I can’t think of an appropriate thing to say about the Bancroft Library at the University of California so I’ll leave a picture instead.
Tag: UC Berkeley
Pelican
Statue located outside the graduate assembly on UC Berkeley’s campus.
Trickle
One of the forks of Strawberry Creek running through UC Berkeley’s campus.
Miniature University Avenue
I’m fascinated by the effect that depth of field can have on our perception of a scene.
Garden Pools
UC Berkeley’s botanical garden is one of the best places to go in Berkeley on an sunny day.
Sabertoothed
I certainly wouldn’t want to have come up against one of these in the wilds of prehistoric California.
Up from down below
I took this shot the first day I had my Sigma 10-20mm lens to get a feeling for what it could do. To this day I am still floored at the width of the field of view. It is absurd how close I could get to Berkeley’s Campanile and still capture the whole tower.
Old Drinking Fountain
First of a make-up double post, this old fountain caught my eye while I was walking through campus playing with my latest lens purchase. The colors and the setting were perfect.
Fast at any Speed
To finish off my week of playing car photographer, I present a shot of a very pretty Ferrari 328 GTS which is often seen parked around campus. Here I was really playing with the depth of field, and I may have gone a little overboard. Still, I like the effect, it makes the car look fast, even when its parked.
Green Fiesta
This shot was just taken to test out a new lens and to play with the depth of field, but I like it so much I’m posting it here. There’s something about that lime green that is just asking to be photographed. This is a car that would stand out pretty much no matter where it was parked.
The Mighty University Library
The libraries on UC Berkeley’s campus are truly a sight to behold (if you ever get the chance to check out the Gardner Stacks, do it; it’s a massive underground book repository and it is amazing, like the ruins in Skyrim or something) but perhaps none more than the Doe Memorial Library previously featured here and here. The scale is truly amazing. You can compare it to the people sitting around the steps for a sense of scale, but this is massive and it feels twice as big on the inside.
Hidden Creek
Bonus: Shot from another angle
Here‘s that same sculpture shot from down below near the actual entrance to the engineering library, in the depths below Bechtel hall.
Hanging sculpture
Another one of those hidden spaces, the engineering library in Bechtel hall on Berkeley’s campus is surprisingly off the beaten path. This portal into the depths is located off one of the main routes onto campus from the north, and the sides are about chest height and so it’s easy to miss the hanging sculpture which hangs above the entrance to the library.
Deconstruction
It’s amazing how quickly Campbell hall (previously featured in various stages of its deconstruction here and here) has been reduced to a pile or rubble. Just this past week they have completed the demolition but I was able to capture this shot, with the Campanile in the background, just before it stopped looking like a building and started looking like a pile of rubble.
Decaseconds 