Good morning everyone! I apologize that I wasn’t able to make it to all of your shots from yesterday, jury duty and then catching up with work in the evening is certainly eating up a lot of my time. I will do my best to stop by your new posts tonight!
As promised in my last post, today we have some more shots of the Pittsburgh during the snow storm, specifically of the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Since I was there early enough in the day, before the student traffic picked up and the plow trucks came out, I was able to capture some most of my images with fresh snow on the ground.
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The first stop that I made was of the statue of the Panther, the Pitt mascot, located just outside the student union building. I took a low angle on this one to include the iconic Cathedral of Learning in the background.
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As I made my way closer to the Cathedral the barren trees and wet pathway framed the Catedral nicely.
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Through the Cathedral (with a quick stop to warm up!) I found myself facing Heinz Chapel with it’s lone spire piercing the grey morning sky. I don’t think that I’d had ever really even noticed the tree standing next to it before, but I thought that they made a good pair.
This is one of my favorite shots from my trip there. I had taken this shot in the summer a few years back and knew that if I ever made it back in the snow I wanted to try to recreate. This is the pathway that leads from the Cathedral of Learning to Heinz Chapel.
Next up, the doors on Heinz Chapel. This was a bit more of an impromptu shot, as the red doors really seemed to glow against the otherwise bland colors I was seeing during the day.
Turn around 180 degrees and this is the view that you see of the Cathedral, again, a shot that I’ve taken before, but just never in the snow.
Walking back towards the Cathedral, this tree seemed to be ensnaring the building with its snow covered branches.
Eventually I made my way up to the 36th floor and the Honors College, where I last was over the summer to get some shots of the city at night. The doors were locked, but I did manage one shot out of a side window of the Carnegie Mellon campus (above) and the steps from the 35th to the 36th floors (below).
Thanks a lot for stopping by today everyone. I’ll be catching up this evening!
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Great work Dave! Love the shot with the red doors.
Terrific shots Dave! I haven’t been up to Oakland in so long. I need to get up there for some shooting .. with a camera!
Nice set Dave – I especially like the last image and the warmth of the wood. Good stuff!
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Excellent series Dave. The image with the Heinz Chapel is my favorite of the group.
Great set Dave, really is beautiful in the snow.
Awesome series of images, Dave!
I won’t even attempt to pick a fav, they’re all outstanding, man. Nice work.
Nice set of shots here Dave. The snow is gorgeous.
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Great series Dave, love that area, let me know when you have some time open, we can watch the weather and maybe get together on a Saturday
Nice set sir. Really like the 7th image down with the tree in the foreground.
Love that shot of Heinz Chapel Doors! Very cool!
What a great series of shots Dave. Beautiful snow scenes
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there are some beauties between this set, the last one for example, love symmetry!
Great set of images Dave…once again. I particularly like the POV of the Heinz Chapel doors and the tree in front of the cathedral. excellent shots.
Wonderful series of photos Dave – nice work!