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The church and the sky

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 19 February 2007 in Cityscape & Urban.

A part of me wants the concept of heaven to be true. To fly up into bright blue skies and live amongst the clouds. Alas, reason and rationality have the majority control in my mind, delegating such fantasy to my dreams.

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Comments (15)

Sidonie from Sydney, Australia

Old and new, and a cottonwool sky. Angle gets it all & the brown against blue gives two-tonal composition.

19 Feb 2007 11:00am

sinem from Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

wow, love this, little vertigo going on everytime i look at this image :D

Suby

19 Feb 2007 11:34am

Siba from London, United Kingdom

Great angle! Thanks for the blue sky Aaron, couldn't remember how it looks like! :)

19 Feb 2007 12:12pm

@Siba: Glad to see you've made it to London! Hope you're having fun. =)

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

classic Aaron shot - love the sky and the crazy angle

19 Feb 2007 3:18pm

bfn from Columbia, MO, United States

It's not the church and sky, but what is interposed between church and sky that gives this photo its depth and dissonance. (Not to mention all sorts of interesting metaphorical implications!)

19 Feb 2007 3:35pm

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

I like the contrast between old and new, the sky is really cool, I liked the feeling of movement of the clouds, nice angle!

19 Feb 2007 3:45pm

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

Cool composition.....and very beautiful.

19 Feb 2007 4:48pm

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Love the juxtaposition of old, new and natural. Clear skies too!

19 Feb 2007 5:53pm

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Love the creative perspective! Absolutely wonderful tones and texture! Very well done Aaron!

19 Feb 2007 6:32pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I like it a lot. Like the contrast between blue and brown, the composition and the sharpness!

19 Feb 2007 7:35pm

Michael Zhang from New York City, United States

Great idea to make the buildings diagonal - it gives such a force of movement towards the infinite sky.

20 Feb 2007 3:23am

Lightscape from Redondo Beach, United States

You really feel like you are looking up. Really great image -- Rory

20 Feb 2007 5:35am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

Great contrast between old and new! The angle and the cloudy sky definitely add a movement feeling to the whole composition. Well done!

20 Feb 2007 9:12am

Ann Kravitz from Florence NJ, United States

The image is spectacular. Your commentary is endearing. The sky can only be described as "heavenly". I really love it!!!

20 Feb 2007 4:35pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

I know what you mean, but really, as Mark Twain said: Heaven for the weather, Hell for the company.

9 Jan 2008 2:46pm

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