Graphical Impressions, a photo from ミシガン, Midwest

Photographer's Note

The best way to view the pictures is to use the 3 links below.

Graphical Impressions

The People Mover in Detroit is not only an interesting infrastructure construction, it also gives a photographer unprecedented opportunities for artistic impressions of the city.

If you let the camera look straight up, you can capture fascinating graphic compositions.

For the main photo and the first workshop, I brought together 5 elements: 3 prominent Detroit skyscrapers, the People Mover and a connecting bridge between two of the buildings.
Often I turn this kind of pictures so that the main lines are exactly horizontal or vertical, but for this images I preferred small tilt for some tension in the graphical composition and to avoid a too static impression.
In the third photo the People Mover and the connection between the two buildings are less important and we can concentrate on the beautiful Art Deco fa軋de of the Guardian building.
The 3 buildings are:
☼ The Guardian Building. A landmark skyscraper. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art modern designs.
☼ One Woodward Avenue, formerly known as the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building. One Woodward Avenue
☼ Ally Detroit Center, formerly One Detroit Centre. The building was designed by architects John Burgee and Philip Johnson, partners influential in postmodern architecture. Ally Detroit Centre was constructed from 1991 to 1993. The building is famous for its postmodern architectural design topped with Flemish-inspired neo-gothic spiers which blend architecturally with the city's historic skyline

■ Main picture: ◄ Horizontal Impression►
■ Workshop 1: ◄ Vertical Impression►
■ Workshop 2: ◄The Art Deco fa軋de of the Guardian Building ►

jhm, Royaldevon, pierrefonds, holmertz, Fis2, ikeharel, ikeharel, papagolf21, Cricri, PaulVDV, COSTANTINO, macjake, cornejo has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (0) 2018-12-03 5:18

Hello Rob,
Another nice architectorial capture in your gallery taken with good pov. Very good layout and sharpness.
Nice framing and many interesting and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

jhm (203085) 2018-12-03 5:32

Dag Rob,

Uw foto is heel mooi gemaakt.
Maar architecturaal is het een blokkedoos met weinig variatie.
Natuurlijk id dit de fotograaf zijn schuld niet.
De pasarelle krijgen we gratis bij.
Want alles is zeer scherp en met vertical begrip.
Goed foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten uit een lenteachtige Oost-Vlaanderen met 14ｰC
John

Royaldevon (75510) 2018-12-03 6:00

Hello Rob,

Three more utterly glorious photographs!
I have to applaud you for their excellent clarity.
This upwards viewpoint is amazing for convincing us of the height of these features but, more than that, the composition makes them works of art.

Thank you for sharing these,
Bev :-)

pierrefonds (103621) 2018-12-03 6:12

Hi Rob,

The different types of lines have a graphical effect. The point of view is showing the details of the buildings and of the People Mover support. The light is bringing out the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Sergiom (117241) 2018-12-03 6:26

Bonjour Rob,

J'aime beaucoup le graphisme bien affirm� de cette composition. On dirait un avion a basse altitude qui se dirige vers la gauche du cadre.

Amicalement

Serge

BennyV (32570) 2018-12-03 6:52

Very good framing and pov, Rob. An original urban landscape shot with some good concrete textures.

Benny

holmertz (92898) 2018-12-03 7:09

Hello Rob,
The main photo has no doubt the most elegant and dynamic composition, but we have to go to the workshop to see the fine Art Deco and Neo-Gothic details you describe. That's a smart way to force us to see all the photos if we want to fully enjoy today's contribution. ;-) I should try to do something similar to make people watch the additional photos. The quality of these pictures is as good as ever.
Kind regards,
Gert

Fis2 (155699) 2018-12-03 7:13

Witaj Rob!
A very interesting POV and composition.
Geometry of frame makes impression.
Excellent colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Nice afternoon.
Krzysztof

rychem (72179) 2018-12-03 7:43

The graphical impact is enormous, you found the perfect place to create a great composition, compliments Ryszard

jtovey375 (620) 2018-12-03 10:47

Perfect angle. Understated treatment. Awareness of place. All adds up to a satisfying photograph.

Tue (82306) 2018-12-03 12:02

Hallo Rob,
De licht diagonale lijnen van de metrolijn en de brug zorgen dat de compositie inderdaad wat spannender wordt. De lijnen lopen in ieder geval heel mooi tussen de gebouwen door. De details van de Guardian Building zijn hier weliswaar niet zo mooi te zien, maar daar hebben we de WS voor. Het heldere licht van Detroit is natuurlijk weer prachtig.
Lars

carlo62 (81265) 2018-12-03 13:54

Ciao Rob
hai utilizzato i vari elementi per creare un bel gioco geometrico sia su questa foto, sia su quella del ws.
L'altra foto del ws da spazio all'architettura del grande palazzo, ci hai dato varie soluzioni, tutte ottime.
Saluti
Carlo

papagolf21 (152599) 2018-12-03 23:27

Bonjour, cher Rob,
Les math駑atiques et la g駮m騁rie dans l'espace devaient 黎re des mati鑽es qui vous plaisaient � voir ces images r饌lis馥s avec maestria.
J'admire !
Amiti駸.
Philippe

jemaflor (135484) 2018-12-03 23:31

Hi Rob,
Interesting angle to take your photo, impressive result, original graphical result, perfect sharpness and light management.

Silvio1953 (205826) 2018-12-04 0:41

Ciao Rob, great POV on fantastic buoildings, lovely composition with beautful geometry, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pajaran (102720) 2018-12-04 1:39

Dobar dan.
Interesantni i lepogledi, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lep pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje.
Lepa arhitektura.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dana, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
Interesting and beautiful, good text ...
Good work with nice photos in the workshop, beautifully shown, good perspective and contrast, nice colors.
Nice architecture.
I wish you a beautiful and successful day, all the best.

Porteplume (4032) 2018-12-04 2:18

Bonjour Rob,

Je werk laat mij denken aan Bert / Bertolucci, hij kon ook zo goed 電aily life� en architecture combineren.
Hier is het vooral Architecture en heb je mooi gespeeld met kleuren, vormen en structuren. Knap gezien en precies goed 堵e-klikt�...

Amicalement,
Viviane

Cricri (176) 2018-12-04 8:20

Hi Rob
Bonne recherche dans le cadrage , un effet graphique 騁onnant , tr鑚 r騏ssi, bon contraste des couleurs, int駻essante les deux WS, celle est excellente
Bonne soir馥
cricri

CLODO (45094) 2018-12-04 23:30

Hi Rob

Good idea to look up when you are at the foot of a skyscrapper, one of your WS has the same vision but a rotation of 90ｰ makes it different
Best regards
CLODO

abmdsudi (88597) 2018-12-05 1:06

Hi Rob
Inspiring low viewpoint looking up thru the ultra modern buildings make it so appealing with strong graphism effect together with excellent use of wide lens and closeness.
Clean blue sky adds liveliness and contrast. Excellent effort with pleasing result, Congrats.
Kind regards

PaulVDV (54909) 2018-12-05 13:53

Hallo Rob,
Heel mooie composities van lijnen en vlakken.
De kleurencombinaties zijn heel mooi en de beste, denk ik; vinden we op de tweede foto in de WS.
Je moet wel heel veel met je hoofd omhoog gelopen hebben om de ideale plekjes te vinden.
Vele groeten, Paul

COSTANTINO (104245) 2018-12-06 0:11

Hello dear friend and have a nice time
you title describes everything
this is the modern architecture
with modern architectural details
regards
Costantino

ChrisJ (160104) 2018-12-06 19:21

Hello Rob,

A strong and simple minimalist composition, with good sharpness and excellent colour and saturation. I like the upward pov too. You might want to include 'Detroit' in the title. Michigan is a big State! tFS!

macjake (96157) 2018-12-11 10:43

Hi Rob
the WS #2 is my favorite of the group :)
but all three are in tune with my photographic eye haha
and you know I enjoy any photo where you can LOOK UP. the mixture of ugly concrete and more modern structures works well.
fun shot! cheers
Craig

cornejo (61504) 2018-12-21 11:46

Hello Rob, great picture of this beautiful and interesting graphic composition with this interesting view up, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy weekend.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
Angel.