Steel Connection

© Christine Lobsinger

Steel Connection

Uploaded: January 18, 2010

Description

Elements Of Design - January 2010

This innovated design of steel and glass amalgamated with clean geometric shapes and decorative surfaces can be found at the Niagara Falls Fallview Casino/Resort's Rotunda Entrance.
If you look beyond the gray/purpley curved steel bars, notice the vibrant blue glass like tunnel above... it is actually called a porte-cochere(coach gate or carriage porch). This architectural term for porch or portico-like structure are usually found at main entrances. The purpose is too make it possible so that horse and carriage (1900's) or motor vehicles could drop off their passengers under cover, protecting them from weather. This porte-cochere leads into the glass enclosed galleria.

Exif: F Number: 3.3, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/300 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 4.70 mm, Model: DMC-TZ5

Comments

Tiia Vissak January 19, 2010

cool colors & shapes! #1228697

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 19, 2010

Good Morning Tiia... thank you!


Christine
Smiling #8310917

Graham Robards January 19, 2010

Wow great show girl! ~Pat #8311391

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 19, 2010

Hi Pat and Graham, thanks so much!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8311874

Douglas Pignet January 19, 2010

Great lines and comp, well seen and captured. #8312346

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 19, 2010

THanKS Doug!!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8312378

Gord MacEachern January 19, 2010

Beautiful EOD image Christine, I have been here at different times in the past, makes a great place to shoot, as your wonderful images show! #8312924

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 19, 2010

Oh Gord, thank you very much for such a wonderful compliment!!

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8313389

Karen Kessler January 20, 2010

This is beautiful, Christine! I really like the way you captured the "ornament" type things on the front. #8317360

Ann Coates level-classic January 20, 2010

Fantastic composition, detail and colours Christine. #8317506

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 20, 2010

Hi Karen and Ann, thanks so much for your great comments.

Karen, these are Christmas Ornaments - still hung up Jan. 10th...
I was going for them too in my comp.. thanks for noting them!!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8317548

Sheila D. Robertson January 20, 2010

Beautiful color saturation and design elements ...and great comp and pov. Nice work! #8317638

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 20, 2010

Sheila, thank you very much!!

Have a great night!

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8317722

Jean Lechleiter January 21, 2010

Beautiful lines and colours, Christine. Congrats. on the EP! #8320161

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 21, 2010

Hi Jean, thank you very much!!!

Just working on another image at the same entrance-(rotunda) - the centrepeice icon,a 45 ft. water fountain, but only showing part of it with the glass/steel blue dome up in the air above it...

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8320244

Sherry McClead January 22, 2010

Great colors and detail... love the play of light... congrats on the EP. #8320941

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 22, 2010

Oh, THANKS SO MUCH MY FRIEND...

Have a great day!

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8320950

Laura E. Swan level-classic January 22, 2010

What a COMMANDING IMAGE, Christine! I LOVE this!!!

Your gallery is looking HOT woman! Sizzling! (Hee hee!) Tzzzzz!

I'm glad you switched it over. Very classy now and easy to view.

Your gallery sure has lots of recognition from the judges, too!

VERY impressive, my dear sister!

-Laura #8322287

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 22, 2010

Oh My... sister Lala... WOWOW!!! I so so appreciate your lovely remarks and want to THANK YOU!!!!

If it was not for YOU- I would not be here -- literally! You got me rollin' with PS, can you remember? LEARN AT LEAST SATURATION... you got my confidence UP to not be a chicken and at least play around with the tools...
even though I still have so so much to learn with my PS 7...

HEY, you use PS 7 too!!! I read your thread somewhere-

THANKS AGAIN SIS
CHRISTINE
SMILING BIG WITH YOU!!! #8322327

Barbara Waldoch January 22, 2010

Beautiful image, Christine! #8322393

Laura E. Swan level-classic January 22, 2010

Yes, I remember our humble beginnings. For us both! Feeble and learning to walk .. and LOG...! HA! (Such babes you and I!) ...

YES! I do have PSE7. I was very intimidated by it at first but now it's fun to venture off into the UNKNOWN! I hope you do this, too?...We should talk by phone again soon and I can give you some tips? (And visa versa!!)

Want to?

-Sis

#8322469

Ivan Chacon January 22, 2010

Beautiful collection! Can't tell wich one I like the most! :) #8322649

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 22, 2010

Hi Barbara... thank you very much!!


Sis Lala, that would be great... I have to warn you though, I Really Do NOT KNOW ANYTHING FANCY ABOUT ANY EDITING PRO... I would love to learn all the stuff you do in the palette boxs.. LAYERING, For sure...
Can we talk Sunday (your time- 3 or 4pm)?

Hello Ivan, thankyou very much for the lovely remarks you wrote, I appreciate you popped in and said so!!! THANKS!

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8322808

Laura E. Swan level-classic January 22, 2010

Sunday is a no go for me...I'll see you on e-mail. We will figure a time day and time from there, sound good? :) xo #8322901

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 22, 2010

Right O!

CHRIS
SMILING #8322957

Randy D. Dinkins level-classic January 23, 2010

Great capture here. Perfect symmetry. #8324798

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 23, 2010

THankS so much Randy!!
CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8324949

Patrick Rouzes level-classic January 23, 2010

Christine, you have most certainly come a loooooooooong way from your humble beginnings! This, my friend, is a magnificent work of art! EXCEPTIONAL clarity, detail, colors, pov, EOD & symmetry here ! You have done an incredible job on this ! WTG!CONGRATULATIONS on the well deserved EP! #8324952

Patrick Rouzes level-classic January 23, 2010

I like the "new word of the day" too:porte-cochere! COOL word!
I also remember Swanee's new word too: ekphrastic! LOL!
#8324955

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 23, 2010

I'm thrilled you like this one Patrick.. THANKS SO SO MUCH my Friend, for your AMAZING Comments.. I truly appreciate YOU!

CHRISTINE
SMILING BIG #8324961

Laura E. Swan level-classic January 23, 2010

Ahhhhhhhh! Paddy! You remembered! HA!

Wait till we get to the TRUE definition of Haiku!

-Swanee #8325005

Ellen Hodges January 26, 2010

Gorgeous color and design, Chris! WTG!!!!! #8331808

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 26, 2010

Thanks Ellen, appreciate you!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8332624

Stefania Barbier level-classic January 26, 2010

wow, beautiful, Chris! #8333220

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 27, 2010

THANK YOU Stef... nice to hear from you today!!

Have a great day!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8333684

Robert R. Goodman January 27, 2010

Hi Christine,Absolutely beautiful.Wish I could get color like this.Stunning capture indeed!!!! #8333739

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 27, 2010

Hi Bobby, THANK YOU very much! I appreciate your kind comments. This casino has the most impressive architecture I've ever seen, and the colour of the steel and skylights are all magnificant blue/purpley gray colour, but what I do is up the saturation to around +10 and up the contrast sometimes anywhere inbetween +2 - +9... sometimes I tone down the brightness, but in this particular instance only to -3.

Smiling ChriS #8333757

JO ANN CLEVELAND January 27, 2010

Ohhhh Chris! I love this, what a great shot and so well presented! That is certainly a wonderful capture and description of it too..

jo ann c. #8335331

Sam Britt January 27, 2010

Terrific lines, curves, color, pespective & light, Christine. A very well deserved EFP! #8335511

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 27, 2010

Hello JO ANN and Sam...

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LOOKING HERE...
Thanks for your comments!

CHRISTINE
SMILING WITH YOU #8335538

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe January 29, 2010

Fantastic color, design and capture!! Jeff #8340510

Hal Bambrick January 29, 2010

All I can say here is "WOW,WOW,WOW"!!!!. #8340665

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 29, 2010

HI JEFF AND HAL...
THANKS A BUNCH, MUCHLY APPRECIATED!!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8340880

Ray Thoms January 30, 2010

Very nicely done Christine....with buildings like this not much wonder who "wins" at the casino.....:>) #8341517

Christine Lobsinger level-classic January 30, 2010

Oh, how true Ray...
Thanks for popping in!

CHRISTINE
SMILING #8341766

Maxine C. Schnitzer August 18, 2010

Christine, this is one of my favs! I love the lines, curves, color and symetry of this one! #8845746

Christine Lobsinger level-classic August 18, 2010

Hi Maxine, this architecture is my fav too.. (well, besides the Skywheel).. both are in Niagara Falls Canada... this is the new Fallsview Casino..
simply gorgeous building!
Thank you very much Maxine for taking some time to browse through my gallery... I appreciate it.

SMILING CHRIS #8845954

Laura E. Swan level-classic September 21, 2010

This is beautiful, Chrissy. I love the lines and blues and the feeling I get when I see it! It feels VERY BIG! Love the story there, too!!! What a grand way to enter a beautiful place!

Wonderful!

-Lala :))) #8922504

Christine Lobsinger level-classic September 21, 2010

Hey sis, thanks - good to hear from you!
I am just about to upload my assignment #2 - boy, I am sure learning alot!
Take care, hope to talk with you on the weekend-
Chris
Smiling #8922964

Lisa J. Boulden level-classic November 28, 2010

Awesome, Christine!
Love the EoD and the great color and light!
~♥~lisa #9067527

Christine Lobsinger level-classic November 28, 2010

Thanks Lisa.
Went back here last night- of-course, couldn't resist making more shots of this magnificant building...
Went to see 'Celebration of Christmas' at the Avalon Theatre at the Fallsview.... it was beautiful!
Christine
Smiling #9067611

Janice Mezzacappa November 11, 2012

Love ALL your magnificent EOD photos I just love the colors, lines and patterns in this one...bravo Chris! #10414188

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