Thursday, January 15, 2009

A Bend In The Night

The Arch is floodlit at night. I took this shot with a telephoto from a few hundred meters away, standing on the portico of our Old Courthouse. There will be a picture of that building tomorrow on my St. Louis Daily Photo Blog.

I like the way this photo shows off the plates that form the skin of the Arch and how irregular their surfaces are. From a distance, the Arch looks it could have been cast in one giant piece of metal. Close up, we can see a variegated quilt of stainless steel.

By the way, there is another new Arch photo today on STL DPB.

3 comments:

PJ said...

It looks like a beautiful piece of paneled and quilted silk...Archie must have had a date that night.

Virginia said...

that is gorgeous. I love the close up of the skin.
Wow.Love the light and dark panels.
V

julie tillman said...

That is lovely!