This is the Oil refinery located in Cheyenne, WY. Shot was taken during the 2010 Photowalk.Other photos here
Regarding the "looking weird," I think what you're referring to is the effect of a polarizer on a superwide lens.
I wanted to do this because it reimagines the landscape. Instead of romanticizing what was, it romanticizes what is (for me).
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For me, this is an example of where the processing is more interesting than the content of the image, and makes an otherwise average shot more interesting.