rlscholl Loc: California

One relatively inexpensive solution you might consider is to get a used Olympus OM 35mm shift lens (or comparable from another manufacturer) and an adapter for your Sony camera. The cost would be about $500. Optically it is not as great as the Canon tilt-shift lens, but it is a lot simpler to use, and the shift feature is the primary one you would need. It’s not a perfect solution, but it would provide an opportunity to evaluate for yourself the benefits of the lens vs. post correction.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

A beguiling array of photographic perfection 💙🏆🔟🏆💙

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Sorry about that! These are scans and files in storage and reproduction is admittedly bad. The illustration was about perspective not saturation or density. Besides, some like it hot and some like it cold.

repleo Loc: Boston

Fotodiox make several tilt/shift adapters for different lens mounts to Sony E-mount including medium format lenses. I use one with a Minolta wide angle with better results than I would get from PS. See here for some examples with a Hasselblad lens. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/photography/hands-on-review/in-the-field-fotodiox-pro-tlt-rokr-tilt-shift-adapters

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Sadly the image circle of regular lenses is too small to shift without vignetting badly.
With APSC cameras it will be better and a FF lens.

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lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I know that Pink Floyd cover well and love it and the music of the album.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

There was a delightful book and eventually a movie. It was titled, “Taken By Storm:The Art of Storm Thorgerson And Hipgnosis”

I was aware of some of his work but not all. He was truly a prolific artist.

My point was he did not have the tools for post processing. I am in awe of his skills.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Your work is not overcooked in my opinion. They are a true representation of the architectural design. Your technique wis definitely a legacy. Please, don’t sell yourself short!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I am quite aware of many of Storm Thorgerson And Hipgnosis' album art covers. Own many albums they adorned. Not sure if I've seen the film. Might be worth seeing. Thanks.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Thank you for your kind remarks.

I suppose that some of my posted images are indeed "overcooked". As a commercial photographer, I have a wide variety of assignments, some of which call for "high contrast" images that look more like graphic arts than pure photogahy. Years ago, with film, I used to address those jobs with solarization, posterization, a highly-contrast film such as Koadlith, and the production of multiple internegatives.

I have tons of images that were made on transparency film with view cameras. The extent of tilts, swings, and shifts, in those cameras far surpasses what is available on a T/S lens. To post these images on the UHH site they have to be scanned or copied and oftetimes contrast is increased and quality suffers. Some of these images are scanned from old prints because the negatives are no longer easily located. This thread, of course, is NOT about color accuracy or saturation but about perspective, and rather than trying to write lengthy descriptions of visual topics, I quickley had to dig into the file or discard the shelf and find something.

I am not insulted or upset by critiques. Critiques are healthy and it's good to know what others, cohorts, and othere photographers think of my work. When I was a young rookie at a large studio, the older guys use my work as a punching bag- and that was how I quickly learned about things I would have never gleaned in a classroom. Every day at work and at home, I am set upon by critics- customers, art directors, my lovely wife, and all our kids and grandkids. If I get more accolades than bloopers, I am in good shape. So far, the percentages are somewhat decent! When a photographer sits back and thinks their work is God's gift to photogahy, they stagnate and never grow.

When someone negatively criticizes my work from a technical standpoint, my attitude is "Show me a better way, show me how to do it and I am all eyes and ears".

gwilliams6

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I watched it thru. I had seen it before (not sure when) but it was worth seeing again. And I got to hear some Pink Floyd music in it. I also am pretty sure Thorgerson did other album covers I have that were not featured in the film. Several by 10CC come to mind. Perhaps there was a licensing issue.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I don’t mind good critique. It is a welcome departure from the lame criticisms that many inexperienced dolts offer.