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Looking UP

by Holger Glaab

Normally, we tend to focus on the world in front of us and pay little attention to what goes on over our heads. However, living close to one of the cities with more skyscrapers in the world made me wonder what treasured we can discover by raising our eyes.

Thinking about it, looking up opens a world of possibilities for photography: trees, stairs, sky, clouds, airplanes, buildings and much more. Personally, I love buildings and different kinds of architecture. I love getting a unique perspective on buildings by taking photographs from the ground looking skyward.

As in many other categories, it is challenging to capture the right angle, achieve a good composition and preserve sharpness. Here is a selection of dream-like images of skyscrapers obtained from this singular point of view. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

by Markus Studtmann

by Carla DLM

by Gilbert Claes

by Marc Huybrighs

by Harry Lieber

by Sobul

by Greg Metro

by Henk van Maastricht

by Tomoshi Hara

by Adolfo Urrutia

by Carlos Costa

by Jesús Rubio

by Ute Scherbag

by Luc Vangindertael

by Jeroen van de Wiel

by Peter Bigorajski

by Herbert A. Franke

by Julia Anna Gospodarou

by Mathijs van den Bosch

by Anna Laudan

by Joachim Bruederl

by Gediminas Karbauskis

by Yuval Shiboli

by Alessandro Gallo

by Ahmed Thabet

by Karol Vazan

by Olivier Schwartz

by Vasko Yankov

by Pierre Bacus

by Harry Lieber

by Michel Guyot

by Loïc Remy – ELREM

by Anton Kerezov

by Raymond van der Hoogt

by Carla DLM & Loïc Remy

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Marius Cinteza CREW

Beautiful article and photo selection! Congratulations, Carla!

Gilbert Claes PRO

Thank you so much for this nice article and publication of one of my architectural picture... My shoulders and neck are constantly disrupted by looking up into the cities in search of the ultimate shot ... :-) Have a nice day...

I totally believe that! A big thanks to you dear Gilbert .. wish you a great week :))

Gilbert Claes PRO

:-))

Yuval Shiboli PRO

Wonderful article and a great selection of works. As Luc Vangindertael noted, there are no doubt some neck pains involved in this gallery :) . I'm honored to have one of my pictures included in this selection. Thank you Carla.

Thanks to you Yuval !!! It was my pleasure :))

I enjoyed reading this article dear Carla. Wonderful collection of images and congratulations to all of you being published, well deserved. Have a great weekend ahead and take care! Warm regards, Edith :-)))

I really enjoyed in the selection of the images (so many good works in 1X's archives)....Believe me, it was a difficult selection. Very glad you like it and thanks so much for your lovely comment. I hope you are doing great. I saw you were traveling, so I hope you had a really nice time. Wish you a lovely weekend dear Edith :)

I can imagine that it is difficult to chose the images, since there are so many good ones dear Carla. You are welcome my friend. How are you doing? I am doing fine and had a great time traveling. I could just continue with it hahahahaha..., just love it and also great to meet new people. Enjoy your weekend dear friend!!! Greetings from grey Dordrecht :-)))

Thanks so much! I am a bit busy lately (as usual), but I am doing really good. Many thanks for asking :).I wish you the same this weekend ;). Enjoy !!!

Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing!!

Thanks to you :))

Michel Guyot PRO

Thanks for the selection Carla; it's an honor to be among you wonderful choice.

Thanks to you Michel! It was my pleasure :)

Ralf Stelander FOUNDER

Excellent selection!

Thanks so much Ralf!

Marc Huybrighs PRO

I enjoyed reading this article and taking a look at all these stunning looking up pictures. Thanks for the great selection Carla.

Thanks so much Marc ! Very nice of you ! :)

Adolfo Urrutia PRO

I have little time here and It has been a pleasant surprise for me to see one of my photos in this fantastic gallery. Great work, Carla. Thank you very much.

Was my pleasure! Thanks to you Adolfo :)

Jeroen van de Wiel PRO

Proud to be in this wonderful company, great selection Carla!

Thanks to you Jeroen! You have stupendous works!

I totally agree to Herbert A. Frankes comment. Thank you so very much for sharing my picture and for this awesome selection.

Thanks to you Holger! You have an stunning gallery!

Thanks for sharing with us Carla! Outstanding images. I'm really glad that my image is in the selection as well!

Very well deserved! Thank you :)

Herbert A. Franke PRO

A fantastic selection you have put together, Carla. I am honored that one of my pictures is involved. Best regards Herbert

Was my pleasure, thanks to you Herbert :)

Ahmed Thabet PRO

Beautiful article and well selected images , and the title of the article is really classy

Thanks to you Ahmed :)

Ute Scherhag PRO

Wonderful selection, Carla... and I'm honored, that one of my photos is included :-)) Cheers, Ute

So well deserved Ute! My best wishes for you ! :)

Luc Vangindertael (laGrange) CREW

Fine selection Carla .... all great photos ... wonder how much neck injuries are the result of these beauties :-))

That's a good question ! Thanks so much Luc :)

Yvette Depaepe CREW

Great choice of outstanding images, Carla! Love the flow in your presentation. Excellent article, we all should LOOK UP more often ;-) Cheers, Yvette

Thanks so much dear Yvette :) Hope you are having a lovely week :)