Reflections in Glass
f/8.0 – 1/160 sec – ISO200 – Focal Length 60 mm
Tunnel to the View
f/7.1 – 1/100 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 16 mm
The Views
f/8.0 – 1/640 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 12 mm
Fossils in the Travertine
f/6.3 – 1/130 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 24 mm
Pattern
f/9.0 – 1/250 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 28 mm
Sculpture Garden
f/5.6 – 1/100 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 28 mm
You can see more architectural photography at the Getty Center in yesterday’s post.
The Getty Center sits atop a hill in the Santa Monica Mountains just outside of Los Angeles. The center is made up of several buildings, gardens and open spaces that sit on a 110 acre site. You enter into a subterranean parking garage and ascend to the white hilltop structure via tram, emerging onto a plaza with expansive views. Designed by Richard Meier the Getty Center strays a bit from his traditional white structures. Although there is plenty of white the 1.2 million square feet of Italian travertine dominate the design. Glass also plans an important role in the Getty Center. It is used in abundance and fills the interior spaces with natural light. The architecture alone is worth a visit then there is the bonus of these buildings being filled with beautiful works of art.
It is free to get into the center itself, but there is a $15 charge to park. But parking is free after 5 pm and on Saturdays they are open until 9 pm.
Check back tomorrow for more images from the Getty Center.
f/9.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 24 mm
f/8.0 -1/250 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 70 mm
f/8.0 – 1/160 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 24 mm
f/8.0 -1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 60 mm
f/8.0 – 1/160 sec – ISO 200 – F0cal Length 12 mm
f/8.0 – 1/125 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 12 mm
f/9.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 20 mm
f/6.3 – 1/400 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 15 mm
f/11.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 24 mm
f/8.0 – 1/200 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 16 mm
f/11.0 – 1/800 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 20 mm
f/7.0 – 1/640 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 17mm
If you missed part one of the Walt Disney Concert Hall photos yesterday be sure to go back and check them out too.
Te Walt Disney Concert Hall is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Designed by Frank Gehry in the early 1990s it was not completed until 2003 and cost in the neighborhood of $275 million. The almost organic shapes of the concert hall contrast with the very non-organic stainless steel skin. Yet the skin reflects the sky and surrounding vegetation tying it all together very well. This is an amazing work of architecture to visit and especially to photograph. Although it is a bit of a challenge to photograph well because the stainless steel can have hot spots as it reflects and plays with the sunlight. But it was well worth it and I was in architectural heaven.
f/9.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 40 mm
f/10 – 1/800 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 18 mm
f/9.0 – 1/400 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 18 mm
f/11.0 – 1/640 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 24 mm
f/5.6 – 1/100 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 20 mm
f/9.0 – 1/500 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 15 mm
f/9.0 – 1/400 sec – ISO 200 – Focal Length 15 mm
Check back tomorrow for part two of the Walt Disney Concert Hall photo series.
