Under the Big Top Photo

Photographer’s Note

Finally - another upload. My schedule has been crazy busy since uni started. I haven't picked up my camera properly for ages. Who knew that a photography degree would entail so little photography! :)

Today's picture is still part of my Cabot Circus series. I wanted to convey the scale of the place, but even this is only a small section. Unfortunately the wides I can go is 18mm. This place is crying out for a 10mm. Anyone want to let me borrow theirs? ;)

Some Cabot Circus "facts" for you: (from their website)

It features a glass roof equal to the size of one and a half football pitches (5,500m2).

8,000 tonnes of steel reinforcement within the concrete structure would reach from London to Cape Town, South Africa.

Nearly a million bricks were used in building the development.

Over 90% of waste materials removed from the site were recycled.

zeca, broglia, crhieatt, tomszat, macondo, jorgi has marked this note useful

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zeca (20026) 2008-10-15 8:24

Very nice view, Leilani! The architecture is very nice and you did well with the b&w option.
All the best!
Zeca

broglia (3341) 2008-10-15 13:07

Hi Leilani, how is the course going? I can see your dilemma, there seems to be a whole chunk off to the left that we are missing and your eye is somehow drawn to it. You could try stitching some shots together - but with all those people about it would be very difficult - and I've never been good with a needle & thread (don't know about you!) B&W was a good choice to remove all the distractions of colour. And the inclusion of the people in the foreground adds a nice sense of depth too. Perhaps you could have sacrificed part of the right side - hard to say.

Best of luck with the studies, Roberto

crhieatt (5143) 2008-10-19 1:24

Leilani,

A Hive of Industry - without the industry.

A friend of mine recently undertook an art degree which didn't seem to involve very much art - indeed technical know how was positively discouraged, frowned upon, so I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that the same holds true for photgraphy. The technicals can go and hang so long as images are accompanied by their philosophy: "Here I'm exploring the relationship between crowd movement and architectual space within the context of emotionally detached consumerism."

Probably due to the inclusion of the roof curves the 18mm (I'm assuming 18mm x a crop factor) has certainly retined a wide angle feel.

Cheers
Colin

tomszat (1135) 2008-10-23 7:05

Hi Leilani,
Interesting shot of this modern architecture with all those tiny peoples which look like ants, I think going B&W was very good idea, with so many details the colours on top of that could be a bit distracting, very nice work,
best wishes,
Tomasz

macondo (13079) 2008-10-25 1:10

Hi Leilani.
Don't know how I got here - was browsing around clicking on critiques' writers and somehow ended up in your gallery.
Just read your interesting notes about this shot and the previous one. Is this actually just a shopping mall? It once again highlights for me how much money will go into a shopping centre when so little will go into schools, hospitals and universities. It's an interesting looking concept, architecturally. And your b/w shot makes good play of the various curves and angles, especially that web-like roof. Yes, perhaps a wider lens would have made for an even more interesting shot. The large number of people in the shot fills the space well and the contrast is good.
Regards,
Andrew

toto (18707) 2008-10-30 1:52

Bonjour,
belle photo de cette superbe construction qui e semble bien annimée.
Belle prise qui la montre en hauteus pour la construction et en largeur pour la fréquentation.
Bonne idée et bin réalisé.

Amitiés Thomas

jorgi (3798) 2008-11-13 23:39

Hi,

yes, 10mm would be perfect for this one. But, but you already did fantastic job with 18mm! We get excellent feeling of space due to included roofs, upper level and groundfloor full of visitors. Shopping centres fascinate me for one simple reason: people. There is always such a great amount of people in shopping centres...despite crises or bad economy. These centres replaced other aspects of socialising. I do not know how is in your country but here in our you can see so many young families spending their "quality" time with children in shopping centres in all possible hours. Not in nature, not on playgrounds, not on the streets with other families...no. Just in shopping centres. Sorry, your photo made my mind wander...Excellent documentation of today's world.

Warm regards,
Jeri