The shipyard window

Chairs

This one is from an old shipyard in Gothenburg. The spacious hall in this building is truly magnificent, with its large windows towards the harbour. The place is as made for black and white photography. Since many years, there is a restaurant in the building, and I took this picture when I was there for lunch.

Exif:

November 26, 2006
1/500 s
f/8
ISO 100
Panasonic LC1 at 16,3 mm (35 mm eqv: 65 mm)

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8 Comments

  1. Posted September 13, 2009 at 19:22 | Permalink

    I like how unafraid you are to let parts of your image go black. I have a tendency to want detail everywhere, and I think it hurts the image oftentimes. This is a great image.

  2. Ove
    Posted September 13, 2009 at 19:46 | Permalink

    Thank you, Chris! And yes, I like black a lot, the more the better. Sometimes I wish I had the same willingness to go high-key, because I do like other’s work that are that. For some reason, I don’t do these myself, I have no clue why…

  3. Posted September 13, 2009 at 22:44 | Permalink

    Wonderful image. I like the strong graphics of the window, but that light falloff towards the viewer creates an irresistible lead into the image. BTW – that 5-pointed star, is it a trade union symbol or a leftover from christmas?

  4. Ove
    Posted September 13, 2009 at 23:04 | Permalink

    Thanks, Markus! I was really drawn to the intense light. Look at the exif, I used 1/500 second and f/8 (ISO 100). That’s a lot of light for being indoor. I have been thinking of that star, too, but really don’t know why it’s there. If it was from last Christmas, then they didn’t have to bother taking it down because there was only a month left to the next, when I took the picture. :-)

  5. Posted September 14, 2009 at 12:39 | Permalink

    Oh, how many nice memories we have from that building. <3

  6. Ove
    Posted September 14, 2009 at 13:39 | Permalink

    Oh yes! Do you remember their bread and their salad, tasty… :-)

  7. Posted September 14, 2009 at 14:32 | Permalink

    Jag tänkte på andra saker än mat…

  8. Ove
    Posted September 14, 2009 at 15:18 | Permalink

    Haha, fattade jag med. <3

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