Modern Architecture

Richard

I have posted mostly pictures of old Madrid, so here's something a little different. This is an exterior shot of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas airport. It was designed by Richard Rogers, an English architect and has been open for a few months.



If you like this sort of thing there are half a dozen more shots in my New Pics gallery on Smugmug.

C&C always welcome.

Cheers,

Antonio Correia

Richard Rogers Architecture
Here it is a great post.
Architecture at hight level.
Nce pictures. Well done neighbour : .
Are you using the 16-35 Canon lens ?
Do you ever come to Portugal ?
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/967308/1/62257116

ian408

It's a nice shot. Shows the curves of the roof structure nicely. The problem
I have has to do with those two vertical supports on the left side. But I
don't have a recommendation for resolving it. It's almost as if the vertical
structure halts the "flow" of the image. Higher contrast would be good as
well.

Richard

Antonio Correia wrote:

Here it is a great post.
Architecture at hight level.
Nce pictures. Well done neighbour : .
Are you using the 16-35 Canon lens ?
Do you ever come to Portugal ?
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/967308/1/62257116

Muito obrigado, Toni. I'm afraid that's the extent of my Portuguese. The one time I was there, I could read it perfectly but hardly understood a word of what people were saying. :cry Sounds really different than Spanish. It was a neat trip, though. Caetano had just been ousted and democracy was being born. I was living in Franco's Spain at the time and everyone here was intensely interested at what was happening next door. I'd love to go back some time.

Right, back to photography. I shot this with the Canon 18-55 kit lens. I don't have a good wide angle lens yet, but that's next on my list. So many goodies, so little money...

Cheers,

Richard

ian408 wrote:

It's a nice shot. Shows the curves of the roof structure nicely. The problem
I have has to do with those two vertical supports on the left side. But I
don't have a recommendation for resolving it. It's almost as if the vertical
structure halts the "flow" of the image. Higher contrast would be good as
well.

Thanks Ian. I agree about the supports but couldn't figure out what to do about them either when I was shooting or in post (no pun intended). I plan to go back and shoot again, this time on a cloudy day and carrying a tripod so I can bracket. The lighting was pretty harsh when I shot this one. Hopefully I'll get it right next time.

tibu

Great
Hi

Love the picture, and making it in B&W really makes the form to stand. I agree with Ian that some more contrast would be nice. Bracket it if you can

Regards
Carlos

Awais Yaqub

Weldone i loved photos a lot
Spain is beauty i already love its old construction but modren are also fantastic :

Skippy

Check Out Those Curves

rsinmadrid wrote:

I have posted mostly pictures of old Madrid, so here's something a little different. This is an exterior shot of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas airport. It was designed by Richard Rogers, an English architect and has been open for a few months.


If you like this sort of thing there are half a dozen more shots in my New Pics gallery on Smugmug.

C&C always welcome.
Cheers,

Wow......you wonder how on earth these structures even stand ..... I love all the curves in this shot, very nice design, ultra modern.
You find such interesting buildings to photograph Skippy (Australia)

Richard

Carlos, Awais and Skippy: Thanks for your comments. I appreciate it.

Cheers,

ian408

This shot has been driving me nuts. There's a lot to like about it except
those two vertical poles. What if you shot at a wider angle or up nearer
the poles? You could use the angle to make them appear as if they go
off in a different direction.

Just a thought.

Richard

ian408 wrote:

This shot has been driving me nuts. There's a lot to like about it except
those two vertical poles. What if you shot at a wider angle or up nearer
the poles? You could use the angle to make them appear as if they go
off in a different direction.

Just a thought.

I'm afraid I don't have anything wider than 18mm in my kit, but next time I go there I will experiment with shooting from different points. Getting nearer might help, . I may not be able to get everything I want in the frame while keeping the poles out, but those are the breaks. Thanks for your suggestions, though.

Cheers,

retro

Great shot! I like the flowing lines. :

Richard

retro wrote:

Great shot! I like the flowing lines. :

Thanks, retro.