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Published: 2004-06-27 21:07:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 175; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 38
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taken at the Gherkin Building just off Bishops Gate, London.part 1 can be found here [link]
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I like this one, how the cloud is really well reflected and clear in the glass
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So this one...
After looking at it for a minute it I can't help but think that each component (the upside down V, the left, right and center blocks of glass, and the sky) all seem to want to be part of something greater - to expand or lead to something else. They feel, to me, kind of claustrophobic in the shot, like there isn't quite enough of any of them to give the eye something to hold onto. (Is this making sense?)
The angle we have seen before, so I think I would want something truly interesting beyond the standard (I have several like this that won't post for the same reason.) One interesting point is the cloud in the reflection of the window of the dark building in the left - but it's a little too small and dark to see very well.
You know how there are often lines running through the entirety of a shot? Well this one has a very strong one, but it simply disappears midway through, without ending on anything interesting. We want there to be new places for the eye to go that are pleasing when it gets there. Most of the lines here don't lead anywhere, or are cut off before they do. The sky, where a lot of them do go, is lighter, and probably the weakest part of the shot.
Hope that helps.
Later
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fair enough, though i will say in its defense that there wasnt too much more that i could get into the shot and as the building is circular its tough to find anywhere for the lines to lead! the task was made all the more difficult by the fact that most areas around the building were closed off!
anyway, thanks for the helpful input (as always) i will work on these things in the future!
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does the gherkin building smell of pickles? 
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well im glad i didnt have to point that out to you! I'll just file that one under 'W' for worst joke ever!!
oh and no, there arent any gherkins in the reflection either!
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