TEXERE: fabric of life
Middle of the road vii: 5:12:06 a.m.
Posted by Ron (Saint Louis, United States) on 23 April 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Lumen, a private event venue, located in St. Louis' Downtown West neighborhood features 20-foot windows in the space that once housed St. Louis' premier Packard (automobile) dealership. The remainder of the space has been converted into 33 loft condominiums.
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Another beautiful night shot Ron. Nice place to live.
23 Apr 2008 5:47am
Rhys from Darlington, United Kingdom
great shot, there is a real 'glowing' feel to almost every part of the shot.
23 Apr 2008 7:35am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Wonderful shot. Lumen is a fortuitous name as the building appears almost luminous.
23 Apr 2008 7:46am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Stunning presentation of this building, love the lighting....
23 Apr 2008 8:03am
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
The city is so tranquil and beautiful at night. A great image!
23 Apr 2008 8:08am
Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States
I love how this building is lit...just beautiful. Great capture. I think I like this one better than the other one (and I really liked that one as well). Love how you captured the moody clouds/sky. Beautiful job. Definitely a fave.
23 Apr 2008 12:00pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
I'm so glad to see more of your night shots, which I think are just terrific. Here the overall blue tones really bring the photo into compositional coherence. I like the angle you've taken. Just as a suggestion: to add to the feel, what if you cropped out the buildings on the left side. That "opens" the photo on that side and gives the street even more command of the image, and also increases the feeling of the building's (Lumen) presence. Just a thought.
23 Apr 2008 12:29pm
Observing from Chester, United Kingdom
Ron, another great photo. The Blue light of the windows matches the night sky, giving the building a very powerful look. I like the low level framing also.
23 Apr 2008 1:37pm
Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States
I Like the image. Looks like a long exposure. Well done!
23 Apr 2008 2:50pm
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
A fabulous night shot Ron, the blue light is amazing.
23 Apr 2008 4:24pm
Wysterior from Kloten, Switzerland
That's absolutely smashing! I LOVE your photos and this here is exactly what I love the most. Wide angle lens, early morning (or evening) shot, beautiful mix between day and artificial light, cold and warm tones and the photo that tells a story... Great Ron, really great!
www.wysterior.com works well now, I'd like to invite you to to stop by and have a look ;)
Wys
23 Apr 2008 5:47pm
Pedro from Santander, Spain
Exquisite blue tones and a point of well chosen, really good shot
23 Apr 2008 6:22pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Love the tones and colour. The framing also is exceptional. For my personal taste, I would have like the main building corner to have been 100% perpendicular, but that's just me.
23 Apr 2008 6:47pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Marvelous shot, the colours and lighting are really great.
23 Apr 2008 7:55pm
Chris from South Jersey, United States
Great shot - the colors and lighting fantastic. What kind of exposure did you end up with - I noticed it didn't show up in the EXIF data. I like the road to the left - it draws you into the picture.
23 Apr 2008 11:14pm
@Chris: Thanks Chris; it's actually one of my first attempts at HDR ... so its a combination of three exposures ...
lissa from New York, United States
mysterious blue lights in the window and behind the building makes this pic even more intriguing.
23 Apr 2008 11:49pm
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful. I like the color combination blue-orange in this picture.
24 Apr 2008 12:07am
Disoriented from Washington, DC, United States
This is really stunning! The shades of blue and the orange lights are superb.
24 Apr 2008 4:41am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Yes, gotta love those drapes of blue . . these are exceptional images in this series.
24 Apr 2008 6:28pm
amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada
I love how the windows are so luminous and that pov you've used. Excellent!
25 Apr 2008 12:09am
Pouhou from Apeldoorn, Netherlands
I like the strong contrast
and the overall blue color
3 Jul 2008 12:38am
Canon EOS 40D
F/7.0
ISO 100
20 mm