Minneapolis Photographer Mitch Rossow presents daily photos of Minneapolis. Cityscapes, People & Perspectives: Mitch explains composition and techniques.
Today’s your last day for free cookies and punch at the Hennepin County Government Center. That big building that goes over 6th? This is their atrium. I was there this past weekend with the gang from Tips from the Top Floor. Fourteen photographers wandering the skyway looking for interesting things. Turns out most security guards don’t want you photographing the interiors of the buildings. This is a government building and it was ok; we stood right by the security desk and he didn’t mind.
I took most of the color out of this image because the abstract shapes were much more powerful in B&W. It’s a great space when it’s empty and quiet. A very bright, cheery place actually. This was the first time I was there when I wasn’t doing paperwork that I didn’t want to. It’s a very different experience. Go take pictures or just hang out at the DMV, you might like it.
When I saw the thumbnail, I thought you had somehow gotten under the center of one of those big cross-country electric transmission towers (but would the magnetic field screw up your camera’s firmware?). B&W was exactly the right choice.
Looks like Chicago’s hancock center turned insideout.
This looks wonderful in black and white. Great photo.