Architecture photos (5)

Standing between the Kubuswoningen (~1980, Piet Blom) and looking at Rotterdam's oldest "skyscraper" het witte huis (=the white house) built in 1898 which miraculously survived te heavy bombing on Rotterdam in May 1940 at the start of WW II


A850 + Min 20/2.8

Very interesting architecture and compositions, Pieter!

That overhang looks scary -- like it might fall that fellow standing beneath it. Very nice work! Is that very recent? You were using the NEX-6.

I love the way the old structure is framed by the angles of the modern structure in the foreground of the previous photo! Beautifully captured! Fantastic Architecture!

Regards,

Kelly

Thanks for the comment Kelly, and like Harm said it's about 10 years old. My photo is from april 2015 when my only E-mount cameras were a NEX5 and a NEX6.

Here's a photo from that same day that I posted before that shows the entire front side of the building.


NEX6 + E10-18/4

You certainly have your fair share of interesting architecture in the Netherlands! Very nice Harm!

Pieter thanks for the additional perspective of that station! I have a better idea of what I was looking at. I like the first post better, of course!

Very nice Maarten!

Interesting leading lines right to that person at the entrance door in the distance. Lots of bricks! Lots of orange in those bricks -- intentional? I notice large roof gutters with downspouts that go directly underground to storm drains. Well prepared for rain! Lots of detail. No cars. Only one bicycle? This must be newly developed? I like it!

Looks like Zeiss rendering?

Regards,

Kelly



Edited by AudioDoc - 12 March 2023 at 18:10

Yes, I missed the solar panels. Probably not for me either, and especially not for my wife. Indeed this type of housing has a sameness and seems to lack charm and character of older places, but it does make for a great photo!
Ah, the 25mm Batis. It looked familiar because I have the same lens. In Fact I have the complete Batis set. When we travel to Germany, I don't need to take mine with me, because German friends have the 25 and 85. I used their 25 when we traveled to Südtirol and Lake Garda last October. I prefer the rendering of my Zeiss lenses over others. Of course when I purchased mine, there were not as many choices as now, and Zeiss lenses are of course very expensive. Now there are GM lenses available -- I might still prefer the look and rendering of the Zeiss lenses even if the GMs are faster and a bit sharper. I do have my eye on that new 50mm f1.4 GM! GAS you know!
Nice work! Keep them coming! I enjoy all the great photos coming from the Netherlands (and in Pieter's case also from Belgium)!
Kelly

Very futuristic (Frank Lloyd Wright) architecture for a building competed in the 50s. The surrounding buildings look out of place! I like it!