you capture life in its best form. awesome n a magnificient one :)
Posted by prasoon at November 11, 2005 02:45 AMWow!
Interesting photo!
Nice picture and instantly recognisable, unlike many streets in the UK which are beginning to all look the same!
Posted by Vanella Mead at November 11, 2005 04:00 AMLovely place. I remember this HMV from when I visited Oxford for a summer school when I was 12.
Posted by Ioannis at November 11, 2005 05:39 AMwow. amazing detail. how did you get it from so high up? doesn't seem like there are any buildings that tall.
Posted by nazzie at November 11, 2005 07:46 AMNice pic.
I wish my vertigo had allowed me to reach the top of Carfax!
Posted by Hadi at November 11, 2005 08:11 AMHeh, I've never seen it from that angle before!
It's amazing how the horizon is so flat, considering it's in a (small) city... nice shot!
Posted by ch424 at November 11, 2005 08:37 AMthere is something very compelling about this photo!
Posted by Lorna at November 11, 2005 09:01 AMbeautiful pic! makes me want to fly over to Europe and shoot around!
Posted by dave at November 11, 2005 09:06 AMthis is too cool!! Oxford looks so beautiful! I love the angle you have on this and the colors! This is great!
Posted by stephanie at November 11, 2005 10:53 AMI note two things here; one being the distortion of the wide angle lens - hard to beat unless you have a tilt/swing lens. And that considered, as one person noted, the horizon is flat, whichis odd considering the wide angle lens set used.
More interesting is that there is only one obvious Moslem lady and that she's in the foreground of the picture. There might be another at distance who's wearing a dark colored hajib which would be hard to detect, but it doesn't seem so. I might have expected to see more Moslems - I guess I'm wrong in that expectation. Certainly as to orthodox women.
A very interesting perspective. You do take effort at finding the right spot.
Posted by Hugh Petrie at November 11, 2005 11:04 AMI'm loving these pics of Oxford. I was a student there 20 years ago, at least some things don't change! (But I thought Austin Reed (bottom right) had folded...)
Wow... very nice. Man, I need to do some more traveling.
Posted by Patrick at November 11, 2005 02:15 PMThe colours are very rich and like how you cropped it. Nice photo.
Posted by Michelle at November 11, 2005 02:38 PMarrested development got cancelled............ I have nothing to say today.
Posted by keith at November 11, 2005 04:05 PMYour camera gives you superpowers so you can fly to such great heights doesnt it?
Great job at capturing the crowds.
Posted by Phil at November 11, 2005 04:19 PMNice tourist photo.
Posted by Sanjin at November 11, 2005 05:59 PMThere's an awesome little cookie shop right near here. Or at least, there used to be. Great shot.
Posted by Fyse at November 11, 2005 07:06 PMThis photo just made me dizzy like I was there looking down on this town. Very weird effect when I first seen this shot. Now that is powerful
Posted by Nancy at November 11, 2005 09:54 PMvery crisp shot sam, i love your shadows and saturation, don't know why you didn't win photograph of the year at the pbloggies :-)
Posted by shane montgomery at November 11, 2005 10:53 PMThis is such a great wide-angle shot... So well composed. The muted earthtones are great here.
Posted by Abe at November 13, 2005 12:28 PM"god complex" ;) nice
Posted by triscar at November 15, 2005 04:31 PMTaken from burger king by any chance? :p Awesome photo.
Posted by Jack at January 5, 2009 05:02 AM