For some reason, vanishing points stand out to me and say “Take my picture!”  When I see them, whether they be a set of lights or a long corridor, I often feel inspired to pull out my camera.  Here is an example of a vanishing point in the Frankfurt train station.  The lines of the train, platform, overhead lighting, and roof structure all appear to point toward a common spot in the scene.  As a reminder, a vanishing point is a point in a photograph to which parallel lines not parallel to the image sensor appear to converge.  In this scene, it seemed appropriate that a journey beginning or ending in a train station should lead to a vanishing point.

Here is a view looking up from the top third of the Ulm Muenster which is the world’s tallest cathedral at roughly 550′ in height.  I shot this looking up where the walls taper in toward a point at the top of the steeple.  The lines in this image tend to converge toward the top of the photo making it look like a nearly infinite climb to the top.  This is not a true vanishing point as the definition of a vanishing point is a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines not parallel to the image plane appear to converge.  These lines aren’t actually parallel and they do converge.  If these lines were parallel, the image would appear roughly same, but the height would have to be much higher to get the same vanishing point effect.