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Oct 2, 2012 02:31:06   #
mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)
 
If you plan to fix the distortion in the computer you have to make sure that you think about that when you are shooting. You have to have a notion of how much of the picture will have to be cropped away, after the adjustment in the computer, to give you a rectangular format with the composition that you want. It usually means taking a wider angle shot than you would normally.

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Oct 3, 2012 20:05:06   #
CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver
 
Wendy2 wrote:
bkyser wrote:
A wide angle lens is only going to make the problem appear worse. If you want a different lens, a tilt/shift lens is the only thing that will help for "in camera" fixing. Frankly, I'd just do it in post production. T/S lenses are very expensive, and after the innitial "playing with it" phase, you probably wouldn't use it much at all. Just my 2 cents.


You are absolutely correct about a wide angle lens. PP is the answer. The Lens Baby, a tilt shift lens, is not as expensive as others. I think I paid $200-$250 for mine.
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The lens baby is not a tilt shift lens. It rotates/moves to alter the blur area, but it cannot make perspective corrections. THOSE are tons more than $200. It can make for some neat effects, though.

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Oct 4, 2012 10:21:05   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
Skswany wrote:
Thanks so much for the feedback and correcting the photo! I think I should invest in a good wide angle lens and investigate the capabilities of Photo Elements 10. It may have a similar feature as Corel. I did try to step back with this shot, but lost the full view of the church when I did so...:(

Thanks much!!


Yes, you can use the "Correct Camera Distortion" filter in PSE 10 to do the same stuff.

Wide angle lenses also distort the images in different ways. The PSE corrections aren't as helpful on those. Lightroom is better.

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Oct 4, 2012 10:45:56   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
I felt I was able to do better with Lightroom than Photoshop. At this point I am lower on the learning curve with Photoshop.

I see the flagpole on the top of the tower came out almost vertical...which I suspect it might be. A tad too to the right perhaps slightly overemphasizing the lean. I didn't pay attention to that when correcting distortion; I focused on the building on the left. So maybe it isn't too far off?

I couldn't resist a couple of other Lightroom adjustments while there: exposure, highlights, and clarity.



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Oct 4, 2012 10:54:46   #
MtnMan Loc: ID
 
HarryBinNC wrote:


You can do a pretty good job of it in Photoshops Lens Correction -
The key is that before you apply the keystoning correction, you have to get the center of the image straight. Look at the brick buildings in the background - the buildings are tilted to the left at the image's vertical center line. Once you have rotated the image clockwise to get those buildings straight up and down at the centerline, Use the Vertical Perspective control in the Transform section (under the Custom Tab) to straighten up the verticals in the building on the left (I am assuming that that building wasn't leaning). Now the tower will lean to the right approximately as it should be without looking like it is actually falling over! I might have been a little too conservative when rotating the image initially, so the tower might really be leaning to the right a little more!

Harry
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This one looks pretty good but I notice the flagpole on the top of the tower is leaning. I have an idea it might be vertical...which will lean the tower more to the right.

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