Structure in Structure

[Yoyo Szeto]

The shots were taken at Kyoto Station. Welcome your critiques.
yoyo

[Overbeyond]

I had to look twice to detect the camera angle on the first especially, and then had to think twice about how to describe them; bleak is what I came up with. But it is this very bleakness of the architecture that gives them their attraction, makes them different and ultimately a success.
Yoyo; you are a very versatile photographer and I have yet to see a cliched image in your collection.
Tom

[payn817]

Agreed, great perspective and comp. Yoyo, do you ever take a bad photo??

[SmartWombat]

The first photo is far better for me.
It has a total lack of reference points that makes you really look at it carefully to work out what it is.
Reminds me of a scene from Baraka (go rent that DVD!) http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/baraka.aspx.

[readingr]

Yoyo,

I really like both shots and you really have captured an unusual perspective.

In the first shot the yellow balcony really helps the eye roam around the photo and the pattern of the sticking out bits which I think look like 35mm film strips are terrific. Its a shame the little window is open it might have been better with it closed but not sure of that.

The second photo is really good but I keep wanting to rotate it about 0.5 degree to the left, even thoug the horizontal lines on the bottom are straight.

Excellent capture though I have two very minor gripes.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Tom, Thanks for the detailed analysis of the shot. The greyness and the bright yellow of the building attracted me. The more I looked at the station, the more I liked it.

Hi payn, You are always very lenient to me, Thanks again.

Hi Paul, Thanks for the DVD suggestion. I’ll watch it.

Hi Roger, Thanks for the detailed analysis and pointing out the weaknesses of the shots.

yoyo

[DocH]

Like the others, I find the upside down stairs effect captivating. With the yellow balcony of the top photo, I would have liked to see more symetry in the framing of the photo, if all the balconies around the edges were equal, the exceptionality of the yellow balcony would have been even more striking.

Nice

Greg

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Greg,
Thanks for the suggestion. Appreciate it.
yoyo