Help with leaning buildings, please
Apr 10, 2013 09:36:54 #
Apr 10, 2013 09:40:56 #
Turbo wrote:
It does not matter. I don't use the perspective tool on PhotoShop, I use EDIT>SKEW ( or WARP)
thanks Turbo, your response helps me too, since i have not tried that feature in photoshop before
Apr 10, 2013 10:10:42 #
Thank you, everyone! I can't wait to try a program that has a "perspective" option. What a difference it makes!
I appreciate all the good options offered here.
Bob, The Nikon (above) with the built-in perspective control is TOO COOL.
Great job on the photo edits, too. Y'all are SO good.
I appreciate all the good options offered here.
Bob, The Nikon (above) with the built-in perspective control is TOO COOL.
Great job on the photo edits, too. Y'all are SO good.
Apr 10, 2013 10:13:27 #
Another way is to find a place where you can get near 1/2 the height of the building you are shooting. Sometimes a building nearby or highground will let you get up higher and it all helps. Other than that P/S will be your choice
Apr 10, 2013 10:52:00 #
get PT lens, if your shooting raw then LIghtroom, Silky Pix, Phase one Capture one pro all have perspective correction
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/
http://epaperpress.com/ptlens/
Apr 10, 2013 11:04:39 #
The perspective correction is all well and good BUT
if the walls lean AND are rounded, it won't do you much good
PhotoShop can correct that using the "WARP" option
if the walls lean AND are rounded, it won't do you much good
PhotoShop can correct that using the "WARP" option
Apr 10, 2013 13:05:28 #
Apr 10, 2013 13:22:26 #
This took about 5 sec with PS Skew > Perspective. I started using a Point & Shoot about 2 years ago by choice and am thoroughly please with the results. I use a Sony. I used to use a Minolta Maxxum DSLR.
Well, dang, the photo didn't upload and the post is on the wrong thread.
Well, dang, the photo didn't upload and the post is on the wrong thread.
Apr 10, 2013 14:54:39 #
Hi, In the days of shooting with a view camera, there were tilts and swings to overcome "leaning buildings". Today, try shooting with less of a wide angle lens (example-no 21,28, or 35mm settings)
Best method is to try and position yourself so you can shoot the building from mid-way up, so you are not tilting your camera as much. If there is a nearby building, hall stairways often have windows from which to shoot.
If these options don't work, be ruthless and don't take the picture. You are the director and if the subject doesn't cooperate, then let it go. Frammy.
Best method is to try and position yourself so you can shoot the building from mid-way up, so you are not tilting your camera as much. If there is a nearby building, hall stairways often have windows from which to shoot.
If these options don't work, be ruthless and don't take the picture. You are the director and if the subject doesn't cooperate, then let it go. Frammy.
Apr 10, 2013 23:13:12 #
Apr 11, 2013 07:28:14 #
windshoppe wrote:
Excellent video tutorial, Windshoppe. Thanks for posting.
Apr 12, 2013 10:33:56 #
I will happen even if you get a DSLR. The only way to get around this is to get a tilt shift lens or better yet buy a view camera.
Apr 13, 2013 04:33:16 #
Wow, I didn't know this was possible. I loved my Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED IF AF-S VR Nikkor Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras, but I wished I could focus closer and go wider. I loved my Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom Nikkor Lens, but often wished it had more reach. After selling both to have an affair with the Sigma 50-500mm f/4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM SLD Ultra Telephoto Zoom Lens for Nikon Digital DSLR Camera, which while fun was doomed to be a short term thing. Anyway, I always wished there could be such a lens, and now it's here. Remarkably the length of time from first seemingly reputable rumor to announcement to being in my hands.
Apr 13, 2013 05:20:02 #
There is the option, of course, of stitching two photographs together.
Rather than buying expensive equipment simply take two/three shots at 50mm. Make sure you overlap the photos by 40%, load them into any panoramic program, (Serif Pamorama plus is very good), click on the 'stitch' button and the computer will do it for you.
Panorama Plus will also take into account the different lighting in each photograph, make the necessary alterations and produce a seamless image for you. Simples. :-D
Edited to say: One last thing - Gimp is a free editing tool that will do as well as Photoshop.
Rather than buying expensive equipment simply take two/three shots at 50mm. Make sure you overlap the photos by 40%, load them into any panoramic program, (Serif Pamorama plus is very good), click on the 'stitch' button and the computer will do it for you.
Panorama Plus will also take into account the different lighting in each photograph, make the necessary alterations and produce a seamless image for you. Simples. :-D
Edited to say: One last thing - Gimp is a free editing tool that will do as well as Photoshop.
Apr 15, 2013 12:26:28 #
I have not heard of stitching before. This sounds like a fun way to get this shot I so desperately want. Thanks for all the above advice!! I will keep practicing and post a new picture once I improve and learn to stitch. Fingers crossed!
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