Norwegian Royal Palace, Oslo, Norway in HDR

[JRWappel]

3 images (-2, 0, +2) handheld on a cold day

The Norwegian Royal Palace (Slottet) is a huge structure located at the end of Oslo's main street, Karl Johans Gate. The palace is the official residence of the Norwegian Monarch and was completed in 1849.

 

[markj]

The Palace looks like it is falling backwards, Very interesting perspective. Great colors

 

[Kolia]

The colour effect is interesting. But the slightly off square perspective is disturbing. The castle isn't dead on and not at an angle either.

 

[MLeeK]

Hmmm, maybe I'd like to see the distortion fixed.

 

[JRWappel]

Distortion... I'm not sure exactly how much of it is actually distortion and how much is just the geography. The building is set up on a hill and drops down pretty quickly. Obviously with such a large structure, I had to move back quite a ways. The picture was taken directly from the center because my back was to a large statue that's in the middle of the courtyard. I'd say the camera was a good 10+ feet below the base of the building.

This was shot at ~24mm on a Canon 5D mkII with a 24-105mm f4 L lens.

Any ideas about fixing the image?

It was my first time visiting that part of the world and I was able to get some amazing shots even with the crappy weather and limited time I had to work with.

-JRW

 

[JRWappel]

Here is another shot taken from further away... must less distortion.

 

[Kolia]

Looks more better (on my iPhone anyway!)

 

[JRWappel]

Looks more better (on my iPhone anyway!)

I agree... I think it was more of a perspective issue then anything else.

-JRW