Carnegie Library, Heath Branch Photo

Photographer’s Note

I was out running around on the North side of Spokane when I remembered the Carnegie Library Heath Branch was down the road from were I was picking up some modeling supplies. Friday was a gorgeous day and decided to take this shot at this angle. This is 3rd of the 4 libraries in Spokane.

From: Spokane Historic Landmarks Commission,

Historic Name/Common Name: Carnegie Library,Heath Branch

Date Built: c. 1913

Architect/Builder: Julius Zittel

Date Listed on the Spokane Register: October 21, 1985

Date Listed on the National Register: August 3, 1982

Historic District: Mission Avenue Historic

District: Neighborhood Logan

Statement of Significance:

This building is typical of libraries built with grants from the great iron and steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie. It is important in the history of the Spokane Public Library system and the neighborhood it served for nearly 70 years. It is included on the National Register together with three other Spokane Carnegie libraries as part of a larger state-wide multiple property nomination.

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dta (4960) 2009-05-02 8:30

Hello Jason ,
What an amazing house ! Very eye-catching . Your framing is excellent . Very natural colors and a great sharpness , too .
regards

rodgerg (23757) 2009-05-02 8:48

Hello Jason,

Very good framing and very good managment of light. Very beautiful edifice which arise very well under this beutiful blue sky.
Best regards,
Roger

pauloog (6398) 2009-05-02 8:54

Hello Jason,
Beautiful light, clarity, contrasts and colours for this tately house rendered in a stately way.
Well done.
Regards,
Paul

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-02 9:08

Hi Jason,

The house looks very nice in deep red and green and with the blue sky (bit noisy) on top it stands proud in his surrounding. The architecture with the red and white bricks is something i very much like to see here....good shot.

Regards,

Henk

PixelTerror (86038) 2009-05-02 10:25

Hi Jason
Good highlights on the house, I like they outline the structures of this heritage building, the sky is a bit noisy, easy to clean with specialized software.
Have a nice day JY

AROBN54 (10721) 2009-05-02 10:38

Oh my, Jason!
This is brilliant. Mad good color and detail, perfect sharpness and clarity, well composed with the two sided view of the library. The polarizer worked wonderfully. What a fabulous shot! Many thanks and warmest regards,
Shelly

phwall (5538) 2009-05-02 17:07

Hi Jason,
Excellent definition, the building is amazingly sharp.
Good POV too, the way you show the two sides is very pleasing to the eye and at the same time gives a lot of depth to the capture.
Excellent colour rendering as well, although a little too much noise in the sky has occurred when you've pushed the blues. You can fix this by masking off the sky and then run the PS noise filter on the sky only, as a separate layer. Once you've done that then flatten the layers. If you Google "reducing noise in Photoshop" you'll find lots of tutorials that will take you through it step by step
Nice work mate.
Warm regards
Peter

Nicou (44553) 2009-05-03 0:25

Hello,

superbe librairie, très bien captée, quelle couleur sur ces facades, netteté, rendu de l'image, avec l'arbre en fleur tout à droite, une merveille.

Belle journée

Nicou

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-05-04 12:01

Hi, Jason.
Great framing and exposure to enhance an impressive display of architectural detail in this one. Add those beautiful colors and we can safely state this building REALLY stands out! Good effort, buddy. I like it a lot! Have a nice day, I'll be seeing ya.
Fulvio.

gunbud (27779) 2009-05-04 18:46

Hi Jason,
The is a fine example of the functional beauty of turn of the century American architecture.
The red brick center of knowledge looks very impressive with the white marble trim and green tiled roof and it stands out brilliantly against the vivid blue spring sky.
Regards, Tom

anto95 (1794) 2009-05-05 5:16

Hi jason,
Very good POV and amazing details.
Fantastc composizion!
Antonello

jhm (82233) 2009-05-06 9:17

Hello Jason,

These great iron and steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie, was I think a destitute man!
A very well architecture picture, splendid built, also you chose a very nice angle this care for a good perspective.
Very good composition, sharpness and clarity are superb.
Nice done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

gracious (20017) 2009-05-07 0:53

Hello Jason,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful architecture shot on the Library! the pov is just fine with total sharpness, very nice colour and superb details! the colour contrast is just beautiful against the blue sky!
my warmest regards
cheers
Tony

denisn72 (6971) 2009-05-09 10:57

Hello Jason
What a stylish library! Details are really impressive on that one. Colours and the point of view including branches are very interesting too. Congratulations Jason!
Best regards

aadilj (17950) 2009-05-11 4:10

Nice shot Jason. Straight and balanced and with such superbly saturated rich hues. I like the feel of it

danos (32228) 2009-05-11 9:58

Hello Jason,
very nice and characteristic this Carnegie Library,with the specific façade and the green roof that is contrasted perfect with the red bricks of the entire building.Well done.

Regards,Danos

robertosalguero (2763) 2009-05-19 21:20

Hi Jason,

This is a very pretty building but the noise in this image is a bit distracting. Not a problem though as the main subject still stand out with its elegant brick design. Nice angle and sharp despite the digital noise :-)
I will be in BC next week but perhaps too far from Spokane.
Roberto

jusninasirun (10179) 2009-06-12 18:30

Hi Jason,

This is just a perfect framing for an architecture. Your posts are always sharp with very fine details. Nicely framed and TFS.

Have a nice day,
Jusni

Photo Information

Copyright: Jason Orosco (vmf-214) (1622)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-01
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon PowerShot A590 IS, Canon LA-DC52G Lens Adapter, Targus 52mm Circular Polarize
Exposure: f/4, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-05-02 8:27