Portico on a Sunny Afternoon by taffy

Portico on a Sunny Afternoon

Taught til late tonight and no time for photos all day, so instead did some processing on one of the ones from the weekend. This is the portico in front of the original Union Station, looking south.
Never ceases to amaze me... how awesome you are at capturing amazing structural images! This one is Stunning!
September 11th, 2014  
excellent. love shots like these. what a cool portico (never knew they were called this)
September 11th, 2014  
Love this . Really showcases your talent
September 11th, 2014  
Love the lines and the composition, fav
September 11th, 2014  
Like the repetition of the columns, patterns and shapes!
September 11th, 2014  
Fantastic leading lines, and beautiful architecture. Fave.
September 11th, 2014  
Totally lovely tones and light
September 11th, 2014  
This is great for amny reasons, love that repetition and leading line but that tiny door to that greeness is what totally makes this for me.
September 11th, 2014  
Most excellent
September 11th, 2014  
wonderful architecture - fav
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning picture and perspective. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
September 11th, 2014  
wonderful perspective. love how it leads your eye. fav
September 11th, 2014  
I like the rows of columns leading you in.
September 11th, 2014  
Great leading lines and composition.
September 11th, 2014  
Beautiful, love the repeating columns and those lights.
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning shot, absolutely fantastic, love the repetition and the leading lines. Definitely a fav.
September 11th, 2014  
These compositions always go down so well but you do have to get everything just right - like this one! fav
September 11th, 2014  
Love the angle you have taken this photo.
September 11th, 2014  
fantastically executed!
September 11th, 2014  
Wow, love this image, the perspective is just wonderful. Fav :)
September 11th, 2014  
Love this perspective with its leading lines and repetitions. Beautiful. Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Love this too A Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning photo Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Just fantastic Taffy. Wonderful perspective and leading lines. Definite fav for me.
September 11th, 2014  
Yes, winner for me too :)
September 11th, 2014  
Wonderful composition and lines! FAV! My dad used to take the train to work from the suburbs to Union Station everyday. We used to love when he would take us downtown. I just loved Union Station! I just remember always being amazed at the architecture!
September 11th, 2014  
You've catch a perfect moment blue light from left and yellow laps, lot's of pillars going deeper. Actually this is perfect composition of lightning and objects and textures.
September 11th, 2014  
Love this Taffy, great composition and great processing
September 11th, 2014  
Absolutely stunning. Big Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Gosh, I like the way this draws you in, right into the small green patch. Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Great pov - love the lines and repetition!
September 11th, 2014  
Superb pov and love the strong columns ,ceiling and lights - leading you to the far end arched opening --fav
September 11th, 2014  
Wonderful lines and pov. Fav
September 11th, 2014  
I absolutely agree with everyone. Love the blue on the columns.
September 11th, 2014  
Fantastic composition, Taffy...ideal positioning and use of the pillars and lines to lead to the end of the portico, which you have perfectly positioned in the prime focal spot. This looks so good in colour, but I am sure it will make a fantastic B&W as well, really accentuating the repeating forms of the pillars and ceiling blocks.
September 11th, 2014  
Fabulous - Fav.
September 11th, 2014  
FAV, could fav it over and over.
September 11th, 2014  
Love this-- wonderful repetition of lines, Well done!
September 11th, 2014  
Wonderful composition Taffy love the leading lines. I agree with Eric this would look great in black and white. Instant Fav!!
September 11th, 2014  
beautiful architecture
September 11th, 2014  
This is fabulous! Instant fav. The ceiling and the columns are amazing.
September 11th, 2014  
Great perspective
September 11th, 2014  
Lovely architectural shot. The green arched entryway at the end draws the eye so well.
September 11th, 2014  
Really nice. Did you HDR merge?
September 11th, 2014  
Wonderful perspective Super shot fav!
September 11th, 2014  
Love this! The angle and perspective are perfect.
September 11th, 2014  
Instant fave!
September 11th, 2014  
Fantastic perspective and great composition.
September 11th, 2014  
Great pov
September 11th, 2014  
good perspective and lines
September 11th, 2014  
Brilliant shot, love the pov and lines. And light. Fav
September 11th, 2014  
What a super shot Taffy, you are such a talented photographer. I think you capture what the architect intends us to see but we sometimes miss (if that makes any sense!) Fav.
September 11th, 2014  
Awesome capture! Great composition in perspective.
September 11th, 2014  
wow! gorgeous repeat patterns, leading lines, perspective
instant fav
September 11th, 2014  
Love it Taffy...Fav
September 11th, 2014  
Great symmetry,a super shot:-)FAV!!
September 11th, 2014  
Oh, I like this! I've been on this block but never really stopped to appreciate it!
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning! Fav!
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning, fav.
September 11th, 2014  
Lovely shot, like the depth in this shot with all those repeating columns
September 11th, 2014  
Fantastic image, out of interest do you use lens correction because the perspective and lines are stunning.
September 11th, 2014  
@briggsy Thanks David. For this one, I don't think I used lens correction (I think I just did HDR using photomatix), but when I do, I use PTLens (PT Lens maybe) -- it's inexpensive and easy to use, intuitive, and words as a add-in to Aperture and other processing programs. I use it alot as it allows you to adjust horizontally, vertically, rotate, and a slider for scale.
September 11th, 2014  
Perfect!
September 11th, 2014  
Wonderful portico and so skilfully photographed - I like the light on the side of the columns
September 11th, 2014  
@taffy Thanks for the insight and sharing another wonderful image. I have been reading about lens/perspective distortion correction in PS I will look into PTLens as well. Sometimes I like the distortion in an image of architecture but other times it does need straightening out. Thanks again
September 11th, 2014  
Love the light in this and the perspective
September 11th, 2014  
Super shot.
September 11th, 2014  
Wow what a fabulous composition with great leading lines. I love how you manage to get shots like this Taffy with no people. Wonderful image!! Fav!!
September 11th, 2014  
Stunning!!! And a fav :D
September 11th, 2014  
Fabulous! Love the repetition
September 11th, 2014  
I always enjoy images that have perspective created by converging lines combined with repetitive objects that reduce in size. Your image then adds another dimension with darkening colours and brilliant processing.
September 12th, 2014  
First of all, I love the blue tones- just gorgeous. The composition is perfectly matched to the subject and the perspective is impeccable. Awesome shot Taffy- fav!
September 12th, 2014  
Very dramatic and I love the green at the end.
September 12th, 2014  
Awesome shot!
September 12th, 2014  
Great repetition.
September 12th, 2014  
How pretty!
September 12th, 2014  
Love the lines and blue colors.
September 12th, 2014  
Great composition and perspective! I love the color tone as well.
September 12th, 2014  
Super perspective. Really gives the impression of size. fav
September 12th, 2014  
Wonderful eye line and colors
September 12th, 2014  
Love the perspective! Fav.
September 12th, 2014  
Awesome pov. Love the columns
September 12th, 2014  
Wonderful perspective and detail!
September 12th, 2014  
@bob65 Your comments are so thoughtful, Bob. I really appreciate the time you put into them. Thank you!
September 12th, 2014  
Wow, this is so symmetrical. (is that the right way to say how this looks?) Love the pure perfection of this shot. Amazing detail, Taffy. FAV What do you teach?
September 12th, 2014  
Amazing, Taffy! Fav of course!
September 12th, 2014  
Simply superb. Fav!
September 12th, 2014  
YES...this is spectacular in every way. SUper fav and a masterpiece!
September 12th, 2014  
Wonderful! Love the repetition and light in this. Fav.
September 12th, 2014  
@darsphotos Thanks for the fav, Darlene, as well as the kind comment! I teach courses of literacy teaching and learning. The one this semester is on literacy research conducted by and for teachers.
September 12th, 2014  
A winner!!!!
September 12th, 2014  
I like the how the irregular accents of red and green impact on the highly regular patterns of the ceiling and columns and make them seem even more regular. Fav!
September 12th, 2014  
love the blues, love the place, love the green at the end of the tunnel, love the picture.
September 13th, 2014  
Wonderful tones and long perspective. Congrats on T20! Fav!
September 13th, 2014  
@michaelelliott I hope you're right about TT -- perhaps next week...thanks for the visit and such a kind comment!
September 13th, 2014  
Beautiful!
September 13th, 2014  
Beautiful POV and composition. I love how the lines draw your eyes all the way to the back and out the door.
September 15th, 2014  
Stunning lines and repeating pattern!!
September 16th, 2014  
excellent!!
September 18th, 2014  
Congrats on TT!:)
September 19th, 2014  
Congrats on T20 - See I told you.
September 19th, 2014  
Number 4 for the week!!! Many congrats, so well deserved!
September 19th, 2014  
Great lines, perspective, positioning, symmetry, geometry, decreasing effect....and so on
I agree with @ericdibosco about a b&w version...
September 20th, 2014  
Congrats on TT! Very appealing and intriguing image that just draws one in! Oh, and a belated Fav!
September 20th, 2014  
Congrats on the TT :)
September 21st, 2014  
Congratulations and well deserved Top Twenty finisher Taffy! Fav!
September 23rd, 2014  
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