Tilted Tabernacle

April 21, 2010

A tilted view of the Cathedral of Our Lady from the Scheldt River. - Antwerp, Belgium - Daily Travel Photos
(Antwerp, Belgium)
f/7.1 ▪ 1/1250s ▪ @70mm ▪ ISO200 ▪ Canon 5D ▪ Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8
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A tilted view of the Cathedral of Our Lady from the Scheldt River.

I tend to stray away from tilted compositions unless the situation absolutely calls for it. I wanted to compress the foreground and background elements so for a telephoto lens to squeeze the entire cathedral and old buildings into the frame, I was forced to tilt.

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A local on a bicycle snaps a quick photo of the Cathedral of Our Lady from the Scheldt River belvedere. - Antwerp, Belgium - Daily Travel Photos
(Antwerp, Belgium)
f/7.1 ▪ 1/800s ▪ @70mm ▪ ISO200 ▪ Canon 5D ▪ Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8

A local on a bicycle snaps a quick photo of the Cathedral of Our Lady from the Scheldt River belvedere.

The hordes of people walking around in the photo are passengers of a massive cruise ship docked in Antwerp for the day. It's still relatively cold in Antwerp so the streets remain mostly tranquil and tourist-free - unless an overpriced cruise-ship floats into town. The tourist office informs me that the peak season for street-clogging tourism begins around mid-May, only a few weeks away. Whoa is me.