Outdoor photography
Outdoor photography
Gliwice Radio Station – photographs of the wooden tower by day and night
In this gallery, Gliwice Radio Station is above all a photographic subject: a wooden structure, the rhythm of intersecting beams and a silhouette that changes with the light. I show the tower in daylight against clouds and at night, when illumination draws its lattice structure out of the dark sky. Alongside wide views are close-ups of platforms, antennas and the summit.
Photographing upwards from the base, I looked for frames that emphasised converging lines and the scale of the structure. In some photographs, the beams create an almost symmetrical arrangement; in others, an oblique perspective gives the structure dynamism. Wider views also show the radio station’s surroundings: green space, a path, benches and street lamps. This allows architectural details to be compared with views of the whole tower.
The night photographs have a different character. Illuminated wood and bright points of light stand out clearly against the background, while coloured light at the base adds another accent. I took the photographs in this album with Canon EOS 6D and Canon EOS R6 Mark II cameras. For the night series, I used 30-second exposures; changing the focal length allowed me to move from the complete silhouette to parts of the structure. You can find the settings for each frame under the “More Info” button.
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See also my photographs of cranes in Gdańsk, in which technical structures, their geometry and silhouettes become the main subject of the urban landscape.
