Photo Friday

Here are a few photos that didn’t make it into my original post about Detroit’s Fisher Building.

The building is such a cool Art Deco gem that it’s possible to spend hours exploring and taking photos. I only wish the lighting was better inside, as the building is so massive that using a flash is ineffective.

Still, I like some of these photos because the subdued lighting seems to give them a real sense of the somewhat faded glory of the Fisher and the almost cathedral-like feeling the building exuded on a quiet and cold November afternoon.

Thanks to Debbie Dubrow of Delicious Baby for creating and coordinating Photo Friday to link travel photos and blog posts across the Web.

© Dominique King 2008

Comments

[Linda]

That hallway must be huge! So big and beautiful. Thanks for sharing these photos.

[Angela Nickerson]

Great photos! :)

[Jennifer]

Very cool building! I love the third picture...I always forget to take pictures from a perspective like that when I am out and about!

[wandermom]

Thanks for reminding me to pay attention to perspective for building photos.

[Dominique King]

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

The Fisher's hallway is impressive. Three stories high...and the barrel vaulted ceilings give it a real cathedral feel.
The painting on the ceilings was beautiful, but difficult to get a decent photo of because of the dim lighting (I did have one of those with the original story I did here about the Fisher).

I do love taking photos of buildings from strange perspectives. I think I started doing that when I took photos at places like the Fisher where getting a decent photo of the exterior might be difficult because of surrounding buildings, light poles, etc. I think I've mentioned it here before, but one of my favorite things when we're crossing a cool bridge is to make Tim drive so I can pop open the sun roof in car and shoot photos straight up into the structure. And the one photo I took in Paris that I bothered to print, enlarge and frame was one that I shot straight up into the lighted Effiel Tower at night.

[DeliciousBaby]

Wow, I love that third picture ... it really makes me feel like I'm right there looking up.