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Info all by Wladyslaw. The image shows the Gate of Saint Alban, one of three obtained historic gates of the city wall in Basel, Switzerland. The image shows the building in high resolution and established sharpness. The rising sun shows the gate in a profitable manner. I don't wanted to retouche the nice woof-woof ;-) -- Wladyslaw (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment For me it appears the vertical field of view is so large that making a 'perfect' perspective correction is perhaps not so sensible?? Verticals are vertical, but by eye it appears to me that the tower gets wider and wider the further we go up (at one stage it actually does go out, but that is not what I mean). That makes the tower look disproportionate. Anyone else getting the same perception? --Slaunger (talk) 19:42, 10 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is a little noticeable. Probably it is because the top of the tower is actually wider than the bottom because of the lip. I think our eyes look at the bottom and then the top first, notice the difference in width, and just assume that it has progressively become larger when actually it was the same width until the very top. It was perhaps designed that way to counter the effects of perspective but then when the image is vertically corrected, the effect becomes enhanced. Diliff (talk) 07:19, 14 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
SupportVery slight CA around the tower finial, but I would have to be a real wet blanket to let that spoil this otherwise accomplished image. And do I detect a no-dogs-allowed sign on the tower?. Daniel Case (talk) 21:05, 12 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Info all by Wladyslaw. The image shows the Gate of Saint Alban, one of three obtained historic gates of the city wall in Basel, Switzerland. The image shows the building in high resolution and established sharpness. The rising sun shows the gate in a profitable manner. I don't wanted to retouche the nice woof-woof ;-) -- Wladyslaw (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
Support -- Wladyslaw (talk) 19:00, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
Comment For me it appears the vertical field of view is so large that making a 'perfect' perspective correction is perhaps not so sensible?? Verticals are vertical, but by eye it appears to me that the tower gets wider and wider the further we go up (at one stage it actually does go out, but that is not what I mean). That makes the tower look disproportionate. Anyone else getting the same perception? --Slaunger (talk) 19:42, 10 August 2014 (UTC)
. Daniel Case (talk) 21:05, 12 August 2014 (UTC)
