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June 13th, 2008 10:45pm JST (5 months ago)

The wall supports of the atrium outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan), highly processed with Adobe Lightroom to give it an ultra-industrial look

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/1500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Atrium Wall Supports
( ultra-industrial version highly processed in Adobe Lightroom )

I posted earlier today about Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan) and how it does a wonderful job of mixing traditional Japanese with modern lines.

As I mentioned, the entire space is visually, geometrically rich, so I definitely had fun trying to capture interesting angles. The abstract results were sometimes enhanced (I perhaps fool myself by thinking) with some creative post-processing in Adobe Lightroom, to add a bit of an edge.

The underside of the modern (but traditionally-inspired) large gate outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/100 sec, f/5, ISO 250 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Gate Underbelly

A closeup of the water clock outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 55 mm — ¹/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 250 — full exif & map — nearby photos
11:15AM

The atrium outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan), in grayscale, highly processed with Adobe Lightroom

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/160 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Atrium in B & W
( highly processed in Adobe Lightroom )

The roof of the atrium outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan), hyper saturated in post

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 17 mm — ¹/5000 sec, f/3.2, ISO 250 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Looking Straight Up
( highly processed in Adobe Lightroom )

A closeup of the water clock outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan), highly processed with Adobe Lightroom

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8 @ 45 mm — ¹/1600 sec, f/3.2, ISO 250 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Neon Water
( highly processed in Adobe Lightroom )

Catwalks under the roof of the atrium outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan)

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 100 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Catwalk

A closeup of the top of one of the huge wooden legs of the traditionally-inspired modern gate just outside Kanazawa Station (Kanazawa, Japan), processed with Adobe Lightroom to give an almost-grayscale starkness

Nikon D200 + Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 — ¹/250 sec, f/1.6, ISO 160 — full exif & map — nearby photos
Mathematical Complexity
Top of one of the large gate's legs
( How'd you like to calculate the cuts required when building this thing? )

Clearly, this is not my area, photographically speaking, but (photographically speaking) it was quite fun. I just wish that I hadn't been so rushed for time.

Followups and related posts:

June	13th,	2008	Kanazawa Station: Modern Interpretation of Traditional Japan
June	30th,	2008	A Few Polarization-Filter Examples

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