Brick Waves

invisible · Feb 27, 2011

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Thanks for looking.

Bitter Jeweler · Feb 27, 2011

Awesome! I know where you were!

That building was great to shoot, and sometimes daunting. There is just soooo much.

Trever1t · Feb 27, 2011

very cool form, lighting. :thumbup:

invisible · Feb 28, 2011

Bitter Jeweler said:
Awesome! I know where you were!

That building was great to shoot, and sometimes daunting. There is just soooo much.

Agreed. In my case, it was around noon (very harsh light that day) and I was visiting with my family. All my photos were rushed and only this one turned out alright. Just that side of the building would've deserved 30-45 minutes of thinking & shooting.

Thanks, guys!

Bitter Jeweler · Mar 1, 2011

Similar situation for me. I did go back again, though. I would love to see how morning light, and evening light effect the building. I got a lot of abstracts from the inside.

What did you think of the displays? I had a hard time with it. The curved glass cases gave wonky reflections of other lights and video. You were just bombarded with audio, video, text, image stimuli, that it became nauseating to me. Tie that all up with a harsh message, and it really had a forceful, and often unpleasant impact. I really want to know if that was a design choice / purposeful.

Did you get any images inside?
Did you post more photos from your trip (Facebook or Flickr)? I'd love to see them.
I could point you to mine, if you are interested in my perspective of DC

Frequency · Mar 1, 2011

Good find; yet a variation should have been included to keep away monotony; the image looks heavy a bit

PopCulture · Mar 1, 2011

Cool! Your photo really captured the beauty of it.

invisible · Mar 1, 2011

Bitter Jeweler said:
Similar situation for me. I did go back again, though. I would love to see how morning light, and evening light effect the building. I got a lot of abstracts from the inside.

I'm travelling to Montreal in a couple of months. I'll try to steal my brother's car and visit Ottawa again. This and other buildings in the area should make for great subjects under the right light.

Bitter Jeweler said:
What did you think of the displays? I had a hard time with it. The curved glass cases gave wonky reflections of other lights and video. You were just bombarded with audio, video, text, image stimuli, that it became nauseating to me. Tie that all up with a harsh message, and it really had a forceful, and often unpleasant impact. I really want to know if that was a design choice / purposeful.

We spent just a few hours in Ottawa, and in that short period we visited the Parliament, the National Gallery and this museum. Quickie visits everywhere, not the type you really enjoy, and I don't think I got to see the exhibits that you mention. (Then again, this was about 3 years ago and my memory is feeble.) I do remember thinking that the Museum of Civilization was top notch, though.

Bitter Jeweler said:
Did you get any images inside?
Did you post more photos from your trip (Facebook or Flickr)? I'd love to see them.
I could point you to mine, if you are interested in my perspective of DC

Not in this building. I did get a couple images inside the National Gallery, one of which I posted on my Facebook page (link in my sig) on Feb. 3.

Would love to see your take on DC.

Frequency said:
Good find; yet a variation should have been included to keep away monotony; the image looks heavy a bit

I agree that it looks a bit heavy; if I had the chance to shoot it again, I'd leave some more breathing space above but not much more.

Thanks everybody for the feedback!

NayLoMo6C · Mar 1, 2011

if this building was on its side, it would make a fantastic biking terrain

Bitter Jeweler · Mar 1, 2011

Dude! This is really funny. We are talking about two different buildings done by the same architect in two different cities.
I gotta find my pictures of the Museum of Native Americans in Washington DC. Is that the same thing in Ottawa? Is this museum a franchise?
Holy cow!

invisible · Mar 3, 2011

NayLoMo6C said:
if this building was on its side, it would make a fantastic biking terrain

Haha!

Bitter Jeweler said:
Dude! This is really funny. We are talking about two different buildings done by the same architect in two different cities.
I gotta find my pictures of the Museum of Native Americans in Washington DC. Is that the same thing in Ottawa? Is this museum a franchise?
Holy cow!

LOL, funny indeed! It looks like it's the same architect who designed both buildings: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Douglas_Cardinal