no words needed with an image like this! Geometric, abstract, shape and shadow, beautiful. mal

VZ: Thank you, Mal. I didn't go for the abstract here, as I was fascinated by the light.

impressive image!

VZ: wonder, what exactly impressed you in this image so much, Gihin.

Oooops! Fat fingers! Accidently bumped the "rotate image" button.


You [with a little help from the sun]have constructed a beautiful panorama from a drab, uniform brick wall...that's a class act, VZ!

VZ: wonder how do you play piano with these chubby fingers of yours, Ray. Though, Elton John's fingers are not particularly elongated ones either. Glad you like what I was trying to convey here, my friend.

I also like the way the sun gets more intense towards the top.

VZ: That was the selling point for me, Nig.

Exhibition stuff. This works so well.

VZ: Next time I do my exhibition, I'll think of your suggestion, Bill.

A great, creative, graphic architecture-photo with a congenial poetic title! Yesterday as I admired the spring-sky-blue reflected in some windows I thought this could be a fine photo.. , but it was only a little thought, whereas you have done a 'great deed'!

VZ: See, I can read people's minds, Philine. Isn't it scary? Thank you, dear, as always.

A very ingenious image. Actually it would make rather a good plaza, wouldn't it?

VZ: It would, Ian. They just have to install check posts to measure the alcohol level. Too many folks could drown in these pools.

This to me is a likey, love the color, abstract, sun/shadow, just great, deep respect for the way you did this.

VZ: Thank you, dear. I'm glad you liked it so much. There was not much to play with here.

Agree with Mal. Wish I was there!

VZ: Oh, this happens only a few days a year, Jamoula. There are 3-4 days in mid-January, when sun, if the weather is right, pokes through the very corner of the 17th Street, before diving below the horizon. The sun softly licks the dull facade of the EarthLink building. It lasts for about 15-20 min.
The whole thing is not worth travelling across the pond, but if you do, I'll show you much better places.

well composed, nice patterns shot.

VZ: Thank you, Gishan.

very impressive. Love the colors.

VZ: Thank you, dear.

I am glad that good photography can transform bad architecture. For those who are not familiar with this building, you might be living a better dream than mine. V, you should offer a "Value Added Services" to all the bad architects out there! Please keep transforming! We might be able to live the dream city through your images. And the road is long.

VZ: You are so idealistic, MS Guirguis. Not even ingenious photography can transform bad architecture. But bad architecture can inspire good photography. ha-ha-ha. The EarthLink building is an excellent example.

An excellent abstractish shot! Great work with the reds and blues here.

VZ: Thanks Martin. The compliments the for reds and blues should go to the dying sun.

LOVE IT !

We may well be the ones turning the world on its' ear.

VZ: Who is we, Chris? You and I?

This is so creative. Changing the ordinary to something extraordinary. Love the geometry of this, and the way the colour graduates as you are drawn from the front edge to the back. (:o)

VZ: Thank you, dear. Didn't you know, I'm a magician? I was hanging out with J.K. Rowling for too long, I guess.

To me they look like pools of water...great abstract...

VZ: To me too, Bernie.
Thank you, dear.

have to agree with Roz. You have transformed this into something extordinary.

VZ: I do it all the time, dear! Don't believe me? Come over, I'll do the same with you.

Blimey what a picture! I can only assume you just tilted your camera to get this stunning effect!

VZ: You bet, Chris. Just tilted my camera.

Some rectangle koi ponds in brick paving. Mmmm.

Okay - it is an excellent picture with geometry and the shadows and tonal differences offered by the light.

I have read an article by a person who specialises in taking pictures of buildings for different reasons. On assignment he would stalk a building a few days at all times of the day. He claims that every building has a best time and angle for pictures. I saw some of his exceptional work in the article.

Although this is not a building picture, rather a wall of a building, it does clearly show what he meant.

VZ: I had a totally different objective from the person you described, Louis. Those guys try to convey the main idea of the architect. When I shoot an architectural object, my goal is quite opposite, to confuse the hell out of everybody.

by rotating this image you have made what was initially a pretty good shot into something clever and a bit of a visual treat.I like it.

VZ: Thank you, silas. Welcome to Nostalgia.

Under the surface of those windows, which have been transformed into blue pools of water, lives a mermaid. Just as the sun begins to slip and cast its beautiful golden/magenta hue on the world, she waits for the captain to come in his tiny boat and sail with her on the southern wind to an island where wild strawberries grow and spider webs cover the entire island and shimmer in the low afternoon light.

VZ: Next time I pass this building by, I'll bring my fishing net along, which was specifically designed from the decaying autumn leaves for catching hiding mermaids. Hope she doesn't mind to sing me a few songs in a raspy voice with German accent.

An ordinary, everyday shot made special by clever visualisation. How many of us would have just walked past and never seen? Love the patterns, colours and questions it asks about 'what is this?'
Great work Viktor.

VZ: Thanks Ron. Isn't it marvelous to see beyond the obvious from time to time. That might be the thing that sets apart a man with a camera from the one without.

What a joy, Kathryn, to read your fairy tale -comment! I had to smile over VZ' different allusions , but I'm very sure if she might sing her "peculiar,powerful melody" with a Russian accent he might fall in...and into one of the blue pools! (A mermaid named "Schöne Lau" "with German accent", once at home in the Black Sea, could also have swum by a direct waterline from the "Blautopf" -a blue-coloured lake near Ulm/Donau which is told to be filled with blue ink every day- across the Atlantic ocean to Atlanta!)

VZ: oh, that Kathryn and her fairy tales. If you don't stop her on time, her fantasy might take you far away, to the point of no return.
Walzing the "Blue Danube" with a Mermaid is not a bad idea. ha-ha-ha.

I wonder what this picture would have looked like when the building was still that crazy blue.

I will stop and look up on my next walk.

VZ: Glad you recognized your favorite building, dear. Go ahead and look up on your next walk, but I must warn you, all you might see is a bland boring wall with windows.

superbe
où faut-il plonger ?
Bernard

VZ: You're welcome to dive, Bernard, if you have your speedos on. ha-ha-ha.
Thanks for stopping by.

At first, I believe it's was an architect innovation, bricks to walk on a water, something like that you see what I mean. I stay a while to look up to the light and color when suddenly ... I understand (une fois n'est pas coutume ) you're playing with vision ... thank's a lot Viktor, for this monday deep-thinking

VZ: Well, deep thinking once a week will not hurt you, dear. Quite opposite, you might find it beneficial. In time, you might even consider doing it twice a week. Ha-ha-ha.

I have seen some of your last photos. They are all amazing. I love the "Lost in the fields og gold."

VZ: Thank you, dear. When summer comes to Norway, you'll have your own field of gold. Don't miss the moment.
Thanks for stopping by, Marie.

The vertical becomes horizontal. Perfect!

VZ: The magic power of the imagination, Larry. Nothing else.

great! I like the graduation of colour and light. I wonder what the rest of the building actually looks like.

VZ: The rest of the building is as dull as this side, Andrew, except for the main facade that faces Peachtree Street, which you can see on this reflection
http://www.nostalgia.shutterchance.com/photoblog/My_Peachtree_Street:_Through_the_Looking_Glass_/

As a thumbnail, this picture looked completely different. It look similar to a walkway on a lake. Then the full size picture shows what it really is. Nice angle which gives a completely different look to an otherwise everyday subject. The great lighting helps as well of course.

VZ: Those thumbnails, Nathan... they are so deceiving, like English language: you write the word one way, but pronounce it in a totally different way. It took me a while to used to. ha-ha-ha.
Thanks for stopping by, my friend.

Beautiful symmetry!

VZ: Thank you Tetsu. Do you really see a symmetry here?

Amazing shot! everyone's said it all, but i couldn't resist giving you a thumbs up.

VZ: Thank you, dear. Very kind of you.

Wow! Great angle and perspective!

what a great concept. Very creative.

VZ: Thanks, Jen.

The eyes are trapped in the light that grows in those warm brick lines... (I also like the illusion created)

VZ: That's my specialty, creating the illusions. The funny thing is, people do believe me. Hahaha.

très belle idée et belles couleurs
bernard

VZ: Hey Bernard, this is your second comment on this picture. You must be liking it a lot. Hahahaha.
Thanks for stopping by again.

quand on aime, on en compte pas...!!! et de 3
Bernard

VZ: Hahaha. Is that the only picture you like in my archive?