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Here's the Tamron image before the perspective correction:

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Jan 21, 2010 at 03:28 AM

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p.2 #2 · 28 to go...

Great photos but it scares the crap out of me just looking at it!

Jan 21, 2010 at 04:14 AM

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p.2 #3 · 28 to go...

Paul, you really need the 17 TS.

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Jan 21, 2010 at 07:48 AM

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weezintrumpete wrote:
Great photos but it scares the crap out of me just looking at it!

Thanks. I think the photos come close, but if you saw it in real life it would surely give you vertigo and/or loose bowels. Those guys just saunter around up there. I'm pretty sure I saw them smoking a joint one day.

Jan 21, 2010 at 12:38 PM

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p.2 #5 · 28 to go...

Yakim Peled wrote:
Paul, you really need the 17 TS.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Not a chance. If I ever spend that sort of dough on another lens, it'll be a Distagon 21/2.8.

Jan 21, 2010 at 12:40 PM

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p.2 #6 · 28 to go...

Well, it's a nice lens but it can't move.....

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Jan 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM

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Yakim Peled wrote:
Well, it's a nice lens but it can't move.....

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Agreed. The thing is, this is the first and only time I have ever really "needed" PC. I owned a shift lens in the past and not once did I find it useful. The fact that I have shot this architecture and needed PC is the exception, rather than the rule, so spending 2.5k on a 17mm T/S is simply out of the question. In fact, dumping $2.5k on anything other than my mortgage would be financial suicide for me.

Jan 21, 2010 at 02:21 PM

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p.2 #8 · 28 to go...

Well, if you know things like that in advance you can just rent one. After all, you live in a big, modern and civilized country, not like other countries which I will not mention by name right now.

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Yakim.

Jan 21, 2010 at 02:24 PM

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p.2 #9 · 28 to go...

Very true, and I certainly would rent one if I needed it for paid work. For pleasure, I'll stick with my poor PS skills

Jan 21, 2010 at 02:31 PM

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p.2 #10 · 28 to go...

If only I was that wise.

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Jan 21, 2010 at 02:45 PM

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p.2 #11 · 28 to go...

Cogitech,
great photos and the story is very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I get the willy's just looking at those images and imagining the elements the craft-men work in.

Jan 21, 2010 at 11:41 PM

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p.2 #12 · 28 to go...

Cool photos! You should do a series of time-lapse shots as they disassemble that scaffolding

Jan 21, 2010 at 11:49 PM

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p.2 #13 · 28 to go...

That just blows my mind. I can't even fathom doing that myself. I'm not really afraid of heights, but being up there would freak the crap out of me (hopefully not literally).

Jan 22, 2010 at 05:11 AM

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p.2 #14 · 28 to go...

Paul, that matter of falling panes is not as rare as one might think. I remember a famous building in Boston that was plagued by it, and our own Paris Opera-Bastille had to wear some kind of protecting netting to prevent people getting hurt. All this mere years after construction, and planning by a surfeit of architects and engineers....
Nice shots, BTW...:-)

Jan 22, 2010 at 01:34 PM

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p.2 #15 · 28 to go...

whoa. is that what they're doing?

I work at 120 adelaide on the 17th which is the black building on the right behind FCP. i can take some photos from my perspective.

thanks for the story.

Jan 22, 2010 at 04:32 PM

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p.2 #16 · 28 to go...

Thanks for the comments, Patrick, Mark, Doug, Abram, Phil and Jim.

Jim, I'd love to see some shots from your perspective.

It'll be interesting to see how they proceed with the next stages of the project.

Jan 22, 2010 at 04:53 PM

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Yeah, those first two shots are just sick-making. I can't tell from the picture - is that hoist just one damn post straight up in the air, or do they have some supports? I can't imagine riding up in that cart on a blustery day.

P.S. I actually think the uncorrected version of pic #1 works a lot better at conveying the scale and depth of the shot.

Jan 22, 2010 at 05:13 PM

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Joe, the scaffolding is tied into the building and then every so often the shaft (4-posted structure) is connected to the scaffolding, as you can see in the 3rd and 4th shots. After comparing them, I think I agree about the uncorrected version.

Jan 22, 2010 at 05:45 PM

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p.2 #19 · 28 to go...

rsrsrs - I have this lens as well and yes it is 70-210mm f2.8.

Feb 04, 2010 at 08:20 PM

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p.2 #20 · 28 to go...

Paul - you work for RBC?
I need to take a walk down there to see this contraption. I'm up at Temperance/Bay.

And you guys think the lens distortion on the Tamron is bad?
Take a look at this: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Toronto&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.822589,114.169922&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=43.648236,-79.382119&spn=0.001372,0.003484&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.648259,-79.382009&panoid=L8Vy0-CnN-Mux6whYwDB8A&cbp=12,349.48,,0,-62.5

:P

Anyhow... Toronto has a history of things falling from high places... Concrete slabs, Large Windows, Lawyers...

Nice to see some repairs happening for once!

Feb 05, 2010 at 01:06 AM

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