Hills of Valparaíso (7)

Posted by Andrew Gould (Sydney, Australia) on 3 September 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Something interesting wherever you point your camera up here...

Siempre algo de interés para el fotógrafo en los cerros de esta ciudad...

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Comments (13)

Myst from Bologna, Italy

Great POV! Interesting composition!

3 Sep 2007 6:33am

@Myst: Thank you. The hills here (as shown in some of the previous photos in this series) make it easy to find an interesting POV, looking straight up or down.

tengtan from Melbourne, Australia

Well seen and captured. I'm fond of such closeup of architecture particularly when there is so much character from the ageing process.

3 Sep 2007 8:05am

@tengtan: Thanks. There's certainly a lot of that ageing process you refer to here, I can tell you.

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

I like window and door captures, I'm not too sure why though, maybe it's the mystery of what's behind them! and this is no exception, it's got me wondering. Nice on Andrew.

3 Sep 2007 9:15am

@MaryB: Interesting that you mention the idea of wondering what's behind the windows, etc., because now I think about it, I guess I have the same fascination with these as you do.

Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India

magical, this looks like an art work...

3 Sep 2007 9:23am

@Babul Bhatt: Thank you, Babul. This was afternoon light -- 5:22pm, acording to the full EXIF information. That helped.

kmf from Dubai, United Arab Emirates

cool shot

3 Sep 2007 9:55am

@kmf: Thanks!

Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa

Great shot Andrew! Love your comp on this one!!! Now I doubt I would've even seen the picture in that!!! LOL :). I'm so bad at architecture or anything without living, breathing creatures/people in them!!!! hahaha.

3 Sep 2007 10:33am

@Mandy: Thank you, Mandy. Well, I doubt that I'd get all those child and baby shots as you do, so we're even! Seriously, though, I feel it's just a matter of interest and looking carefully. I'll tell you what the advantage is though with architecture... It doesn't get up and run all over the place!

Paulo from Peso da Régua, Portugal

Interesting compo!

3 Sep 2007 1:45pm

@Paulo: Thank you. The angle helped me here. I was looking down from a walkway and lookout belonging to one of the funicular railways, and I had a wonderful sweeping view of the streets immediately below. It was easy to isolate this with my all purpose Sigma 18-200mm lens (=28-300 in 35mm format).

alex from United States

wow....

3 Sep 2007 2:10pm

@alex: I guess you like it then! Thanks!

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

These old towns and houses quite often present interesting subjects. I love to shoot them too.

3 Sep 2007 5:55pm

@Shuva: The old towns and buildings are one of the reasons I'm fascinated by your country, and would like to take photographs there sometime in the future.

Lost Valley from British Columbia, Canada

I dropped by earlier but my post didn't take I guess. I like the contrast between the window and the side of the building. What also stands out are the bottles. Nice height in this picture too!!!

3 Sep 2007 9:34pm

@Lost Valley: I like the bottles, too. Their presence helped motivate me to take this. The height, obtained from being on a walkway leading into the funicular railway that we were about to take to go back down to the port again, really helped here.