Floating in a sea of light
This vacant building is now a parking lot, and while that may not be the very best use of an old building, at least the building’s still there.
And look at that light coming in the distant window, giving that far wall the appearance of floating.
Abilene, Texas
photographed 4.14.2017
Posted on May 3, 2017, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abilene, abilene texas, architecture, black and white photography, downtown, empty builidng, learning to see, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, texas, thoughtful seeing. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
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The light is stunning and the composition is excellent. Strange conversion of use but even stranger confluence of your photographic interests.
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I know! I’d photographed these parking places before (in 2010 – http://365photosin2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-3.html) and I was happy to have a chance to take another look at them.
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The newer version is a much stronger image – your photography has come a long way indeed!
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Thanks! It’s very nearly painful to look back at the first years of the blog – that was some bad photography!
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Well, I would not say that, there are a lot of interesting photos – your excellent eye was already showing. The early low res and very saturated digital photos are less appealing just because of the look that those cameras gave to images, but the underlying photos are nice. Many would be great in black and white.
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Thanks for being so kind about that early stuff!
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A flood of light. A fussy judge would criticize the burnt out highlights but he/she would be so wrong. That pool of bright light instantly reminds me of emerging from somewhere dark into the bright light of day and having to screw your eyes up because the world is too bright.
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Without the bright light at the far end of the space, the photo would have been pretty boring, I think.
Bare concrete doesn’t seem like it would be that reflective, so I am always pleasantly surprised by the amount of light that bounces around it.
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I think the light is perfect ..adds so much to your image. Top capture ..
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Thanks, Julie. I had high hopes for this one as soon as I saw it on the camera monitor.
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