I like these old buildings too, although I’ve never actually worked in one. In Canberra, the nearest city to me, there’s some old buildings which I imagine would be a bit like yours (guessing really) in prominent positions in the centre of Canberra. What’s unusual is that at least one of these has been vacant for years. I think it’s historical position and so on is why it’s still there. I don’t know what will happen to it. Actually it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, so for all I know it may be gone.
This is a Google streetview screenshot - Anzac Park West.
Edit - after going down a few rabbit holes, I discovered that it was sold in 2018, on the condition that it must be demolished within 30 years… I forgot to mention that it’s twin building across Anzac parade is already gone, with a new and very modern building in it’s place. Progress I suppose.
Today is Thanksgiving Day in the US, where we eat until comatose, watch a strange variation of football, and generally revel in the four-day weekend. The traditional protein is turkey, and my wife does it well. This year, she couldn’t find a 25-pound turkey so she got two 16-pounders. Here they are, stuffed and bagged, awaiting the basement stove pre-heat to 350F:
I like the tone of this thread. You can click the like button to your heart’s content (actually, going back through the thread, I found out there’s a daily limit… ), or, you can start such a thread and make the expectations known right up front.
I just scrolled back through the thread to catch up on my likes, found it interesting how I could start to identify the photographer before I’d scrolled up to the top of the post - there are some definite style signatures going there.
Okay, waiting for those turkeys to cook, watching the light coming through the west-facing living room window, it really pretty-ed up the coffee table bouquet. Shot more of that than the family around the table, here’s one:
First one was shot 4 days ago, second one today. I’ve been walking past these spots multiple times a week, for some years now. This time I noticed something I liked. Interesting how that works…
They’re a normal artifact of light passing over an opaque edge, in this case the circular aperture of the lens. When focused if they’re a point source they become an Airy disk. Millions (… Billions, to quote Sagan, trillions probably) of overlapping Airy disks combine to form the image. The reason there are so many rings is that they’re so far out of focus.
This (diffraction, point sources, Airy disks, etc.) is a common topic in my other hobby, amateur observational astronomy.
I forgot to mention that it’s twin building across Anzac parade is already gone, with a new and very modern building in it’s place. Progress I suppose.
), or, you can start such a thread and make the expectations known right up front.
Sure, I’ll make the thread in a few minutes, just need to come up with an edit myself. I must warn that the raw is severely underexposed
