World Food Prize Headquarters: Des Moines, Iowa

[480sparky]

Spent about 1½ hours this afternoon shooting this absolutely STUNNING building. Originally the city's library (built in 1900), it was sold to the World Food Prize organization who restored it to it's original glory. It also gave me a chance to really give my Siggy 12-24 a workout.

Here's the first of several keepers:

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To get a real sense of how absolutely gorgeous this structure is, I took a couple of VR panos, which can be seen here:

Main Level: pan0.net :: Intro
Upper Level: pan0.net :: Intro

Be sure to click on the "Fullscreen" option at the top!


HelpMe met me there, so hopefully he'll post his vision.

 

[Rick50]

Very nice Sparky.. Those pano's are very well made and impressive.

 

[480sparky]

 

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[ByronBrant]

And here is a few of mine. Taken with the lowly Bower 14mm 2.8

 

[ByronBrant]

Some wouldn't load like those. So Im using photo bucket for the rest.

 

[ByronBrant]

A few more.

 

[480sparky]

 

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[The_Traveler]

I wa curIous about the org so I read a bit about its founder. He developed and popularized a strain of wheat that was resistant to drought and disease and by doing that possibly was responsible for saving millions of people from starvation. He received Nobel Prize for this.

 

[ByronBrant]

These pictures suck Ken.

 

[ByronBrant]

Meow

 

[Matt Glick]

very clean. What camera are you using?

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

Did you get special access? I don't see any people in the building.