Architectural Photography

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I came across this photo on a photography website. Gorgeous color and symmetry. I aspire to take something this good.

Places I'd love to visit and take pictures of architecture: The Czech Republic and Cambodia. (And Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, but for different types of pictures.) And back to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, with a better camera. One of the most breathtaking buildings I've been inside of. (And yes, I find buildings breathtaking. I'm a nerd.) This photographer got a great shot.








This is one of my favorite building pictures I have taken myself, Parliament in Ottawa. Lucky shot getting the moon/Venus? in there, but I like the city peeking out in the corner as well. (Slightly blurry, I didn't have my tripod yet.)










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Comments

Technodoll said…
Beautiful shot!! I love Ottawa, have been trying to get nice photos in but no success yet (too many tourists LOL) - yours is awesome!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Rebecca Foster said…
Ottawa blew me away. I had no idea it was so beautiful. We hear a lot about Montreal and Toronto down here, but I couldn't find any guidebooks about Ottawa. Shameful! I stayed in Byward Market and everything was in walking distance. Parliament is gorgeous and the museums were top-notch. And everyone was so friendly, I met a lot of cool people. But I grew up in a government town, so maybe I can relate to the 'feel' there. If it weren't so damn cold, I could live there easily. And oh, this reminds me, I should post sometime about Beavertails. Mmmm...

I really want to go back. Add me to the tourist list please!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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What a great shot! The photography is one of the things that I love the most about traveling. So many great pictures out there just waiting to be taken. It's so much fun!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Rebecca Foster said…
And the cute guys! And the pictures. And pictures of the cute guys. I met four or five cute ones in Ottawa, what's in the water there? It was like Texas, but chilly.

btw, I forgot we are in a fight right now because I am still waiting for the pics from Japan....
Thursday, February 14, 2008
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Um...oops? Would I be forgiven if I said I forgot and I'll get onto it?
Friday, February 15, 2008
Technodoll said…
Oh btw, I am adding a few architectural shots to my photo blog at

http://technodoll2.blogspot.com/

- in case you're interested :-)
Monday, February 18, 2008
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