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jederick Loc: Northern Utah

Looks like he's thinking "where's that damn bus"...good capture and processing Voss!

Voss

Thank you, jederick.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Oh I know that waiting feeling...good one!!

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

This has great symmetry, Voss. The only quibble is that I would straighten it out a bit. Nice composition.
Erich

Voss

Thanks, rlaugh.

Voss

Thanks, Erich. This was a challenge (a type that occasionally arises). Sometimes the horizontals and the verticals don't meet at right angles, or the verticals move off "vertical" because of lens distortion. When these happen, and if I can't fix the distortion (as is usually the case), I use the center vertical or the vertical closest to the center of interest as my reference and I try to make sure it is true vertical (as best my eye can judge the reference grid). In this case, the white column was the reference vertical. Thus, the sidewalk and the building must actually slope down toward the left. And looking closely, it appears that the floor of the building (at the base of the windows) is level, although the roof seems to slant to the left as well.

Anyhow, this was my thought process as I worked on the photo. And sometimes I do have a problem trying to align short vertical lines with the grid. But keep the comments coming; maybe someone out there has a solution.

dadaist

Hi Voss. IMHO it looks as though you tiltrd the camera abit when you took the pix. It is a simple fix in Photoshop or an equiv. program. In Photoshop go to IMAGE ROTATE, down to ARBITRALY, then CLOCKWISE 1 degree. The image will be perfectly level. Nice shot-hope this helps. Stan

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Interesting. Looking again, it does seem that the vertical you point out is, indeed, straight up and down. The horizontals in the building, except the one at the sidewalk, also seem horizontal. So, I'm guessing the sidewalk is sloping. It fooled me the first time I looked at it.
Erich

Voss

Hey, Stan, thanks a lot! I'm using Elements, and wasn't aware of that procedure. Found it and played around with it. Those one-degree rotates are neat. I'll remember that in the future.

Voss

I'm sure the sidewalk is sloping. I was wrong about the roof, though. I tried Stan's suggestion (see above) and the roof looked nice and straight on my redo. But keep your eyes sharp.