Captured with the Rodenstock 50mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/4.5) on a Cambo WRS-1600 camera (with about 15mm of vertical shift to preserve the geometry), the Phase One IQ4-150 back (@ ISO 50) in dual exposure mode (which preserves a couple stops of additional dynamic range into the shadows).The tower's shape is irregular; it tapers slightly.The wide angle and panoramic orientation give a bit of context, alone on a hill (which is being rapidly encroached by adjacent residential development).

@mattblaze When I was a kid I thought this belonged to the county communications center because that is what I had heard. I saw it every single day from the lower east foothills. I never got close enough to see it in detail until highway 87 opened.

@mattblaze I’ve seen (and enjoyed) this picture multiple times now and only today did I realize what it reminds me of. Bell towers of modern (european?) church architecture. Especially with that four-sided cross-shaped structure… it looks less like functional radio infrastructure than a modern bell tower.