The Twin Tower in KL

Alec, I don't know what the limitations of your lens was but a slightly wider lens would have enabled the tops of the towers to be shown. Also, a little work in PS (curves) improves the detail in the palms lining the streets without adversly affecting the rest of the shot. In any case a result to be pleased with. Not a common view of this building. Best, LM.

Len, it's actually a 18-70mm Nikkor ED lens and I got this shot with just some distraction. Had to use the perspective tool to straighten the towers. It will be difficult to take both the towers with a long lens as there are too many buildings blocking the view. I think the best way is to get to the top of another building but after Sept 11 all buildings have tighten up security.

Alex,

I have done this type of perspective correction and it always does injustice to the towers' majestic height :)

 

KLCC is a very difficult building to shot. As you had experienced any shot within short walking distance and full sight of the entire tower presents perspective distortion. Suggestions for your future trips. 1. Cross the KLCC park to the Mobil Exxon building carpark. 2. Walk along J Ampang, past Zouk towards Concorde junction (where Hard Rock is). Head for the Dang Wangi LRT station and look back.

 

... I am guessing you were here over the Singapore National Day weekend. KL was swamped with Singapore cars last weekend :)

It appears that this is a little out of tilt Alec. The tower on the right is noticeably leaning to the left. I like it otherwise though. Something about the lines on the tower is pretty cool.

Alec, so here is the promised twin Petronas Towers shot. I love it. It goes beyond a photographic image. It has textural qualities to it's look. I fell like running my finger tip up and down the storeys of windows. Don't mind the building left field either. A metallic look if I ever saw one. Digital alterations not immediate to my eye on either first or second looks. Well finished off. Thanks and Cheers,

Overall, this is a nice shot. I see some color fringing at the upper levels of the towers, but maybe it's just my bad monitor.

A million kudos to you Alec for taking photos

like this. It made me green. Thanks for your photos,as if I have been in those places too looking at your portfolios...

 

Well done

Definitely your monitor Bob. There is however a slight halo perhaps due to the unsharp mask tweak.

 

Chua, you right about the traffic, I got stuck in the immigration going back to Singapore for more than an hour.

 

Sally, Jennifer, Magu thanks for your comments. Truly appreciate it.

Matty, it's nice to see for yourself and I know many Australians are charmed by the shopping bargains as well as the varied dining available there.

 

 

Taken in late afternoon.

I do not think it was Bob's monitor, as I have a perfectly sharp DELL 20" LCD (1600x1200) here and see the same. (Does not matter that, in principle, CRT monitors are better for photography; I have such a one (EIZO) at home and I am sure I would see the same there too.) To my eyes, what we can see in this photo is Moire / Bayer interpolation 'maze' artifact, which is typical for D70. See http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond70/page17.asp. Regards.