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OriginalBorgund Stave Church in Lærdalen in Lærdal municipality, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in June 2013.
Reason
HQ + EV
Articles in which this image appears
Borgund Stave Church
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Ximonic
  • It's hard to know. I suspect that perhaps some of the perceived distortion/leaning is because of the angle of view. It was taken at 15mm (with a crop sensor camera, so equivalent to 24mm full frame). It looks like the horizon is also the centre point (roughly), so there shouldn't be any leaning induced by the perspective (which you would get if the camera was tilted up or down relative to the horizon). I can't imagine why the photographer would want to introduce a lean that wasn't in the photo to begin with and all 'known verticals' in the image like lamp posts and power lines are roughly vertical, so I'd have to conclude that the building really is leaning in a variety of directions like that, perhaps exacerbated by the angle of view, potential for barrel distortion of the wide angle lens (which has an effect similar to fisheye) and position of the camera relative to the building. It wouldn't be too surprising to me if it did have a lot of quirky leans, as it's an old wooden building. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:03, 3 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Borgund Stave Church in Lærdalen, 2013 June.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 15:30, 5 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]