UP!

Vikram Franklin

UP!

Just having a little fun with the UWA (10-20 Sigma) :-)

Nikon D80
Sigma 10-20 @ 10mm
f/8
Processed in CS3

This is another viewpoint of this building

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UP! by Vikram Franklin
UP! by Vikram Franklin
  • Bradley Shawn  Rabon

    Bradley Shawn ...

    Wow this is absolutely brilliant. I love the tones and contrasts. What a fabulous perspective.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Shawn – amazing what the digital darkroom allows you to do! Applied a pseudo-orange filter onto the B&W conversion!

  • GordonScott

    GordonScott

    Lovely angle and quality Vikram.

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you so much Gordon – good to hear from you!

  • blueeyesjus

    blueeyesjus

    Great perspective and perfect in B+W, I used to have to run around with my old SLR and red filter taking pics like this for work, is UWA Uni of West Aus?

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Yep – that’s what I did (digitally) – applied an orange filter.
    Not anywhere close to Perth – this is an office building in Bangalore.
    UWA is Ultra Wide Angle – I used a Sigma 10-20 to get this perspective and ‘fit it all in the frame’.

  • Nathalie Chaput

    Nathalie Chaput

    LOVE it!!

    Awesome shot Vikram!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Awww – thanks so much Nat!! Much appreciated!

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Ah man I want that lens soooooo badly Vikram! You are such a tease! This is absolutely fantastic! I love the post work you have done a lot. Perfect tones…...awesome and an instant fave :)

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    LOL!! Thanks for the fav and great comment Shelly. If I really wanted to tease, I’d have sent you a link such as this one
    It is a great focal length to play with!
    PS – I’d also suggest the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 which wasn’t available to me when I bought the Sigma – but now is available freely.

  • Ursula Rodgers

    Ursula Rodgers

    WOW! Love this perspective! Terrific b&w….love the orange filter. It brings out some great contrasts!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you Ursula! We often forget the red, orange, green, blue and yellow filters from old film days – I thought it made a big difference to this shot – glad you think so too!

  • Shelly Hiebert

    Shelly Hiebert

    Oh man! Don’t confuse me even more! So if you had the choice you would go with the Tokina?

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    I probably would have Shelly – just that I didn’t get a chance to test one (it was very early days and it had only just been released worldwide). A pro friend of mine who shoots ads for Tokina (obviously with Tokina lenses) – swears by it now and I take his reccomendations pretty seriously.
    If going with the Sigma – test shoot a few samples and then choose the lens. I thought the reports of quality differences between pieces were rubbish till I zoomed in and pixel-peeped.

  • Appel

    Appel

    Stunning! A fav for me!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you much – you’re always so kind!
    Thanks for the fav too!

  • Thierry Vincent

    Thierry Vincent

    This is a great architecture shot! Your angle is perfect and the B&W treatment is really awesome… You really got a good grip on the 10-20 as well as Photoshop…

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thank you – really glad you like this one.
    The 10-20 is a fantastic lens – it gives one a great focal length to play with!

  • simonesphotos

    simonesphotos

    Love the converging verticals and pov, and I love the plant juxtaposing nature against the concrete jungle.. awesome mono processing too!! Great work once again Vikram!

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Simone – that was the idea when I took the pic (the greenery against the concrete) – but it probably came out better in the colour version.

  • PeterBusser

    PeterBusser

    Love the dynamic the UWA adds to this shot. Great to see you’re having fun with it. I’ve been enjoying this lens this week. And it will definitely join me on my trip to Argentina :-).

  • Vikram Franklin replied

    Thanks Peter – this lens is HUGE fun! Look forward to your pics from Argentina!

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    fabulous,

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