A Frank Lloyd Wright church

Cornflake

This church is only a quarter mile from my house. I decided to try some infrared photos. These are the two most dramatic features of the place.

I generally like Wright's buildings but they're often nicer to look at than to live with. If you look closely you can see that the steeple and the bell tower have both been retrofitted with netting to keep the pigeons at bay. The attempt is only partly successful.

torags

"often nicer to look at than to live with": .... Boy you got that (W)right... :-)

Nice shots of a structure that shines in high contrast B&W...

Cornflake

Thanks, rags. We're not alone in holding that view.

black mamba

I like some of Wright's work, some I don't. That's probably a dominant position among critics, I like your shot, Don, but I don't care at all for the subject. It's way to busy for my taste.

Cornflake

I get it, Tom. I didn't build this thing. Thanks for commenting.

David_S85

I'd like to see more of the building, or all of it actually.

pathfinder

"often nicer to look at than to live with" - That's very interesting, as that was my thought exactly when visiting "Falling Water" in Pennsylvania, and the Bachman-Wilson house at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Great to visit, but closets way too small, and ceilings too low for normal height people. Great to look at from a moderate distance.

I really like your IR images, but I tend to be a fan of black skies..... A bad thing to admit in 2020, I suspect.

David_S85

@pathfinder said:
but I tend to be a fan of black skies..... A bad thing to admit in 2020, I suspect.

Could be one of the Dgrin quotes of the year. But yes, I agree.

I use a polarizer for my IR shots. I look through the viewfinder and spin it to make the sky as dark as possible (not best for color shots) and then go live view for the actual pic. In post, the B&W IR skies go mostly black, or very dark grey, while not at all affecting the lighter tones.

pathfinder

I've never tried using a polarizer on a IR converted camera -

I will keep that suggestion in mind, though, the next time I am capturing IR. May be awhile, the IR mood strikes me infrequently lately.

Cornflake

These were taken with a polarizer on an IR-converted camera. This was the look I was after (whether wisely or not) and a polarizer helps get it.

El Gato

Don....

LIKE the IR look!

Well done, especially use of the polarizer to achieve the black sky. Striking images!!

Cornflake

Thanks, Gato.