Taken with the Tamron 28-75mm f2.8, of St. Mary Ax in the City. The building in the background is the award-winning "gerkin" (owned by Swiss Re), with an old Wren-era church in the foreground (which I can't remember the name of). Interestingly, I took this while standing on the steps of the equally-famous Lloyds building on Lime Street. I just liked the contrast of old restoration buildings with huge modern blocks towering over them - both being landmarks in their time.
The original was rotated, cropped, focus tweaked, levels adjusted, H&S adjusted, and double-bordered. Nice and simple...
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I've been looking to achieve this shot for some time now (only ever saw these two face-on) and never really explored it - so I never knew you could get this view! It's superb.
and me too, i also took a number of shots from exactly the same position one lunch on the way back to the office. in fact, it was almost the same time of day (at about 1.05pm), but three days earlier on the 19th. when i was taking them, i did see another guy in a suit doing the same sort of thing - i assume you didn't try a rehearsal then, did you??
i also tried the stone facade of an old building in front of Lloyds on the other side of the street, but that was naff. my view from here wasn't nearly as sharp as yours (still learning the beast that is the 20D). i guess it was a slightly obvious shot (i have no imagination, and settled for a swiss re shot anyway), but it conveys the theme and technically a total whiz.
I also took tis shot, for both this and for the architecture challenges - although, to be precise, I probably shot from around two yards in front and a touch to the left of where you stood. I also took a version which included the building to the right of the church - a mid-thirties small office block, though in an ordinary City style, as i thought it added a progression of age that I liked the idea of. I didn't submit those; I think i thought that it'd be done by others, and also I wanted something less obvious (not directly a criticism), and I rather liked the other shot I had by the end of the day. congratulations on your placing and score. Oh, and of course the Wb doesn't need to be sorted.
What a strange building which is new one..! When you attempted to architecture challenge with its shot, i believe that you may get very high score i think.
Beautiful capture and definitely fitting of this challenge. My only quirk that I have with "sky" shots is the darn condensation trail from an airplane. Good luck
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