Another boring office building...

[Darren Bradley]

...but I liked it! I sent these photos to the designer who occupies that top office in the corner that you see lit (that's also him walking in front). He liked this first one and asked for a copy so he could have it printed and mounted to hang in the lobby.





I just happened to be driving by on my way home with my wife and daughter and noticed this building. They again waited in the car while I jumped out and took a couple of shots. Unfortunately, I did NOT have a tripod on this one and it shows a bit in the results.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Haha, I saw that roof in the first one and wondered if you might have some sort of inner ear problem or something ... no just lack of tripod
Great shots non the less, and its quite nice to know that even you sometimes take shots that arent completely level
The second is a beaut!!

 

[Pete Askew]

I'm shocked Darren, that must be nearly half a degree off!! But a super shot anyway. Love the lighting in the first and the angles in the second. Certainly not boring at all!

 

[alfie Wright]

Very nice. Love use of the angles in the 2nd image.

 

[Ronald Atchley]

Really like the second image. As Pete said, it's anything
but boring.

 

[Brian Moore]

That first one's not level? Cor blimey! I didnae notice. And when I went back to look again after Hamish's remark, I still canna see it! If Pete is Hawkeye you are Eagle-eye, Hammy!

However, to contribute my own critique of the first image, I feel quite confident in declaring that I do believe the street is not level Darren!

Darren,...love these! (Even the first one with the allegedly wonky roof line.)

 

[Pete Askew]

... I feel quite confident in declaring that I do believe the street is not level Darren!

Blimey, nothing gets past you Brian. No wonder you are one of the few acute enough to capture all those fireballs!!

 

[Glen Roberts]

Unfortunately, I did NOT have a tripod on this one and it shows a bit in the results.

I thought you said in another thread you always had a tripod in the car? Or did you just not use it to save time?

Then again I could be getting mixed up with all the other posts I've been trying to catch up with, in which case just ignore me

 

[Darren Bradley]

The roof is actually a bit sloped, to allow better water drainage. But I may have made it seem more so with the wonky angle

And yes, I do always keep a tripod in my car. Where that strategy fails is when I'm not driving MY car :-D (we were in my wife's car).

 

[Glen Roberts]

And yes, I do always keep a tripod in my car. Where that strategy fails is when I'm not driving MY car :-D (we were in my wife's car).

Ahh. That explains that then...

You could always put one in your wifes car too.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Fabulous metallic tones in #1

Angles to die for in #2

 

[Darren Bradley]

cheers, Chris!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

So did you randomly find this place - or had you tagged it for shooting at some point?

 

[Darren Bradley]

I do keep a list on my iphone of places I want to shoot when I have some free time. But this was just a completely random spotting while driving home from Laguna Beach. I caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye and drove about another two blocks before deciding to double back and get a closer look.