Critique Welcomed Discovery Park

[Brian Moore]

Discovery Park in Seattle was once a military installation, Ft. Lawton, which I think was opened in 1900. The buildings there are all ex-military housing (officers' homes) or administration. The mountains on the horizon are the Olympics, so in this view you are seeing the Olympic Peninsula, which is on other side of Puget Sound from Seattle. (Discovery Park was named after HMS Discovery, commanded by George Vancouver, who explored Puget Sound.

This is an infrared image I took with my Sigma Quattro SD, Sigma 30/1.4 ART lens and Hoya R72 filter.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Stunning.. somehow this looks like a scale model it’s so clean and precise.. and that light..

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks Ralph. I had the same impression. Much appreciated.

 

[Pete Askew]

I agree and that sky feels so oppressive giving what is a fairly spacious shot a claustrophobic feel. Nice.

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree and that sky feels so oppressive giving what is a fairly spacious shot a claustrophobic feel. Nice.

Interesting response to it, Pete. Thank you.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

The Palladian-style house looks incongruous here, with its carefully-contoured tri-path perimeter. One wonders what goes on inside.

 

[Dave Farnes]

I agree with Ralph, the IR makes it look like a model village, a striking image.

 

[Brian Moore]

The Palladian-style house looks incongruous here, with its carefully-contoured tri-path perimeter. One wonders what goes on inside.

I don't think anything goes on inside it now, Rob, but I did some looking around the web and found that the building you're referencing is the "Post Exchange and Gymnasium." You can't see it from the straight-on angle, but it's quite a large building, stretching back some way.

 

[Brian Moore]

I agree with Ralph, the IR makes it look like a model village, a striking image.

Thanks Dave!