Ivan Makarov Blog

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Financial District, San Francisco

The amount of concrete and all geometrical elements in this place is almost overwhelming.

Filed Under: Architecture

Tags: embarcadero center : photo : san francisco

http://www.patricksmithphotography.com Patrick Smith

I like it! Someday I’ll have to go shooting there. I used to work at the stock exchange well before I took up photography, which I did only 4 years ago. I have never seen this ball though, or never noticed it before. I like how you centered the bottom of the ball in the circle of the railings.

Patrick
http://www.ivanmakarov.com Ivan Makarov

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The ball is at the very end of the Center as you walk away from it relating to the Ferry Building. I love that place – all kinds of geometrical patterns.
http://acspencerphotography.blogspot.com/ Andrew Spencer

Your recent posts of Urban/Art/Architectural photography is amazing. You definitely have an eye for composition. Not to mention a way to draw the viewer into your images. I’ve taken some architectural shots recently with much less of a dramatic effect as you are able to create. I read your interview with Caliber and saw that you use Sigma lenses. Are there any that you couldn’t live without? Christmas is nearing and I want a new lens that isn’t going to break the bank. Any thoughts on Tokina or Tamron lenses as well?