February 2014 Challenge - Architectural and urban photography

Monthly Assignment: Architectural and urban photography

Assignments are designed to help you grow your photography skills and creativity, and have fun doing so. Assignments are to make all of us photographers think outside the box also.

The Rules

1. Any photo submitted for a monthly assignment must be taken during the month specified in the assignment thread and taken by you! Because not all EXIFdata can be verified, we will use the honor system.
2. Photos must be posted to the thread in order to be considered for the challenge. Links to photos will not be considered an entry.
3. Only three photo entries per member, for each assignment, unless otherwise indicated.
4. Assignments will be judged solely by the panel. Individual voting via post "likes" will be incorporated into the final selection of the winning photo.
5. Judging criteria is based on the Twelve Elements of a Merit Image.
6. The panel will select 5 shots to be displayed in the Monthly Challenge forum and homepage of the site.
   

There will be no cash or prizes awarded for the Monthly Challenge, unless specifically noted by the site administrator.

Any photo will be accepted for the assignment. Edited/straight out of the camera, it does not matter. You are left with complete freedom to do whatever genre of photography you wish to do, and your own interpretation of the assignment subject.

Okay, I'll start the festivities off with the first post.

Here is my 1st one.

Had a break in bad weather today managed to get out locally

Here is my first one

St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton, Cheshire UK


The church was founded 1343 by Sir John de Davenport and his son Vivian.Further land was donated by the family in 1370.The belfrywas added subsequently; it dates from around 1540. The roof was lowered in 1804
The church differs from the majority of churches in Cheshire in that its body is timber framed It is one of the oldest timber framed churches in Europe and is still in use.

Here is the second

Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire, UK
This is a moated half-timbered manor house
The earliest part of the house was constructed in 1504-1508.It was been in possession of the Moreton Family for almost 450 years.
The tilted walls are really tilted its not my lens !

Third One

Twemlow Viaduct, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, UK


Built 1841 for Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company.
23 semi circular arches each 18 metre span.

Entry #1

Now this would be a picture of a mural if it wasn't for the real person that walked in on the extreme bottom right.

entry #1..
Phoenix Life building, Hartford
aka 'the boat building'..

entry #2..
Mark Twain House, Hartford
High Victorian Gothic..

entry #3..
Silas Robbins house, Wethersfield
Second Empire Victorian..

My entry, although this one will probably need some explanation...
This is the "Lakestage" on the lake of constance in my hometown in Bregenz, Austria. Every year the opera is staged on the lake, you sit on the shore and watch the opera! It runs every year through July/August, every two years the opera and stage construction is changed. For more info just google "Bregenzerfestspiel". The opera to this stage is "The Magic Flute". For an idea of the scale of this construction check out the other photo in my gallery where a little of the seating area can be seen.

Entry #2, An almost abandoned garage makes for interesting architectural landmark.

Numero uno

Nombre deux

First one...

Entry #1: Icicles on a bird house

"Thames Town New Zealand"

Model NIKON D7100
Shutter Speed 1/200 s
F-Number f/7.1
ISO ISO 100
Exposure Bias Value 0.00 eV
Metering Mode Pattern
Flash Off, Did not fire
Focal Length 28 mm
Lens Model 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6
White Balance Details Auto1
Date/Time Original 13/02/2014 02:19:23 PM

#2

My entry #2

Attempt #1