Posts in Category: buildings
Photos of buildings or skylines.
The Washington Monument from inside the Lincoln Memorial
I really thought that this photo was not going to be a good one, I hadn’t even lined up the camera on the tripod yet (I did straighten this) and I took the to see how the timing came out. I took a few more photos that were more thought out / planned and this one turned out to be one of my favorite photos.
f/3.5 for 2.5 seconds at ISO 320, I was zoomed all the way out to 18mm, I’m assuming this is my 18-200mm and not the 18-55mm, but I’m not certain.
Missing walls at the Packard Plant
This was one morning when we were out exploring the Packard Plant in Detroit. This is a huge automotive plant that closed over fifty years ago. Some portions were used after that by other companies but I dot think this building had been used for a while. There’s graffiti everywhere around there and it’s just falling apart everywhere. There are railroad tracks not far back that run parallel to that back wall (with all the windows), the tracks were actually where I was heading to get some photos when I took this shot.
Ambassador Bridge from Michigan Central Station
This was taken from Michigan Central Station (Roosevelt Park) just off of Michigan Avenue in Detroit. You can see the Ambassador bridge in the distance. This is a slightly brightened version of something I think I’d done a little HDR tweaking to. Actually, the filename revealed that I “enfused” it, which is something along the lines of HDR, in that it looks at several different photos (some light, some dark) to make portions of the picture clearer.
A Detroit alley at sundown
I’m somewhere between the river walk (to my left) and Jefferson Ave. (to my right), probably heading to Belle Isle. I don’t think I’m all the way down by where the river walk ends, I think I spotted the water tower (I’m always taking water tower photos) and headed over there. I wish I’d had another camera with me (this was my iPhone 4), I think I’d have gotten a little more definition on those clouds.
Hart Plaza Reflected
This is a photo that I took from in front of the Underground Railroad monument (the Detroit River is behind me). The reflection is from the marble on the top of the monument.
I shot this with my iPhone 4 standing as tall as I could (while in front of the monument).
The Sunset from Belle Isle at Sunset Park
The sunset from tip of Sunset Park on Belle Isle. I posted a similar photo (but much closer) photo last October (maybe from the same day) you can see the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada. I was just there in the evening a few weeks ago and the sun goes no where near the Renaissance Center when it sets.
Christmas house on Woodward Ave.
Just an interesting building I saw on Noel Night in Detroit last year. I’m pretty sure this was on Woodward Ave. right across (nearby?) the Detroit Institute of Arts.
ISO 200, f/3.5 at 1/2 second.
A house or B&B in Canada
I love the house and all the colored wooden chairs. With the green background, I like how it all “fits” together.
This is own the Canadian side of the Detroit river, we’re south of Windsor so I’m not certain exactly where. Maybe down by Amherstberg…
I forgot to mention, this was on one of the Diamond Jack river tours (they have a dock in Detroit and another in Wyandotte) this was one of the two different tours from Wyandotte; if you’ve never done any of these tours, your missing out!
Not the wedding photos I was expecting
For some reason this wedding party decided to take some pictures in an abandoned building. I wish I’d gotten my camera little quicker to get a few more snapshots of them walking away from the scene (with maybe some better lighting). I thought the bridal party looked kind of interesting in this empty building.
