Figure 1 – A Tribute to Piranasi, Madison, WI. (c) DE Wolf 2014.

Circumventing the interior of the Wisconsin State House I was struck by the multitude of columns, arches, and circles, by the light of the sky piercing in through the dome combined with the lamps and the atmospheric darkness.  It reminded me so much of an architectural etch by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778).  And it was just this etching quality that I sought to capture in the image of Figure1. I think that both the toning and the graininess of the light at ISO 3200 both lend to the sense of ink.  To include as many of the architectural features as I could I used the widest lens setting I had 18.0 mm. I feel that it is almost like a bromoil print and is exactly what I wanted.

Canon T2i with EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens at 18.0 mm, ISO 3200, Aperture- Priority AE mode at 1/200th sec at f/4.0 with no exposure compensation.