Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 15 May 2008 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
A massive overhead crane in an old steelworks near Sheffield now converted into a museum.
This is the kind of distortion you get if you point an extreme wide angle lens upward. Still, I thought in this case the distortion added something to the photo. What do you think?
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Somehow you even manage to make cranes look good! Nice, unexpected colors in this as well.
15 May 2008 12:10am
@Sharon: Thanks Sharon....even this wide angle view doesn't really give the true picture of the scale of this huge building!
You have made the industrial very pleasing here, Ian. A wonderful image.
15 May 2008 12:25am
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael....I love this kind of photography as much as the more traditional landscape views.
What a gorgeous work! Nice shot.
15 May 2008 2:56am
@Ana Lúcia: Thanks very much Ana!
Super shot, Ian! I think the distortion is okay, because here it is clearly seen as intended effect. Depends on the overall impression, here it's just right!
15 May 2008 7:56am
@MadScientist: Thanks...it's rare for me to point this 10-20 lens off the horizontal but there was no choice on this occasion and for once the distortion actually added something to the image.
Esta tambien es muy buena , buen trabajo con el procesado!!
15 May 2008 11:12am
@NJ & SB Photography: Thanks very much!
nice lighting and pov
15 May 2008 11:39am
@yiannis krikis: Thanks very much Yiannis!....congratulations by the way, I saw your blog is one of the featured "hot photoblogs" at Photoblogs.org
Great shot, very interesting
15 May 2008 1:47pm
@Alun Lambert: Thanks very much Alun!
I like the distortion as it gives an even greater sense of depth and scale. I also really like how the colours seem to have shifted a bit with this long exposure... almost like in the old days with film when you'd get a little reciprocity. Again, you've managed to make the ordinary quite extraordinary!!
15 May 2008 9:38pm
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