It's a rare architectural shot that's taken at a quirky angle that I like and admire. But this one I do ! There's something about the lines and where the eye is led to and from that makes it appealling - the composition is really nice. A quirky angle for the sake of it annoys me ! Commissioners of architectural photography (architects, construction companies, suppliers, engineers etc) need images that show a building, not a load of quirky nonsensical angles - one is ok but you can't produce a building study that's useful if it's all odd angles. BUT...this shot is appealing, plus it sells the cladding and the design, so I can see a commissioner liking and using this shot. Well done, you've not just pointed a camera at an interesting building, you've brought something else to it
Amongst all the images of beautiful internal staircases (yawn !) and church ceilings (another yawn) this one stood out and I love it ! I do a lot of documentary photography and am so much more interested in, and drawn to the everyday. This shot tells a story and is intriguing, it's a great shot. The elevational composition helps and there's lots of areas of interest, even though it's all pretty much in one dimension. I also love concrete and 60s architecture, in fact it's my favourite subject matter. So thanks for this, in the sea of samey images, this drew my attention, it's original and made me smile. Keep looking for and finding this kind of subject matter
If you want to win a photo competition enter something that's different, striking and grabs attention, like this image does. It's a great building, with strong architecture and your timing is perfect - detail in the architectural cladding with a realistic blue sky and the moon - wowee it turns an ok shot into a great shot ! It adds interest, colour contrast, scale and a sense of time passing. Can you really see that much detail in the moon in winter in Norway ? If so, wow, what a joy to behold and makes me want to visit Norway even more than I already do. The shot is nicely seen, composed and exposed for, well done
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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 1 and 250 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** Good architecture is the sum of all its parts, and whilst an interesting building will often impress at first sight, it is in the studying of the smaller details that the quality of the design and build will be assessed. There is no restriction by age of building in this contest, so everything from gargoyles to zinc cladding can be entered. The architectural details can be on the outside or the inside of the building, but should really be part of the fabric of the building, rather than what one might think of as interior design that has been added after the building was completed.
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Both of these images are really nice. Why did you enter them together ? When judging, on first pass I'll say 'no' to a contact sheet rather than individual images. I appreciate that sounds harsh but we have to judge according to the brief - which is one pic. And quite quickly as there are hundreds of entries. Please re-enter them into other relevant competitions, they're nice images and I'm sure you'll be awarded a higher grade
A lovely shot but sadly not on brief. While it contains detail, it's not 'of detail', it's for that reason you only received a merit. Enter it into a staircase competition and it should do better. I love the guy top right who's looking at you and the people in red coats, they really help the composition
