How recent should the subject be for "Modern Architecture" this month?

Clever idea. I assume this is a picture of an architects model. Very nice color and depth of field.

Had me fooled for a minute there! (Maybe you shouldn't have told us!)

Thanks John. Yes you are correct it is an architectural model.

I went to a local University and got permission to shoot a 5th year architecture student’s work from one of the lecturers, hence the title “Future Vision”.

Here it is in context...

Nice work bringing the student's model to cyberspace, Andy. The perspective and background sure make it look full size and dynamic. Great idea with this shot! Mike

Thanks Brian, I agree but it is still "Modern Architecture" just the materials and scale are a little different to most others pictures this month.

Cheers Mike, I was excited 10 minutes into the shot because I knew this was "working" and it was only a matter of getting the angles right to blend model into the background.

I'll findout from the lecturer on Monday the students name (and credit it here) and I'm also looking forward to their opinion of the model shoot too

This really is a magnificent job; most inspiring for creativity and ability. I am so glad you showed what you had to work with. I can only imagine the student's reaction! What fun!

Hi Marjorie, I'm looking forward to seeing the students reaction too. I'm guessing that many of the other students will start photographing their models in this place too when they see what it can look like and so much better than shooting it on a black sheet

hi Andy,,,
fantastic, you keep doing brilliant stuff !!!...

I'm interested in your location for this shoot ??... in your "context" photo i see a wall with window but feels like no ceiling private or public space,,, uni ?

Hi Jason, you are right on all counts, private / public / uni but the last guess was most correct.

The shot was taken on the balcony of the Architecture department. Although I was told that I could take the model away and shoot it I didn’t want to take the risk of up-turning 5 years of a students work so I shot in the building.

Its a small balcony area and yes, it has no "real" roof but plenty of things above to throw shadows (see to the left of the model, metal grids that throw bad shadows) and it has strange bottom-half only windows (that I had to shoot through). The floor is 3 stories high from street level and the water level is about another 1-2 stories below that. It would only be 200 feet to the water line of Corio Bay so it was the right level to make a small model look to scale with the background.

The university itself was an old Wool Store and they have kept the facade and rebuilt inside it. Fascinating building in itself.

I just found a iPix pano of the campus, Architecture is the top floor of the right hand building…
http://www.deakin.edu.au/tour/hires/waterfront/

Great shot andy

Its amazing how real it looks. I seen this earlier in the week before you revealed your secret and would never have thought it was a model

Gerry

Hi Gerry, that’s a great compliment, thank-you.
It also means that I achieved the goal of working the camera to provide illusion.

I think the real trick is using sunlight. Natural light and natural scenery are wonderful things and although its fun recreating an indoor controlled lighting area sometimes we would all be better off just going outside and using the brightest star

Cheers,

very nice! real or miniature it works great as a complete photograph the repeating circular pattern is excellent- a little Dr. Suess-esque

Good Job!-- T

Thanks Todd from all the way over here in Seussville

Wow Andy, great idea and well executed!

Claude

Andy,

Incredible shot. By looking at the setup, the scale looks washed out, so I was wondering if you did anything at all with lighting to get your shadow affect on the scale to match the rest of the photo or was there enough light from another window?

Ziggy

Thanks Claude.

Cheers Ziggy, not really sure I understand your question (its 2am here) but the shot of the setup was just a point and shoot, over exposed and just a one-click (with or without looking through the viewfinder!) I think I was chatting to someone at the time I rasied the camera and went click.

The lighting on the picture is real, all of it and un-touched including the shadows. I think your wondering how I got such good light for the shadows?!?! The trick was this strange half window and wall that I shot in front of was actually a balcony, ie no roof for most of it so the sun was throwing from the inside of the wall (so to speak).

Does that make sense?!?!

The punchline is... yes, it was a real single shot and the true magic here is the SUN which throws a matching shadow on everything

Andy.... Wow I was fooled! Thumbnail looks wonderful but I can't get your full size to load. Nice job!

Glad I fooled another! Thanks John.
There was a server upgrade tongiht, it was only down for 1/2 hour but that must have been when you looked, sorry.

Try again!