Grand Mosque Medan Photo

Photographer’s Note

another grand mosque shot

Grand Mosque Medan was build in 1812, by Deli Sultan (king). The architecture was mix between arabic, chinese and Malay. Unfortunately some of it are in good condition. Safe the National Heritage.
Camera : Nikon D70s
Lens : D70s Kit
Filter : Hoya UV + CPL
Speed : 1/200s
F : 7.1

I want avoid the distortion but with low angle its seems hard. Any idea ??

rgd, yan m

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stefi (1147) 2006-07-24 7:07

Hi Yan, the shot is not bad, only a pity for the left angle of the stairs. Exposure is OK for such a hard light.
It is not a problem of distortion, it's so called "falling lines", a prospectic effect created by the fact that POV is significantly lower than the center of the subject.
You can avoid it in 3 ways:
1. shot from an higher POV (not so easy)
2. use a large format camera (it can be harder than 1.)
3. use prospectic correction in PS or PanoTools (http://slash72.club.fr/gurl/perspective/perspective.htm)
Bye!
Stefano

aralda (1240) 2006-07-24 7:46