corinthian columns Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the interior of the National Building Museum. It is the venue of the annual public TV's Christmas in Washington D.C. program. It will also be one of the many ball sites for the inauguration of President-elect Obama. I am one of the thousands of people who submitted their names to get tickets for the inauguration ball but I doubt whether I'll get in as tickets are in high demand and will likely be reserved for those who are well connected and big-time political donors.

The National Building Museum occupies an area between 4th and 5th Streets in Wash. D.C. The building, if I remember correctly, is the biggest brick buidling in the world. It was built using 7.5 million bricks, and if these bricks were connected linearly, it would stretch from Wash D.C. to Salt Lake City in Utah. The Museum's Corinthian columns are among the largest in the world measuring 75 ft. (23 m) tall and 8 ft. (2.4 m) in diameter.

jhm, Gerrit, lucasgalodoido, leo61, belido, danos, gracious, saylan-cb, azaf1, Dot2008, Budapestman, stego, trekks, shevchenko, Benedict, John_F_Kennedy, bakes888, Cretense, diafani has marked this note useful

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bracasha75 (22127) 2008-11-30 14:34

Helo Danilo
Very impresive look this biulding inside and nice work from you
TFS
Cheers,Braca
:)Later

Gerrit (35763) 2008-11-30 14:40

Hi Danilo,
impressive building and a good photo with an intersting distortion and fine colors.
Regards, gerrit

lucasgalodoido (16605) 2008-11-30 15:42

Hi Danilo,
impressive the heigh of colums and building, principally if compared with childs. Great colors and lightning capture too. Great job.
Regards,
Lucas

Alain (288) 2008-11-30 17:58

Hi Danilo:

I love to work with my wdie angle too. This is an impressive building. I did a workshop with a staight vertically correctet perspective. Hope you like.

[workshop] [compare]

leo61 (43406) 2008-11-30 21:30

Hi Danilo!
A great indoorshot from this wonderful building.Good depth and I like the effect caused by the super wideangle.Good composition with the kids on the floor.
Regards,leo

marjan (6081) 2008-11-30 22:17

hi Danilo, excellent shot with interesting perspective.

Marjan

pablominto (40754) 2008-12-01 3:15

Hello Danilo,

Some guys want straight angles and correct proportions, but I'm not one of them!
In fact I often appreciate effects from from wide or narrow angles, like the 10 mm here...
Excellent details and colours, the present light in a combination of artificial and natural is well managed!

Greetings,
Pablo -

belido (16555) 2008-12-01 3:16

Hi Danilo,

stunning interior shot. The wide angle was essential to bring all those details. Distortion works very well in here. I also like the excellent exposure. Very well done!
Regards,
Carlos
PS: to my theme!

danos (32538) 2008-12-01 6:04

Hello Danilo,
all museums love this spectacular Corinthian (Hellenic) rythm of the columns.Great the view and the angle that create srange
perspectives and aesthetics in the scene.I like the brilliant light that falls in this huge hall.Well done.

Regards,danos

gracious (20017) 2008-12-01 10:42

Hello Dan,
How are you and delighted to see your posting after a while!
this is huge! alright after reading you informative notes regarding this great architecture!
the pov is just great with a perfect exposure and focus!
I loved the warm colouration and lighting here
many thanks for the sharing
Tony

saylan-cb (12726) 2008-12-01 13:43

Hi Danilo,
Superb POV!This is an impresive building wiht a great atmosphere the light,the compositions are wonderful.
TFS/Regards

hay_kes (28562) 2008-12-01 13:45

Hi Danilo,
Very beautiful POV and perspective.Great interior capture.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

Nicou (44929) 2008-12-02 1:14

Hello,

Quel cadrage, tu nous présente ce belles colonnes de marbre en entier, avec le sole tout en msoaïque ce lumière vivie et aussi douce, superbe ensemble et recherche.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

azaf1 (15547) 2008-12-02 2:20

Hi Danilo
The sigma has done a wonderful job here, having included so well the interior of the National Building Museum. Great light and colors with sharp details and a great convergence created by the lens that doesn't distract at all
Compliments and TFS
Argiris

Dot2008 (290) 2008-12-02 6:38

HI Danilo
All these lines and curves inlcuding the people at an angle is certainly very different, intriquing, and well done. I have to admit that I do prefer the result of the workshop Alain did.
Dot

Clementi (44215) 2008-12-02 9:44

Ciao Danilo,
a curious photo, I like the distorsion of the lens, it creates an almost unreal environment.
nice job
Giorgio

Budapestman (42020) 2008-12-02 11:06

Hi Danilo,
Great interior shot. The composition is very spectacular, the light control is superb. I like the attractive details and the atmosphere. Really imposing sight. Thank you for sharing.
Have a nice day!
George

mvdisco (11531) 2008-12-02 12:25

Hi Dan.
Beautiful architecture well composed and presented with great colors and sharpness, Amazing place and very impressive picture, Excellent done.and wilde angle..
My compliments
Michel

stego (22360) 2008-12-02 15:41

Hi Danilo,
An impressive building, grandiose, but elegant. You did a wonderful job presenting it, the perspective, light and clarity are amazing, specially for an interior shot. The presence of the children on the floor gives a good sense of scale, making clear how big that hall is.
Regards, José.

trekks (14316) 2008-12-04 6:32

Hi Danilo

From the ground floor, the view looks different. But it is a huge building and really very impressive interior.

tfs, bill

shevchenko (9936) 2008-12-04 20:06

Hi Danilo,
WS is useful to show the natural and original feature, main posting is creative and fantastic effect to show sliding arches just like going to collapse, people playing on the floor give an idea of the size of the magnificent museum, nice golden color and distinct indoor photo, good shoot.
Wish you obtain an entry ticket.
Ally

Benedict (7062) 2008-12-05 20:20

isang eleganteng edipisyo! malinaw at makintab ang lahat ng detalye.
Benedict

Graal (58039) 2008-12-05 23:44

Hi Danilo,
amazing architecture, fine effect of wide angle lens. Excellent quality. I like it a lot.
Gr., Aleksander

John_F_Kennedy (31427) 2008-12-08 3:21

Excellent picture with all these geometrical forms. The use of this perspective is great too.

Best wishes,
Achim

batalay (20964) 2008-12-08 18:28

Hi Danilo,

It is an effective and unusual shot, using a super wide angle lens to shoot the interior of the building. The vertical convergence of the vertical "parallel" lines is dramatically compressed by the lens. (It creates a dramatic "3-point convergence." Although it is effective, do you know about Nikon software that can minimize this convergence. Last year I attended an all-day Nikon School in Crystal City where I saw a demonstration.

Warm regards,

Bulent

bakes888 (18239) 2008-12-12 18:29

Hi Danilo. Wow that’s a serious wide angle shot. The extreme field of view has given this shot a dramatic perspective. Wonderful colour palette and good detail. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good weekend, Paul.

jhm (82601) 2008-12-18 4:15

Hello Danilo,

You chose for a vertical perspective of the colums.
The marble colums are very nice, great interior picture.
Thank you very much for your informative note.
What I really like here is a well composed picture with saturated and contrasting colours of this interior, you play very nice with shades and light
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

andr3w (559) 2008-12-31 5:04

Beautiful shot Danilo. Lots of converging lines in the image.

Regards and Happy Holidays!

Andrew

Cretense (56222) 2009-01-05 4:37

Hi Danilo and Happy New Year! All the best to you and your loved ones!

This is an amazing interior photo, fantastic looow POV, excellent distorted perspective and amazing graphic result! Great framing and composition, flawless light managment! Congratulations!

Hercules

luighi (4108) 2009-05-11 11:03

wooooooooooooooow Danilo , me he quedado totalmente impresionado con la superfoto que nos muestras y por el increible lugar que debe ser ese museo . Gracias por mostrarlo amigo .
Un abrazo.
Luis

Bruno40 (6440) 2009-08-20 2:51

veyr nice interior photo. I like the wide angle effect, and light management
well done
Jorge