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Many have asked about the Header image above, which I named 'Eerie Genny'. It was originally shot with film [taken on the shore of the Genesee River near the Univ. of Rochester]. During the darkroom development, I flashed a light above the tray. The process, known as 'solarization', produces eerie, ghostlike effects; some have mistaken this image as an infra-red photo. Some 35+ years later, I scanned and digitized the print, and did a little modern day editing, and, voila.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Downtown Rochester Pano 3 [Sky Watch Friday]


Here is the last of my Rochester panoramas. In contrast to the ones posted below, the individual images were shot with the camera in the vertical [portrait] rather than horizontal [landscape] position. It adds more of the scene in the vertical -- also, since I did not take as many shots, the aspect ratio [width:height] is not as dramatic as the earlier pics. A few words about some of the buildings here, which were not mentioned previously. The dark glass building has an outdoor elevator [no longer functional] that went up to the 17th floor, where you took another elevator up to a glass enclosed restaurant that slowly revolved. If you had a seat by the outside window, you could see the entire 360 degrees of the Rochester skyline in under an hour. The low-rise prominent complex along the water’s edge is our Riverside Convention Center. {Click to enlarge image.}
The high-rise building [The Chase Tower] to the far right is one of the most photographed structures in town. Look at the reddish brick building on the left -- do you see some wild reflections of the Tower in four of the windows? Those reflections really caught my eye and I had to focus in on them. Below is one of those shots.




5 comments:

Nancy J said...

Super photos, and the close-up, what a lovely idea for a quilt, I can see it now in just those colours!! Great focus shot... Greetings from Jean

Spare Parts and Pics said...

Great pano shot, and some wild reflections in those windows! Have a great weekend.

Liz said...

Beautiful shots! Happy sky watching.

Threatening sky

Lori Skoog said...

You are very good at this! Love the activity in the windows (bottom shot).

Laloofah said...

Those window reflections look like abstract art! Those are the most interesting reflections I have ever seen - what a great eye you have to see and capture them!