pointy

by julie posted March 20, 2011

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not that as soon as i saw the sun in that position next to the building, i had a shot i’d like. I say I don’t know if that’s a good thing or not because it’s a shot that i’ve already taken of other buildings, or at least something very similar. This one is with the new glass holga lens, but it’s given a very similar effect to what i’m used to with the plastic one, and I don’t know if the fact that it is so similar takes away from it – if i’m just copying something i’ve done before – following a recipe of sorts, does that affect the quality of the outcome?

Not sure i can explain what it is about it that i’m really thinking, maybe someone else can put it more eloquently.

Anyway, what a fantastic photowalk. We were chauffeured around from one location to the next in a special photowalk bus, and got special access to the city hall, plus the building you see here which is going to be a Titanic museum – and from the sounds of it a really, really fantastic one – which at the moment is still barely a shell. That means that to get to the top we had to climb quite  a few flights of stairs in rather cumbersome protective boots, hard hats and hi-vis vests, but it was totally worth it. We also got a private tour around the old drawing offices where the Titanic and other ships were designed from a serious ‘Titanorak’ who really did an excellent job of telling the story of the building, and the ship itself. I’m not usually one for guided tours but I found his enthusiasm quite infectious :)

 

6 Responses to pointy

  1. Oh! Pwetty!
    And huzzah for overenthusiastic Titanicarks!

  2. “Not sure i can explain what it is about it that i’m really thinking, maybe someone else can put it more eloquently.”

    mhhh… bagels… and chocolate… mmhhhhh

  3. Lovely effect from the lens. Works a treat o

  4. Weird – half my sentence cut off. Meant to say it works a treat on this shot.

  5. . . . done before? . . . copying? so what!
    this building and your new holga didn’t meet before, did they?

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