The Crystal Palace, an exhibition hall in Hyde Park, London, was the site of the first international exposition in 1851. The exposition was a great success, attracting more than six million visitors during the five months that it was open to the public. The impressive structure, consisting of an intricate network of slender iron rods sustaining walls of glass, was built expressly for the exposition and was not intended to be permanent. The main body of the building was 1,848 feet (563 m) long and 408 feet (124 m) wide; the central transept, of which this is my representation, was 108 feet (33 m) high.

Yet to go in is a monster tree that nearly reached the roof
and perhaps the fountain that stood in front of the tree, various statues etc., My picture, the central trancept, will be a WIP of the actual building of the Palace and not the completed structure.

Any tips on lighting this type of building (so much glass) would be much appreciated and please ANY comments to improve the image would also be a great help.

Thanks
Bye now....Dennis

Attached Link: http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Crystal_Palace.html

Great buildings online has some closeups of the Ironwork details. There are also photo details of Paxton's palm house. Increase your total internal reflections to get rid of the black spots that will show up on your glass panes. Default is 2 so with two or more panes in between the camera the last one can appear black.

Wow! No tips, just Wow! This has always been one of my favorite buildings. A true and very beautiful milestone of modern architecture. I'll be looking for the final of this one for sure.

I've always wondered what it looked like. I knew it had to be destroyed in WW1, because German bombers were using it as a beacon to guide them in to bomb London. A very tragic loss. It's going to be beautiful.

Wow! That looks super. :)

And yet another Wow. That is really great. A great loss to all of us who have never seen it for real. It burned down in the mid 30's, but the area where it was moved to is still known as Crystal Palce to this day.

I use to live in sight of the Crystal Palace TV transmitters, they are just across the street from the Crystal Palace site. I've actually seen the site and always thought it a shame they never rebuilt it. Nearby is a park with life-sized models of prehistoric creatures hidden in the trees and stuff...it's awesome!.

BTW: Great work so far, Dennis!