Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/13

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Subject: [Leica] Concrete buildings on UC Davis - ick
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon Feb 13 19:50:45 2006
References: <4cfa589b0602131827v87c46fbo64a5a0a490258483@mail.gmail.com> <p0623091bc0170190bef3@[10.0.1.2]>

Well, they are easy to meter. We should give them that;^)

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Feb 13, 2006, at 10:43 PM, Richard S. Taylor wrote:

> Buildings of this type all look like penal institutions to me.  I  
> don't think it possible to depict their ugliness sufficiently in a  
> photograph.  You succeeded in getting the middle gray right and I  
> like the first one best because of the contrast between the rough,  
> ugly concrete and the smooth, prettier if still cold modern glass  
> entrance.
>
>
>> Someone, somewhere, decided that unpainted concrete makes for the
>> perfect look for the UC Davis campus.
>>
>> I've seen a few buildings of this ilk that I thought looked decent  
>> but
>> none of them are at UCD. To me the look like something out of cold  
>> war
>> propaganda, only needing a spy in a trench coat and some fog. (We  
>> have
>> the fog, used to have the spies too but they were caught.)
>>
>> I shot these to explore the middle greys.
>> The entrance to the Dean's office of Letters & Science:
>>
>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/12/DeanLS.jpg>
>>
>> I like this one a little better. I'm claiming it as a statement:
>>
>> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/02/12/LectureHall.jpg>
>>
>> Did either of these work for you? Why or why not?
>>
>> M6 TTL, 50 sumicron, Tri X @ 400 in XTOL 1:3, 12.5 minutes.
>>
>> Thanks for looking and for commenting.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Dick
>
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In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Concrete buildings on UC Davis - ick)
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