Peter, I like the composition and the background sky. The building itself seems a bit too dark; brightening it would bring out the textures and contrast with the sky better, methinks.
Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: P.J. Alling <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 1:13 PM Subject: Re: PESO -- Ikea's Billboard (now improved with correct link) You know it occurred to me that a link to the file on my local machine won't work for anyone else... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20ikeasbillboard.html On 8/31/2013 1:09 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > A detail of the Armstrong Tire/Pirreli building in New Haven. A > building that could best be described as a whimsical building of the > brutalist school. Ikea, it's current owner would gladly tear it down, > to gain a few more parking spaces, but ironically the very > institutions, historical preservation societies, designed to protect > against concrete monstrosities burying the beauties of the past, are > now protecting the concrete monstrosities. True, this building isn't > as horrific as Boston City Hall, but then what is. The building stands > vacant, and occasionally Ikea will hang a gigantic banner off the side > facing the highway. All that being said, I kind of like it. > > file:///C:/e%3bbackup/PESO-PAW/PESO%20--%20ikeasbillboard.html > > Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax 28-70mm f4.0 > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
