one of your bests.
Posted by Victor at April 23, 2006 03:11 AMVery nice photo. I like the shifted down saturation, it makes the whole scene looking very elegant.
Posted by Tomasz at April 23, 2006 03:22 AMWow - that is remarkably striking. Likely the best photo of the Parliament Building I have ever seen. Good work!
Posted by Kevin at April 23, 2006 03:27 AMit's not fair how the clouds follow you wherever you go
Posted by kolos at April 23, 2006 03:30 AMAmazing shot!!! What about making it black & white?
Posted by Dave at April 23, 2006 04:13 AMI just wanted to let you know you are such a bad ass :) thats it
Posted by Adrian at April 23, 2006 04:15 AMVery nice photo!
Posted by Enrico at April 23, 2006 06:14 AMAmazing photo. I have been visiting your site everyday and really love your photos. I'm using 350D too and hope that one day I can upgrade my kit lens to 17-40L.
Posted by Komshiki at April 23, 2006 06:26 AMPues te ha quedado perfecta. Muy bonita
Posted by Manuel at April 23, 2006 07:30 AMI don't think I've ever seen a better shot of the building Sam!! I hope you saw the sound and light show while you were there. The entire facade of the building is one giant screen, and the sound was phenomenal!!
Posted by Henry at April 23, 2006 08:09 AMGreat symmetry, really like the toning of the picuture.
Posted by Linus at April 23, 2006 09:00 AMLovely! What a neat looking building.
Posted by Laurie at April 23, 2006 09:28 AMwow i'm speechless. a wonderful shot, the symetric works well and good contrast between sky and building!
Posted by sushi at April 23, 2006 09:59 AM...I love and hate you both at the same time. :D
Great shot, amazing colour & detail.
I need a DLSR, my Toshiba compact just doesn't compare...
*bows down to the greatness that is The Javanrouh*
Posted by BHSG at April 23, 2006 10:28 AMIts a good pic and the effect u added.Good work buddy. Could you tell me how much the Canon 350d costs in US dollars.Thanks & keep up he good work
Posted by Anup at April 23, 2006 10:42 AMسلام. خوبيد؟
واييييييييييييي اين عكس خيلي زيباست
Very nicely handled, Sam; but let's keep in mind that PT lens could not have done it without your help :)
Well done; and thanks for sharing the technical insight along with a good image.
great shot. I love the color of the sky.
Posted by faustina at April 23, 2006 11:06 AMOur nations capital!
Posted by Eli Singer at April 23, 2006 11:06 AMwonderful shot. it feels like flying when i regard it.
Posted by Dan-Philipp Krenn at April 23, 2006 11:07 AMFabulous shot Sam!
Thanks for mentioning the PTLens plugin as well...I downloaded it and it has some handy editing features that will be very usefull!
Cheers.
Posted by Dave MacIntyre at April 23, 2006 11:24 AMbrilliant.
Posted by rabsteen at April 23, 2006 11:54 AMGreat Shot! Really Great Shot! great composition and colour! how do you get your sky that tone Sam? what contrast/Hue are you playing with?
You continue to get better and better!
Ryan
Posted by Ryan at April 23, 2006 11:59 AMHuh looks like Big Ben in the middle there. Great image. The sky really helps to add to the power of the building.
Posted by Pete Carr at April 23, 2006 12:42 PMhow did you make the illustrated feal from photoshop?
Posted by john at April 23, 2006 01:01 PMWhen I was a student,My teacher always said“Don’t put the subject on the center of picture......”
Mmmmm
It looks better than the real thing.
Posted by Jean at April 23, 2006 01:34 PMExcellent shot- tones, angle, everything is really well done.
Posted by Kevin at April 23, 2006 02:32 PMit's good to know that, no matter how much the government might lean to the right, the building will always lean to the left!
Posted by telly at April 23, 2006 02:33 PMwow! Sam do you ever get into trouble photographing government buildings? Your tick accent probably doesn't help either...
Posted by tee at April 23, 2006 02:41 PMAh! My home town. Looks like you've saturated this a bit for the sky. I note that Tomasz refers to "saturating down" but I'd say, judging by the sky, the saturation was increased. The stone is a color I've never seen in it over my 74 years. When I was 16, 58 years ago, and summer bag boy for Malak Karsh, I saw hundreds of images of this building from every imaginable perspective. I don't know that I'd say, like Kevin, that it's the best I've seen but it surely is good.
The very square front you get with the ptlens is good in one view, but in tower shots looking up the loss of the narowing top would be very weird. Useful lens for an architectural photographer.
Tee should know that there are few places in Canada that a photographer would be challenged for security. But we know too well how uptight it's become.
Posted by Hugh Petrie at April 23, 2006 04:39 PMwow, great!
Posted by Rui at April 23, 2006 06:16 PMWhat a symmetry! Great shot of the building and the sky and the clouds just make it perfect.
Posted by VG at April 23, 2006 06:30 PMWould be great if u tell us something more about the "illustrated feel"...
Great capture !
Posted by enric at April 23, 2006 07:22 PMThe "downshifted" saturation heregives the effect of a hand-colored 35mm. Sharpness is top notch, and the sky adds to the overall timelessness of the subject.
Posted by Timothy Gray at April 23, 2006 07:41 PMsam, kudos on this picture. i must say that it's one of the favorites i've seen in a long while. i'm curious to know what the original looked like before the crop. either way - amazing!!
Posted by eric yang at April 23, 2006 08:36 PMNice image.. like the toned down saturation here.. the building seems quite inspired by the British Parliament!
Posted by Rahul Kumar at April 23, 2006 10:38 PMYou've given it the look of a vintage postcard - all that's missing are the Mounties! Lovely shot of a lovely building in a lovely city, Sam! Thanks!
Posted by Kathy at April 24, 2006 12:15 AMI think the clock tower is off-centre though ;-)
Posted by Peggy at April 24, 2006 12:58 AMamazing..
Posted by Matt at April 24, 2006 01:58 AMHey Sam beautiful architectural shot
Posted by Andy [fotopromenade] at April 24, 2006 02:52 AMStunning Photo...
Where do you even start analyzing this...just amazing.
Is PTLens better than using the built in distortion/perspective correction options in PS2?
Posted by Jeremy at April 24, 2006 11:19 AMI have been a avid visitor of your site and truth is that, some times that visit make my day. This visit is one of them. Excellent photo.
Posted by Santhosh at April 24, 2006 01:50 PMTee, I am not sure what you mean about Sam's "thick" accent! Man! This is Canada! Everybody has an accent!
Wow. This pic is great. It was a surreal feel to it, toned down like in a dream.
Posted by kristarella at April 25, 2006 03:08 AMLooks very similar to the University of Glasgow building, although it's less gothic!
Posted by Ali at April 27, 2006 01:17 PMbrings such chill down on my spine by just looking at this pic...
I lived there for a year.. and the memories are still so vivid... on that Canada day... with thousands of people on the street surrounding the parliment... what an awesome experience..
This shot of the parliment is by far the best that I've seen anywhere... absolutely breathtaking...
Thank you Sir!! ^^
Great wide shot - nice tones!
Posted by Abe at May 4, 2006 05:21 PM