— Completed in 2004, the Austin City Hall building was designed by architect Antoine Predock. The building has several distinctive features, including a copper-clad roof, a glass-enclosed lobby, and sustainable materials used in its construction. One other feature, perhaps the most obvious to an observer, is all the sharp lines, angles, and contrasts, as seen in the first photo here. That is what attracts me to the building’s design. It is a wonderful place for photography as it offers many alternatives to varied compositions.
Walking around and outside the building, a visitor can enjoy the contrasting lines created by the interplay of light and shadows and the building’s own structure. Take a look at these next three photos.
The metal open awning and the glass on the wall create a strong contrast with the limestone walls.
Take a closer look at this photo and you see the glass reflection creating contrasting lines of light and shadow in a pleasing diagonal pattern.
Here’s another example of contrasting lines created by nearby structures in juxtaposition with the natural limestone vertical placement. The lines and textures create a pleasing and intricate pattern to the eye.
These last two photos are my favorites. If you look at the first photo I posted, on its right side you can see the slanted structure on the right side of the frame. That is what I feature here. With the late afternoon sun, the shadows and contrasting lines are accentuated in a myriad of textures and shapes. I cannot decide whether the color or black-and-white edit is better. What do you think? As always, clicking on each image will open a larger version of it.
Thanks to Amy for this very inviting Lens-Artists’ challenge about contrasts. Also, some information used here was obtained from Wikipedia.
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margaret21
Oh wow! Excitingly vertiginous!
Egídio Leitão
Margaret, your word choice is perfect! I had not thought of that building along those lines. Thanks for the feedback.
Tra Italia e Finlandia
Mi piace l’architettura moderna. Le tue foto sono stupende.
Egídio Leitão
Grazie mille!
Amy
I’m in awe, Egidio! What a selection of the contrasts of the architecture. beautiful photos focus on lines, shadows, and reflections. The last two are just stunning, love the angle you took!
Egídio Leitão
Amy, thank you for the feedback and kind words. For the last two shots, I got my camera really low on the ground and used a super wide-angle lens. Glad you liked them.
Amy
It takes special skills to get this shot!!
Tina Schell
A marvelous study of architecture Egidio. The the light, the lines and the angles are perfect for the week’s challenge. I surprised myself by preferring the color version of your final image. I thought for sure it would be best in B&W but I preferred the other because of the additional contrast.
Egídio Leitão
Thank you so much, Tina. Yes, sometimes colors do add more contrast. I couldn’t really make up my mind between those two shots.
JohnRH
Wow. GREAT selections. A geometric smorgasbord. Excellent.
Egídio Leitão
John, I appreciate your complimentary feedback.
nesfelicio
Interesting take. When I think of contrast it typically means light and shade or contrasting colors. Lines provide a great angle (no pun intended). 😊
Egídio Leitão
Nes, thanks for the feedback. Glad you liked my take on the theme.
Wind Kisses
Great architecture, lines, shadows and reflections. A geometric smorgasbord indeed.
Egídio Leitão
Thank you so much for the feedback. Sorry for the late reply. I don’t know why your comment here and in the other post were waiting in the spam section.
I. J. Khanewala
So wonderfully spotted!
Egídio Leitão
Thanks so much for the feedback.
Sofia Alves
Very smartly done, Egídio. Simply awesome subject that you captured so, so well.
Egídio Leitão
Thanks, Sofia. I should explore architecture more often. It can be a lot of fun.
100 Country Trek
Thanks for sharing this idea with this architecture. Anita
Egídio Leitão
You are very welcome, Anita. Thanks for the feedback.
Lakshmi Bhat
Fantastic. One can only wonder at the creative mind behind their creation. Thank you.
Egídio Leitão
Thanks so much for your feedback.
boromax
Wow! Truly fabulous photos! Love, love, love ’em!
Egídio Leitão
Thank so very much for your feedback. I appreciated that.
Ana
Good examples, Egídio!
Egídio Leitão
Thanks for the feedback, Ana.
Leya
Wow – these lines and structures are exceptionally vividly photographed and give us a feeling we are inside them.! A wonderful take on, Egidio.
Egídio Leitão
Thank you so much, Ann-Christine. I appreciate your feedback.
PR
Love the geometric patterns!
Egídio Leitão
Thanks for the feedback, PR
6qsite
👌🏻📷👍🏻. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
Egídio Leitão
Thank you for the note. I appreciated the feedback.
6qsite
You’re welcome! 🙏🏼