Burj Dubai at Full Height. (tallest building)

timethief · Mar 16, 2009

Yes they have reached full hight.
I will try to get a better point of view in the near future.
this was just to show how enormous this structure really is.
official tallest building in the world is Taipei 101.

Taipei 101 at 509 m (1,667 ft) 101 floors.
Burj Dubai at 818 m (2,684 ft) 162 floor.

mitsugirly · Mar 16, 2009

Oh my. That is crazy. I don't think I'd want to be on one of those upper floors. Nice shot comparable to the other buildings.

AtlPikMan · Mar 16, 2009

I am fascinated by The Burj and everything Dubai, please post more!

molsen · Mar 16, 2009

you need a wider lens or to get further away so you can get the ground in the shot

timethief · Mar 16, 2009

mitsugirly said:
Oh my. That is crazy. I don't think I'd want to be on one of those upper floors. Nice shot comparable to the other buildings.

Thanks mitsugirly.

I am fascinated by The Burj and everything Dubai, please post more!

I will try to take better shots and post more. this on on my way home so didnt have any preperations.

you need a wider lens or to get further away so you can get the ground in the shot

Yep i do need a wider lens, but not for this shot. I had the ground in the frame just cropped it out because it doesnt look good.
Thanks for your comments.

molsen · Mar 17, 2009

interesting decision. without the ground, I find it difficult to conceptualize the actual size of the buildings. there's no reference point.

can you post the uncropped version for comparison?

Al-Wazeer · Mar 17, 2009

perfect shot

i like it, it shows you how TALL is that tower!

molsen · Mar 17, 2009

no it doesn't, because you can't see the ground lol

timethief · Mar 17, 2009

molsen said:
interesting decision. without the ground, I find it difficult to conceptualize the actual size of the buildings. there's no reference point.

can you post the uncropped version for comparison?

Well here it is. you can judge for yourself. those small white buildings at the bottom of the picture are around 1km away from the tower itself. so i thought that they somehow distort the propotions in the image.

thanks for following up.

tasman · Mar 17, 2009

Isnt the air thinner up there? Hope the top suite comes with a supply of oxygen.

timethief · Mar 17, 2009

tasman said:
Isnt the air thinner up there? Hope the top suite comes with a supply of oxygen.

apparently some women work on the cranes on the high floors.
seems that women are better at handling BP problems at very high altitudes.

molsen · Mar 17, 2009

i still don't feel there's enough ground in the uncropped version. i want to see where the bldg starts. but I see why you cropped it how you did

timethief · Mar 18, 2009

molsen said:
i still don't feel there's enough ground in the uncropped version. i want to see where the bldg starts. but I see why you cropped it how you did

I will take a couple more with a wider lens so we can compare. But i think that a wider lens might make the tower look smaller.