Smithsonian Metro

Posted by Disoriented (Grinnell, IA, United States) on 30 January 2008 in Transportation and Portfolio.

12/24/08: Grading is done. I'm packed and ready to go. I'll be off for vacation in San Francisco for a few days with family and friends. Happy holidays everyone!

KINDA' SORTA' FAMOUS?: I am happy to inform you that my shot of the glass canopy of Kogod Courtyard was featured as a banner for the blog of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery called Face to Face.

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Comments (10)

Tristan from Bremen, Germany

Very nice Symetry. Reminds me of the Airport "Charles de Gaules" in Paris.

30 Jan 2008 8:30am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

Nice capture!

30 Jan 2008 2:18pm

Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France

Nice symetric composition. I like it a lot.

30 Jan 2008 4:54pm

Levine from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Ahh! right in the middle. I always want to get a shot from this angle and composition but i cant get it straight. End up not doing this kind of shot :(. You did well. Maybe a tripod next time then let the shutter go a little bit longer to capture the movement of people at the train station.

30 Jan 2008 5:45pm

@Levine: Good point about the shutter. I'll bring out my SLR for that one. The shot was very rushed because I heard the rumblings of another wave of commuters coming through, and so I was concerned about people blocking my field of view. Also, I was somewhat unnerved when I caught eyesight of a metro guard standing nearby. I glanced at him and he nodded back. But that got me self-conscious and raised questions about public spaces, "security," and rights as a photographer ... I might have to read up on that.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Very nice central perspective.

30 Jan 2008 8:08pm

«miguel.peixeiro» from Coimbra, Portugal

...very good.

30 Jan 2008 9:23pm

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

Very cool! Somewhere between Patheon and time-tunnel, love it!

30 Jan 2008 10:00pm

Disoriented from Washington, DC, United States

Wow! Thanks for the wonderful comments everyone! This is a great way to come home after a long day at work -- supportive and constructive criticism. This community rocks! =D

31 Jan 2008 3:22am