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Rouen Cathedral
Covered in flamboyant Gothic stonework, the Rouen Cathedral is an ancient Roman Catholic cathedral located in the city of Rouen in Normandy. The cathedral has the seventh-tallest recorded height among all church buildings in the world at 151m. WiKi
At the cathedral site in Rouen, there was a church built by Bishop Victricius during the late 4th century. The building was destroyed during the Viking invasion in the 9th century, but it was rebuilt and enlarged by Richard I, the grandson of Viking leader Rollo. The consecration of the church in 1063 was done in the presence of William I
See PiP for perspective corrected version.
At the cathedral site in Rouen, there was a church built by Bishop Victricius during the late 4th century. The building was destroyed during the Viking invasion in the 9th century, but it was rebuilt and enlarged by Richard I, the grandson of Viking leader Rollo. The consecration of the church in 1063 was done in the presence of William I
See PiP for perspective corrected version.
Nouchetdu38, Peter_Private_Box, Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿, Erhard Bernstein and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo
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Nice to see this cathedral, and the story. As you say, many seem under repair these days, (which I suppose is like painting the Forth bridge).
An unfortunate sign of the times is that big cities need to keep the churches locked as so many low lifes would go in there and 'use it for purposes other than it was intended'. That said, outside of the big cities most churches do seem to be open..
Interesting discussion about the perspective.. With it being so high, what else can you do, except walk back almost a mile... (but probably that was not possible either!)
Best Wishes, and a good weekend
Peter
Thanks for adding the PiP. I spent a very long time pondering the perspective dilemma. I looked on Google streetview, and certainly there was no better place you could go. Interestingly there is a view of the left tower from some way down a side street. www.google.com/maps/@49.4410108,1.093079,3a,75y,107.34h,86.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sA6VPOGapyM1dGNVtOdP3tQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
This shows the correct geometry, which is pretty close to your software correction.
In my humble opinion, I think the answer lies in the application of the perspective correction software. As the top is further away, sure its width is smaller, but also is its height. So we need to correct by stretching the corners of the picture outwards and upwards, the exact stretch vector (angle and amount) being chosen to make it look as to what the eye considers natural. Or we can do as you did, and post exactly what we saw from the street outside (which is not the view most people expect of a cathedral).
As ever, no right and no wrong, which is the nice thing of our hobby!
(Interestingly, most photos of this cathedral on the internet have taken your approach, rather than attempt a software correction).
Best Wishes
Peter
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