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What/where is the location of the (third) picture with two ladies and a very curvy street? That looks like an optical illusion of sort given his POV, or is the

by caio1982 9y ago

What/where is the location of the (third) picture with two ladies and a very curvy street? That looks like an optical illusion of sort given his POV, or is the street really as curvy and as steep as that? Beautiful shot that one.

MrUnderhill 9y ago
I walk by this street corner every now and then, and was puzzled by this as well. It's quite different today, but the location is more or less on top of the National Theater railway station [1]. I think you are right about the lens making it look more curvy/steep, in this aerial photo from 1937 [2], you can tell it's just 180 degrees. [1] https://goo.gl/maps/TNMB6AMVJSA2 https://goo.gl/maps/TNMB6AMVJSA2 [2] https://kart.finn.no/?lng=10.73088&lat=59.91467&zoom=19&mapType=historicalm-Oslo-1937%40h https://kart.finn.no/?lng=10.73088&lat=59.91467&zoom=19&mapT...
jaclaz 9y ago
Victoria Terrace (Terrasse), Oslo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Terrasse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Terrasse It doesn't seem particularly stretched by a "fish-eye" effect, all vertical lines of the buildings remain vertical, it is just a particular effect of the perspective, compare with: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Oslo._Victoria_terasse_-_NB_MS_G4_0396.jpg/500px-Oslo._Victoria_terasse_-_NB_MS_G4_0396.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Os... https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Fil:70._Christiania,_Victoria_Terrasse,_1892_-_NB_bldsa_AL0070.jpg https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Fil:70._Christiania,_Victo... http://www.enerhaugen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Oslo-Victoria-terrasse-_-resampled_greyscale.jpg http://www.enerhaugen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Oslo-Vi... Ok, found one similar: https://www.vartoslo.no/media/uploads/2017/06/Victoria-terrasse.jpg https://www.vartoslo.no/media/uploads/2017/06/Victoria-terra...

MrUnderhill 9y ago

I walk by this street corner every now and then, and was puzzled by this as well. It's quite different today, but the location is more or less on top of the National Theater railway station [1]. I think you are right about the lens making it look more curvy/steep, in this aerial photo from 1937 [2], you can tell it's just 180 degrees. [1] https://goo.gl/maps/TNMB6AMVJSA2 https://goo.gl/maps/TNMB6AMVJSA2 [2] https://kart.finn.no/?lng=10.73088&lat=59.91467&zoom=19&mapType=historicalm-Oslo-1937%40h https://kart.finn.no/?lng=10.73088&lat=59.91467&zoom=19&mapT...

jaclaz 9y ago

Victoria Terrace (Terrasse), Oslo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Terrasse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Terrasse It doesn't seem particularly stretched by a "fish-eye" effect, all vertical lines of the buildings remain vertical, it is just a particular effect of the perspective, compare with: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Oslo._Victoria_terasse_-_NB_MS_G4_0396.jpg/500px-Oslo._Victoria_terasse_-_NB_MS_G4_0396.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Os... https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Fil:70._Christiania,_Victoria_Terrasse,_1892_-_NB_bldsa_AL0070.jpg https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Fil:70._Christiania,_Victo... http://www.enerhaugen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Oslo-Victoria-terrasse-_-resampled_greyscale.jpg http://www.enerhaugen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Oslo-Vi... Ok, found one similar: https://www.vartoslo.no/media/uploads/2017/06/Victoria-terrasse.jpg https://www.vartoslo.no/media/uploads/2017/06/Victoria-terra...