Cuticule,cortex and medulla
It happened in "The Fall of the House of Usher" (by Edgar Allan Poe) that while Usher and the narrator speaks, Usher's sister walks through the room, apparently unaware of the narrator. The narrator's reaction to seeing Usher's sister when he sees her pass through the room was with an utter astonishment not unmingled with dread.
If the photographer take the picture from a lower angle, such as from the ground, then the buildings will look bigger. Adding certain things such as humans or cars in the picture can also put into perspective how big the building is.
