congratulations to this month's winners.

Third prize goes to: Travelways Cesars Palace Forum Shops Mall, Las Vegas

Second prize goes to: Addiebee Train Station in DC

First prize goes to: Cavalier Foresthill Blacksmith Museum

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juanheredia

Congratulations to Cavalier!

Thelensspot

Congrats to all three! These entries were excellent!
And to Jo...

Cavalier

Wow - I certainly didn't expect to be selected for this Mini. The entries here were outstanding, most of which I think were better than mine! But thank you Meta4 for the selection.

I will be starting the new challenge later today.

JAG

Congrats Jo! I will check in later to stick your new challenge for everyone. As per the rules, they do not have to run a month, they can run shorter times too. Whatever fits to your schedule of judging.

travelways

Congratulations Jo

Thank you for the 3-rd prize :ivar