Yes, most of the time the most interesting things are the less cooperative for the photographer ;-)
But I guess this makes things even more interesting, as we try to get them in the best possible composition and light. It is something like direkting the attention of the spectator to something not so easily recognizable - or something similar.
Hi Nick, I understand why you didn't get too close now. Reflections are not so co-operative sometimes :) I was lucky on my images to see just the right amount of distortion up close to make the image interesting. Sometimes all recognition is lost and then the scene just doesn't work. Andre
Hi Andre, and many thanks for your ideas and comments on this!
I had the same idea like yours, namely to have a closer shot. The problem here was that from a closer zoom the reflected building was loosing much of its shape. The distortions because of the not perfectly plane glass were too strong in relation to overall view, much like taking a closer look at some imperfect thing, which makes the whole seem much "diffuser" as it "dissolves" to its parts.
A nice problem here, isn't it? I go to your architecture portofolio now for getting some more ideas. Thanks a lot!
Hi Nick, Since you ask about the composition on this one. Let me show you a series of mine that I took last year. I was faced with a similar dilema and decided to go with a very close crop of an old style architecure reflected in a new building. I realized that coming in closer helped the viewer focus on the main subject and at the same time gets rid of unwanted clutter of city wires and other such things. This series is in B&W sepia, but also worked well in colour. I think this beautiful old building that you have here has some wonderful potential for being shot in a closer up reflection. Of course, your original intent might have been to show much more of the "cityscape" surroundings along with the reflection. See what you think about these anyway. There are three all together in my Architecture portfolio. http://www.usefilm.com/Image.asp?ID=1056634 Andre
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