Yes, I have used telephoto lenses extensively, and that picture has been distorted. Even a telephoto lens taking pictures that sharp cannot produce parallel runway edges like that without a bit of help. That is why the impression is a vertical view. The camera is actually viewing a slant angle below the horizon of not more than 20 degrees. The camera is not all that far from the runway. Take it from me it is a photo manipulation job. Maybe you don't know as much as you think!
This picture has been flogged to death here already! Just reread the thread!
http://www.pprune.org/forums/spectat...pic-taken.html
This quote from that thread says it all
- it must be an extremely long lens to remove all perspective foreshortening on the runway. The only thing I don't understand how the top of the runway can be wider than the bottom, it must be some effect of the lens optics at that focal length.
It can't be that long a lens as the corridor is close to the west edge of the airport, so the distance is not great. Therefore how can the top of the runway (further away) be wider than the bottom (closer).
It's a fake, like a clockwork orange or a £2 note! Not a picture, a 'recreation'.