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FROM THE TOP: CEILINGS – BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/14/2017 • ( 17 )

BLACK & WHITE SUNDAY: CEILING

Stage lights at the Boston Symphony

Mechanics Hall – Ceiling and architecture

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slmret
09/14/2017 • 11:43

A beaautiful ceiling, but I love the shot of the stage lights!

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 12:22
  
  Thanks! The ceilings in these old symphony halls are fascinating.
  
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swo8
09/14/2017 • 11:38

What a ceiling! Beautiful.
Leslie

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 12:23
  
  Aren’t they? Same architect who build Carnegie in New York. Very similar decorations.
  
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  - swo8
    09/14/2017 • 15:54
    
    Classic!
    
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    - Marilyn Armstrong
      09/14/2017 • 16:10
      
      And pretty good at making sound resonate. The new ones they are building don’t have that brilliant resonance.
      
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      - swo8
        09/14/2017 • 16:18
        
        We have a rather new ( probably 20 years old now) with the worst acoustics. They had these hanging things that, at one point, were falling on the audience.
        Leslie
        
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loisajay
09/14/2017 • 08:18

In that second photo, you treated that the same as you would a night time photo–minus the tripod?

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 09:15
  
  Yes. Your need to set our camera on “point” light reading — NOT center-weighted and make sure you take your reading on THE LIGHTS. ONLY. Try it. It’s actually easier than you think 🙂
  
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  - loisajay
    09/14/2017 • 20:50
    
    thank you so much!
    
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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 12:26
  
  Yes. Actually, if you don’t do that, it’s likely your camera simply won’t fire at all and putting on flash ruins it. If you’re in a really dark place, NO white area with lights, you are just out of luck. The magic only works if you have the ingredients and you will probably take 10 fuzzy pictures for every sharp one. Thank G-d for digital!
  
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Philip Kamau
09/14/2017 • 06:55

Exquisite beauty.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 12:25
  
  Thank you 🙂
  
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Paula
09/14/2017 • 04:10

Fine examples. I think you took me to Mechanics Hall before. That’s a nicely photographed ceiling.

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- Marilyn Armstrong
  09/14/2017 • 12:24
  
  I take a lot of pictures when I’m in one of those buildings because you can’t get in there unless there’s an event and you have an invitation. They aren’t otherwise open. I don’t know if I’ll ever be back there … hence the many pictures!
  
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  - Garry Armstrong
    09/14/2017 • 12:55
    
    That second Mechanics Hall ceiling shot is wondrous. So very luminous.
    
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