Mississauga Central Library

[asnow]

Borrowed the 8mm fisheye from a friend (thanks jr_bias) and got this pic of the inside of the Mississauga Central Library.

I'm going to enter this in the employee photo contest. Any suggestions on a title ? I'm having a hard time coming up with one.

[QuietOne]

How about "Nuclear Knowledge"? For some reason, it reminds me of every sci-fi movie's idea of the control rod column. And you have the bright yellow furnishings down at the bottom.

[mbrager]

Nice picture. Very detailed and interesting. "Open Books"

[Anuj]

dizzying depths of knowledge :)

[Jim Scrimger]

Nice shot, as Quiet One notes it could be the opening shot in a sci-fi movie.

[Mad Aussie]

Now this is the type of shot where I like the use of a stronger HDR process.

Spaceship SHHHH Mississauga
Mississauga Levels of Learning

[asnow]

Thanks guys. A lot of good title suggestions. With this help I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something now.

MA - My intention was to do this as an HDR in Nik HDR Pro, but it didn't work out too well. I only did a +1, 0, -1 bracket. Perhaps a +2, 0, -2 would have been better. As a result I just worked on a single shot and did the best I could with it in Lightroom. The only change I've made from this version is to up the exposure slider by 0.1 (a few more looks at it and it seemed just a tad too dark)

[Hillbillygirl]

Nicely done ASnow. Really like the perspective here, and also like the suggestion of "Depths of Knowledge" for a title.

[Bambi]

love this shot- it's terrific.

[JAS_Photo]

What they all said. ^^^ Very cool and "The Collective."

[Mad Aussie]

Nice even light control for a single shot! Well done.

[ewaizel]

Amazing what a good wide angle can do (well, obviously in the right hands).

[asnow]

Thanks guys. The picture has been entered and thanks everybody for their great title suggestions. I decided to choose "Depths of Knowledge". I think the contest results are due in a couple of weeks so I will update you then in what happened.

[asnow]

Yea !!!!! I won.

[Runmonty]

congratulations. Isn't that 2 years in a row?

[asnow]

Thanks Runmonty. You have a great memory. Yes. Two years in a row. They may ban me from entering next year.

By the way I won a Fujufilm XP100 - Shockproof up to 2m, and Waterproof down to 10m P&S camera. Looks pretty cool as a little rugged pocket walking around camera, plus in the pool, on the beach, etc. Here is a link that describes the camera features.

Fujifilm XP100 Review: Preview (http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/XP100/XP100A.HTM)

After I figure out how it works, I will see if I can get some test pictures to post. Maybe I will try my luck with a little street photography. A little camera like that won't seem too threatening and apparently it has a quiet mode where you don't hear the shutter click. Haven't really tried it yet as I'm currently charging up the battery.

[mbrager]

Nice. Congratulations.

[Mad Aussie]

Good job asnow! Doing ph.ca proud ;)

[Marko]

A book a day keeps Alzheimer's at bay

Cool image!

[asnow]

Thanks guys. I wouldn't be winning this thing without the knowledge I've picked up from the people on this forum.

[QuietOne]

Let me add my congratulations to the pile. Libraries are such cool places anyway, and the photo shows it.

[asnow]

Thanks Q1. I even broke down and bought that Bower 8mm fisheye today. It was $50 off ($249 instead of reg $299) for Black Friday sales. So look out for some more fisheye pic, however I will try and not overdo it.