Hemisfèric, Valencia

The Eye of Wisdom, Valencia.

The projection hall, The Eye, has a concave screen with a surface area of 900 square metres and a diameter of 24 metres. This symbolises the observation of the world that visitors discover by means of surprising audiovisual projections.

Beautiful on its own, it can also be photographed with other structures within the complex. For example, one exciting photographic opportunity is referred to as The Fish, which incorporates The Eye, the Bones of a Whale and The Tail.

Is it all about the shooting angle? Should you photograph from on high to capture a big sky, or from underneath the road at ground level where the road will always be part of your image.

The lighting? How do you decide when to take the image? Is an image taken during daylight best, or during the blue hour, or after sunset?

What if the wind doesn’t drop and you can’t get a clear reflection of the buildings? What are you going to change your settings to, to make the most the weather conditions? What about filters? The answer is, use what you have, take every opportunity.

These images are no longer holiday snaps, time is taken, all possibilities are considered, different angles explored, settings changed and changed again. You won’t be coming back, today is your only chance. So you take at least one shot of every combination that you can think of and that you have time to execute before the light has gone and your opportunity ended.

Looking at the Fish in the images above, you can see The Eye (Hemespheric), The Bones of the whale (the museum) and the Tail (also known as El Pont de l’Assut de l’Or – or The Harp or just The Bridge). It’s a complex complex.