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Original - La Giralda, bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville, as viewed from Plaza Virgen de los Reyes in Seville, Spain.
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Well, it makes a bit of a departure from the usual ultra high res, perspective-corrected architectural photos that I tend to take, but I found that it was not possible to find any other pleasing position to take this photo from. This is a deceptively tall tower (almost 100m tall, and the tallest in the world at the time it was built), and the small square surrounding it simply wasn't big enough to allow you to step back far enough. This image shows the sort of distortion you'd get if you tried, and the tower would only look worse (more distorted) when viewed in detail. So although it is a somewhat awkward angle, the image has grown on me and I think it is probably one the most aesthetic views of the tower possible given geographical constraints. Other images seem to suggest that this is the case too.
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User:Diliff
  • Support as nominator --Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 11:53, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - Medium quality (perhaps due the lighting). - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 05:20, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Oppose I want to support this one, I really do, but the colours from the lighting give it an un-natural look - would be better in day light IMO. And although there's not a lot that can be done about it, I really find the angle that everything else in the picture seems to be leaning at off-putting... I know its perspective, not acutal tilt, but it annoys me... Sorry... Gazhiley (talk) 10:32, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak Support Lighting is pretty good IMO but I find the perspective distracting. Probably one of those subjects of which FPs are almost impossible to create. --Muhammad(talk) 15:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral for now. Weak Support A picture of the tower alone is justified since it is an entity of its own. The quality is not as good as your other pictures, but is sufficient compared with other FP's. The sky is really beautiful. Whether the tower is illuminated or not doesn't affect the EV imo. I don't really like the perspective however and wonder if it is necessary. You're right about the fact that it's impossible to take a decent photograph from the tower up close. But couldn't you have climbed a rooftop of a restaurant for example in a 500 meter radius around the tower (since you have a zoomlens)? Also this view reduces the EV a little since the detail from the top segment of the tower is a little obscured because the tower gets smaller towards the top. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 21:17, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • True, a rooftop view might have been better, but I didn't have access to a rooftop - I was only there for one night and didn't ask around which had the best view of the tower, or ask whether I could set up my tripod in their restaurant. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 21:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • I always use Google Earth and Maps to determine in advance from which spot I'm going to take the picture. The fact that you were in Seville for only one day, shouldn't count in assessing your picture ;-). --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 22:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • Oh, I definitely agree, but having access to a private building in order to get the best possible view shouldn't necessarily be required for a FP either! Ðiliff «» (Talk) 18:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I changed my vote. This picture does grow on you and the 'WoW' is undeniable. --Massimo Catarinella (talk) 00:01, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I looked at this and thought to myself "That's the kind of wow/brilliance within a photo that I enjoy seeing on the Main Page". upstateNYer 17:30, 4 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support: If perspective is well-judged and well-captured to make an aesthetic photograph, it can also sometimes hold a lot of EV. Here is a perfect, and pleasing example, of the perspective of the building, that shows just how tall the tower is, in the position from which most people would be viewing it. Quality and colours seem okay to me. Maedin\talk 18:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:La Giralda, Seville, Spain - Sep 2009.jpg --jjron (talk) 06:04, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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