Futuristic City?

[Manta]

This cluttered skyline caught my eye during my recent University of Queensland photo trek. The curious looking lecture theatre in the foreground is deliberately distorted - from the direction the photo is shot, the front of the building rises up like the bow of a ship. It really throws the eye and looks out-of-place but there's no particular theme to the architectural styles in this part of the campus.

Comments very welcome.

[Catcha]

Interesting, had to look twice at it. to work at why it was like that .

[Sheetshooter]

Simon,

As one who earns his living photographing the built environment for the likes of architects I have to say that this shot fills me with a certain yearning to go and have a crack at it. There are so many pictures just within that encapsulated view that you have presented.

May I enquire as to what you used to capture the shot - and di you do any perspective corrections in post?

[Raydar]

Great shot.

This would be a great image to play around with PS CS2’s vanishing point tool.
It’s the type of image that stops you in your tracks, then sucks you in.

The number of Angels is awesome!!!

Great work!!!!

Cheers
Ray

[Manta]

Thank you all for the positive comments.

This was pretty well straight out of the camera. Kit lens, 1/400@f8, ISO 200 and (shock! horror!) Auto WB.

PP was only a 5-10% crop to clear some clutter on either side, some slight sharpening and a tweak with the levels. There was no perspective or colour adjustment (apart from the levels). The shot was taken from the top of an external stairwell across the road from these buildings.

[Jeroen]

nice picture I like the lines in it

[Manta]

Thank you Jeroen. I'm pleased you liked it.

[gstark]

The shot was taken from the top of an external stairwell across the road from these buildings.

Thanx for offering this piece of data too. It looked to me as if it had not been shot from ground level, and I think that that adds a lot of the dimension to this image that we're seeing.