June 14, 2006 - Obelisk (by denton)

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While photographing the setting sun I played a little with perspective. The obelisk shown is in the Springwood Cemetery in downtown Greenville. The Landmark (BB&T) building is in the background. The obelisk is actually about 12 feet high.

8 Comments

• At 2006.06.14 00:16, Mark said:

  Nice shot! Good use of perspective.

  PS I find this new comment format a little less than user friendly

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• At 2006.06.14 06:44, chris.h. said:

  Ha–brilliant–you completely had me fooled–great shot.

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• At 2006.06.14 06:45, Celine said:

  Nicely done. It didn’t occur to me when I first saw the photo the obelisk was actually much smaller than you made it appear.

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• At 2006.06.14 09:59, Nerissa said:

  LOL. Being an Ancient Egypt nut, it never even occured to me to think about the perspective. I was looking at it to see if it was the real thing ! *laughing at myself*

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• At 2006.06.14 11:36, Carol said:

  Great shot!!! Really had me fooled.

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• At 2006.06.14 12:43, Nicola said:

  Looks like you’re experimenting with the ancient times. Yesterday the roman columns, today the egyptian obelisk, what are we gonna see tomorrow? ;) Love the light in this photo!

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• At 2006.06.14 15:25, Edwin said:

  Only 12′ high? You did a great job fooling about with perspectives. I looked at the picture for some time and imagined how I would’ve taken the picture to get that effect if I were in your position.

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• At 2006.06.14 22:53, denton said:

  Thanks for your comments.

  Mark, I will look to see if I can improve the comment interface.

  Nicola, tomorrows photo is old but not ancient.

  Edwin, I did the same thing on the June 13th photo. Check it out then click on the link in the text labeled “different perspective”.

  Thanks everyone.

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