Parallelism, a photo from Liege, Wallonia

Photographer's Note

Parallelism

Gare Liège Guillemins designed by Santiago Calatrava.

#3 and the last of a mini-series of this famous station. Both celebrating the elegant line play and the spectacular engineering ánd investigating things like the handling of the context and organic metaphors.

Displayed here is the platform area, it showcases the parallelism of the elongated form of the station, of course helped by the shadows.

The Photoshop 7 work stream: altered the saturation, contrast, curves and levels for the whole pic and some elements separately, using different layers, blended the layers, converted to b/w using gradient mapping and differentially tweaking the contrast, USM-ed, added the signature frame, resized and enhanced the edges and did a gentle USM (0,7px, 21%).

PaulVDV, Sonata11, Royaldevon, Kofman, danos, macjake, jhm, mayjayne, bona, CLODO has marked this note useful

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yquem46 (32323) 2012-03-07 12:57

Hi Bert
Geometry and estheticism combine perfectly here in this good b&w compo
high visual effect of the lines on the ground
have a nice evening
patrick

Jeppo (17623) 2012-03-07 12:58

Hi Bert,

interesting graphic compo with all the parallel lines (tracks, shadows and architecture) merging together in the infinity

tfs
silvio

mesutilgim (68036) 2012-03-07 13:02

Hello Bert,
Very nice b&w capture taken from a perfect pov.
Great graphical effect.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

siudzi (23959) 2012-03-07 13:03

Hi Bert,

Truly amazing picture of this wonderful modern architecture. Like the symmetry using in your composition and outstanding play of light and shadows. Well done, tfs!

Warm regards,
Malgorzata

PaulVDV (15017) 2012-03-07 13:05

Hallo Bert,
Een nog niet eerder gezien beeld van het station van Luik!
Schitterende architectuurfoto.
De lange schaduwlijnen op het perron vormen te samen met het duidelijk herkenbare Calatrava-werk een prachtig grafisch geheel.
Vele groeten, Paul

angel66 (1006) 2012-03-07 13:37

Hi Bert
very good BW! The lines shadows on the ground are spectaculars, great ghaphic. You have worked well on PP.
Complimenti!
Ciao
Giuliana

Yiannis84 (2824) 2012-03-07 14:10

Hi Bert..

very impressive capture as usual! i really like this series in B&W..great light management also! the high quality of the image is just excellent..very well done

Best regards...Yiannis

carlo62 (12666) 2012-03-07 14:14

Ciao Bert
un'architettura molto bella e ben fotografata, la profondità di campo e le ombre sono eccellenti, il B/W è stato determinante.
Complimenti
Carlo

chrisostomou (568) 2012-03-07 14:27

hola Bert!

one more great sinthesis in B&W …beautiful choice for your point of view, by keeping a precise symmetry and a great balance..the light is what gives a really graphic style in the picture…thanks for sharings!

my greetings!

Sonata11 (28391) 2012-03-07 18:37

Hello Bert,
fantastic station with excellent graphical effect. Beautiful POV and great chose B&W color for this image. Excellent work. Like it.
All the best,
Barbara

JFS (32189) 2012-03-07 21:55

Hi Bert,
A different and interesting shot, it has your trademark. Superb graphical effect. I like it in B&W.

Cheers,
Juan

Royaldevon (17811) 2012-03-07 23:09

Godd Morning Bert,

Were it not for the passengers, you would have a wonderful symmetrical pattern. The parallel lines converge with the perspective and draw the eyes into the frame at the speed of a train! It is beautifully composed, the lines emerging from adjacent corners and, yet, creating a ontrast: the lower lines sharp and direct, the upper lines curved and more leisurely.
Well done, Bert; this is a fine study.

Have a good day,
Bev :-)

danos (74064) 2012-03-08 0:36

Hello Bert,
very nice the view of the interior of the Gare of Liège, with the parallelism lines to creates depth and perspective in the image.I like the B/W of the scene as the texture of the roof.

Have a good day,danos

Ricx (13445) 2012-03-08 11:13

Hi Bert, again I like your use of light and shadows in this moderistic railway station.. Like you I am sure the archtects and builder must be very pleased with the design and build. congrats Rich

ciakgiak (30331) 2012-03-08 13:14

Ciao Bert,
anche in questo caso sei riuscito a realizzare un elegantissimo bianco e nero, con la splendida trama disegnata da Calatrava a copertura della stazione, contrapposto all'altrettanto bel parallelismo disegnato dalle ombre sul pavimento.
Ed anche in questo caso si evince la grande qualità dello scatto.
Un caro saluto.
Giorgio

macjake (39235) 2012-03-08 15:25

Hi Bert
yes, we have all really enjoyed this mini-series, especailly me :)
even though this one is probably the most simplistic, or should i say the least abstract of the 3, its my favorite.
lines, shadows, shapes, light...what more could you want!
wonderful scene.
funny too that you took the photo at approx 1245, which is almost exactly the same time you posted it on TE :)
Cheers
craig

jhm (122490) 2012-03-10 3:23

Dag Bert,

We krijgen een goede foto nochtans in zwart-wit, we krijgen de lange schaduwen op de grond wat leidt tot een zeer diepte foto en een goed perspectief.
een goede creatie in de vroege namiddag volgens de klok in de achtergrond.
Goed gedaan, bedankt.

Prettig weekend uit een 100% bewolkt Vlaanderen met 10.3° C en 2 Bft wind.
John.

Zengi001 (2097) 2012-03-13 2:23

Hello Bert,
Interesting graphical effect you captured thanks to the parallel lines of the roof and the sun through it.
Nicely done,
Have a nice week,
Engin.

TopGeo (37994) 2012-03-14 0:57

Hello Bert! Excellent daily life scene and beautiful art photo at the same time! Great composition and framing, perfect light management, wonderful B&W!
Great light management, excellent choice perspective with great contrasts!Congratulations!
Geo..

mayjayne (2792) 2012-03-18 9:08

Hi Bert,

Outstanding play of lines. light amd shadows here; a shot very cleverly executed !!

TFS,
May

bona (10154) 2012-04-06 6:07

Hi Bert,

this is station is a masterpiece architecture. The lines here a superb and you show it for us very well. The option for B&W was a nice choice.
thanks for share
have a nice weekend,
Andre

CLODO (24734) 2012-04-06 6:30

Hi Bert

I missed it when I was in UK.
Nice almost symetrical shot, good play with the lines and shadows, amazing perpective. A masterpeice in B&W hues.
have a nice WE
CLODO

danyy (0) 2012-04-06 6:33

Bonjour Bert,
une gare que je connais fort bien puisqu'elle n'est pas loin de chez moi. Un noir et blanc qui lui donne un air plus ancien, nostalgique. Alors que le soleil brillait et que tu aurais pu obtenir une toiture blanche et bleue.
Un bel angle de prise de vue.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

Didi (48938) 2012-08-03 9:27

Hi Bert
Very good control of the gray scale and nice parallelism.
Good perspective.
Well done
Best regards