The Icelandic Parliament house from 19th century and it's new extension from last decade. I think it really is an opposite stile in architecture though it can go together.
I also think the photo is not all bad.
And some info:
Lens: 28-70mm F/3.5-4.5 D
Focal Length: 28mm
Exposure Mode: Programmed Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
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Nicely done - your title helps. The new international-style glass structure and the old (gothic? romanesque?) building do provide an intersting contrast. Silly architect. The image seems a bit dark - the brightest objects are the clouds, which, in my opinion, don't stay in the background where they belong.
Meets the challenge, they are opposite types of buildings in many different ways. The shot itself leaves me wanting more POP, more wow. For a shot like this, with the glass and the blue sky I personally would expect to see much deeper colors and contrast, not sure why. Also the angle of the shot seems just off with the lines coming off at odd angles from the side of the picture. If you could have gotten a bit higher to balance that out more. Not sure if that was possible or not but if so maybe you could try again?
As the shot stands, I started it a 3 but am going to raise it to a 5
nice clouds and reflection of them in the glass, but I think the subject is supposed to be the buildings. If you expose for the buildings they shouldn't end up so flat. 4
A wonderful and original interpretation for the challenge. The choice of framing really highlights the differences. I like the colors, especially the differences between the aqua of the glass and the blue of the sky and then the reflected sky in the left windows. I wonder if a slight rotation CCW wouldn't help to make the line of the walkway feel a little better.
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