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I mentioned the other day that I got myself kicked out of UCLA's Powell (College) Library for taking photographs - but not for taking this one. I headed a bit deeper into the reading room at first so as not to attract the kind of attention from the librarians that eventually got me booted. I noticed the really cool interior through the second floor windows while taking photographs of Royce Hall.
The brickwork in this place is really cool. Just like Harper Memorial Library, this place is built on a grand scale, but the brickwork and style are totally different! I use something called perspective correction a lot when shooting architecture - ever notice how you see photographs that make it look like the buildings are leaning? That leaning effect is called convergence and it comes from when the camera is pointed up towards the ceiling or down towards the floor. Sometimes that effect looks cool - other times you need a tilt-shift lens or some post-processing in Photoshop to make those lines straight again.
Dave DiCello, CherryOasis, abadonmi01, and 13 other people added this photo to their favorites.
*Jonina* 40 months ago | reply
Awesome work!
Dr. Ilia 40 months ago | reply
Nice shot
This is definitely a great shot, you deserve another SOE
Please be sure this is tagged Shield of "Excellence", or "SOE"
PAL1970 40 months ago | reply
Awesome image, excellent shot!
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Dave DiCello 40 months ago | reply
This looks really impressive, great work here
CJ Kern 40 months ago | reply
Stunning work here.
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MeredithBakerMiller 40 months ago | reply
Stellar image!
Jabba1966 40 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Photo Professionals Post 1 ~ Award 3 Enhanced Photos Only, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Wonderful shot ;-)
Keithm1 40 months ago | reply
Nice - lets hope the librarian ain't Flickr-savvy!
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Surrealize 40 months ago | reply
Awesome, well at least you got this shot. You rebel!
idashum 39 months ago | reply
Love the brickwork and interiors of this library. Thanks for bringing out the beauty! Go Bruins!