Critique Welcomed Port Canaveral (unusual) Architecture

[Keith Hollister]

They recently built a new admin building for Port Canaveral nearby (large cruise ship terminus) that is rather unusual to say the least. I'm going back in the evening next week to get it at blue hour - there is some spectacular lighting.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Unusual indeed Keith but an interesting structure and you have done it justice and handled the light on it's surface really well. I do think the sky is a little top heavy but that's down to personal preference anyway..

 

[Keith Hollister]

Thanks, Tom. I used a red filter in SEP doing the B&W conversion to get the usual dramatic sky. When I get some time I'll play with the conversion again and see if I like anything else better. In a perfect world, I would have preferred a sky with fewer clouds that I could have driven to black for contrast with the white building, but you take what you get sometimes. I don't live that far from there, so I'll make a few more passes at it in the future.

 

[Beth Carter]

this is beautiful! the b&w tones and comp. are great, but i love the light on the building, that's what makes this shot for me.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wow - very sci-fi Keith - building and treatment - stunning

 

[Keith Hollister]

Thanks Beth & Chris. Here is the flip side of it ...

 

[Beth Carter]

that's almost just as sweet architecturally. photographically it's missing the nice light of the flip side. would be worth a revisit though.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Yeah - I'm going back one evening or early morning for blue hour with the lighting. Just need clear skies.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Both stunning. In full sail, of course. Wonderful.

 

[Nick Lukey]

Both sides look fantastic, great processing.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Thanks Rob & Nick. I hadn't occurred to me that the building was designed to evoke a sail until Rob's comment. It does look like a spinnaker and it makes perfect sense given the location is a port.

 

[Aldous Lau]

nice B&W tone and very interesting structure Keith

 

[Dave Farnes]

Two great pictures, amazing building.

 

[Pete Askew]

Blimey, what an amazing building and two super shots of it. As Tom notes, you have made a super job of the lighting.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Thanks, guys. I think Mother Nature gets the credit for the light, I just figured out how to capture it

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Nice architecture and superbly shot Keith.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Thanks, Julian