St. Louis Arch

I was in St. Louis two weeks ago visiting my son and speaking to a class at Washington University on entrepreneurship. We did a bit of sightseeing and went to the Arch. It's a challenge to photograph an iconic monument in a unique way - a quick search on Flickr will reveal over 83,000 photos of the arch that people have bothered to tag.

I'm happy with what I was able to get. These are four of the ~140 shots I took - including views from the top that never seem to work as well as really being there.

These first two are abstacts based on the curve of the arch. Most people who shoot similar angles tend not to turn them 'sideways.'

This third photo is a typical angle, but I like the contrast between the sides of the arch, the sky and clouds. Thank you polarizing filter.

In this final image I teased the arch, hiding behind the trees rather than laying it out there.