Shooting from street level to as high as it takes. These are three of a bunch that are in strip form.

The problem with this shape of image is that it is already acting in the observer's mind as a part of a whole. We are used to the idea of a photograph as a particluar ratio of rectangle and this format already has the viewer thinking it is a crop. I like the shape myself. It creates the need for an observation of the image in sequence - assuming the whole has such a completeness that it fools us into thinking we have grasped the formal purpose from first glance. Regarding this, the three images here, I would contend, create differing conditions for a visual analysis.

The middle image shows a single building 'completely' and so this suggests it is the sole subject. The joinery aspects are the upper triangle that is an overhang from the building on the other side of the street, and, perhaps, the encroachment of the other forms and reflection of other buildings as the rest of the city tries to impose itself on it.

The left image is a sliver with the old town hall in crisp light snuggled at base level. I think this arrangement slows the visual process down but also comes off more as a 'crop' rather than a construction of parts.

The buildings on the right have a bit of a party going on, again contrasting old and new but with a less threatening relationship. I have a few more versions where the red brick building is more contrasted, emphasizing the old being put in the shade. Again I think it suffers, in joiner photography terms, by that snese of being able to read the whole too quickly.

I think joiner photography work has a lot to offer city scenes as it is the sheer breadth of detail that is to be exploited. What I am not getting in these three strongly is the shifting viewpoint. There is the intimation of it in two of them of the street level. I now realize I should have tried to get more human action on this level, so that gives me a hint of what to try next when the opportunity arises. Still, I enjoy the design aspect and have at least a dozen more that I have been playing with. I'll put some of them up in the next few days.