Today was our final day in Barcelona - leaving in the morning - and it was Gaudi all day. He was an architect of huge significance here and we visited three of his major works. Sagrada Familia was his final contribution, a cathedral that is about 70% built (I think) and is like nothing I've ever seen. More photos to come - but it's impossible to do justice to it. Then, there was Park Guell followed by La Padarera. Amazing to see one after the other. Sad to be leaving...looking forward to getting home.
Junko's of same section, using zoom (I was using a wide angle): http://365project.org/jyokota/365/2015-12-16
I always love how our simultaneous photography yields such different results! I like how yours was wide enough to give a sense of the stairs as what surrounded the hole.
Oh my goodness, I need to go back and find out where you are! How do you handle so much travel! Stunning comp here and I love the feeling of going down, down, down.
What an amazing POV, and I've been enjoying seeing yours and Junko's simultaneous shots. How nice to have a photo buddy to travel around the world with taking pictures of all these great places. Were you able to meet up with borasses while you were in Spain?
Wow, what a difference a lens can make. I really liked @jyokota 's shot, and I really like this one too. While Junko's was definitely a downward spiral, your shot has a wonderful optical illusionary effect at the tight end of the spiral where the stairs can appear to be going downwards or upwards back towards you if you look at that focal point long enough. Great stuff. Fav.
Fantastic spiral! I've always wanted to visit Gaudi's cathedrals and hope to do so in the next couple years. It's fun to see your shot along with Junko's.
You girls know how to have a good time.
Great lines and textures. I agree with Marnie, you could be looking up or down whereas in Junko's shot it has a definite downward pull.
I must now check out your other pictures from Barcelona. I haven't been very active here recently, time is just flying by.
Wow love this Taffy! So different from Junko's shot which I also loved! What a wonderful day you had and sounds like you packed such a lot into those few days! Not sure I could have kept up with you! Safe journey home!
As I remarked to Junko, this is quite disturbing even seated firmly in my office chair - it must have been very unsettling to have actually been there. And I personally don't find the two images as different as some others obviously do. Excellent!
some day i want to see the cathedral-i saw a documentary on it, years ago, and it was a lasting impression on me-honestly i can hardly wait to see your images on it-i know you will do it justice- this is beautiful
Like Junko's. An awesome shot. The wider angle somehow gives it a less claustrophobic feel to it. I'm being less squeezed! I'm still inside a machine, mincer.
So glad you were able to visit Sagrada familia....I think the last time I was there was about ten years ago, and I was able to join an architectural tour that took us into the construction areas. Every part of it is fascinating, from the parabolic arches to the towers, to the tilework and beyond, and it will not even be completed in our lifetime! This is a wonderful POV on that spiral staircase....
@jgpittenger This would have been amazing to be able to use a tripod and focus stack, but we had to check any bags/backpack, etc. You were allowed the camera, but that's it. It's very tight quarters -- too narrow to pass and mostly quite claustrophobic. Focus stacking, though, is the exact thing it needs!
@panthora It's amazing to see a cathedral being built! Have you read Pillars of the Earthy (Ken Follett). Of course, that one starts in the 1400s I think, but it's got to be a similar feeling..it really does take generations!
@timewalker It really should be on your travel list. The whole 'Gaudi Day' Junko and created could easily have been a week -- spending a full day in each of the places we visited!
@chrysanthemum I laughed (to myself) at your choice of queasy to describe how you'd feel looking at it. That's EXACTLY how I felt -- we even met one guy who had hit his wall and was climbing back UP (not that successfully) to go to where the elevator access was, to take that down instead of walking. But the was was so worth it!
You girls know how to have a good time.
I must now check out your other pictures from Barcelona. I haven't been very active here recently, time is just flying by.