One thing about being away from Pittsburgh: Coming back reminds you of just how nice it can be. On those occasions when all the gods are looking the other way and the weather is actually pleasant here, it can be an extremely beautiful city. I had to hang around downtown after work today, because I had an audition at Mosser Casting and had a little time to kill. So I went and hung out at the plaza at PPG Place, the headquarters of the huge glass conglomerate. The complex is legendary. Since it's a big plate-glass company, it built its headquarters out of - you guessed it - plate glass. The complex went up in the center of downtown Pittsburgh sometime during the 70's, I believe, and got reactions ranging from it's-the-ugliest-thing-I've-ever-seen to it's-the-most-stunning-thing-I've-ever-seen.
I happen to think that buildings are very pretty, but that's just my opinion. What I like most about them is that they're sorta like gothic cathedrals, but built out of glass.
So anyway, as I was sitting there in the plaza looking up at these buildings, and the clear blue sky and puffy white clouds were reflected in the glass edifices, I was just in awe of the whole thing. So, being me, I snapped a couple of shots. Now I wish that I'd tried to capture the glass "battlements" at the top of the tower, or the huge gothic-glass archways that are the entrance to the main tower, but the sky reflected in the building's face just really grabbed my attention, so this is what I got:
I especially like the way the light and shadows play on the top of the tower in the first two, and the reflection of that big ol' cloud in the third. There's something about the angle at which I got that third shot that's slightly disconcerting, isn't there? Like maybe the perspective is off or something? Lemme know what you thing.
I happen to think that buildings are very pretty, but that's just my opinion. What I like most about them is that they're sorta like gothic cathedrals, but built out of glass.
So anyway, as I was sitting there in the plaza looking up at these buildings, and the clear blue sky and puffy white clouds were reflected in the glass edifices, I was just in awe of the whole thing. So, being me, I snapped a couple of shots. Now I wish that I'd tried to capture the glass "battlements" at the top of the tower, or the huge gothic-glass archways that are the entrance to the main tower, but the sky reflected in the building's face just really grabbed my attention, so this is what I got:
I especially like the way the light and shadows play on the top of the tower in the first two, and the reflection of that big ol' cloud in the third. There's something about the angle at which I got that third shot that's slightly disconcerting, isn't there? Like maybe the perspective is off or something? Lemme know what you thing.
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