I'm a newcomer to this website; introducing myself I work in the North Pavilion at Duke University; I often get to work before daylight and I've enjoyed photographing the building in low light. This is the building taken from the 7th floor of its parking garage, with the first light of dawn reflected in the windows. This is a low-res version, taken on an ancient 500c/m. Looking forward to exploring fstoppers--I see some fantastic work here.
Good image to introduce yourself with, Ken! I like the way you make the building (I assume it's not just a facade...) look transparent. Welcome to Fstoppers. I'm just an ordinary member, but really appreciate its friendly community.
Thank you, Chris! That is a building, not a facade, and it's fairly huge. Since I almost never travel, my workplace gets a lot of film burned on it. Another side of the building gets bright afternoon sun, and all the windows are reflective, so it's fun. :-) I appreciate the welcome; I'm rather astonished by some of the work on this site. Some of these make me embarrassed to show a shot of my own--amazing work!
I like the concept, but I have two problems.
As with all architectural photos, you should probably correct the perspective distortion that is causing the vertical lines of the building to converge toward the top of the image. Looks like there may also be some very slight barrel distortion. It's also cropped a little tight on the left side, although I think some perspective correction would likely eliminate the left edge of the building altogether, so this may not be a problem after that fix.
What is going on with the weird ghosting on the left side of the image? Oh, wait ... did you shoot this through a glass window? Never, ever shoot through a piece of glass unless you are shooting perpendicular tot he surface of the glass and not unless you can get far enough away from the glass that its effects are minimized relative to your camera's ability to see it. In other words, that ghosting wouldn't be as noticeable if the "double exposure effect" was only two pixels wide instead of 100.
Thanks for sharing and welcome!