I agree with Paul. Perspective control with software is a valuable tool, particularly with tall structures that will usually have a "falling backwards" appearance when photographed from ground level. Whether it's appropriate or desirable depends on the image and the effect the photographer wants to convey.
With your tower image it may not work well because of the limited space above the top of the tower. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:06 -0500, "Nick Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all the folks who took time to comment on this last PESO of > mine. I do appreciate the critiques. > > One item I'd like to touch on is the concept of software perspective > control. I'd been thinking about this recently before I'd posted my > PESO and then Brian brought it up in his critique of my image. > > I'm just amazed at how fast technology changes. The last time I was an > active member of this list (granted that was 8 years ago) the only way > to achieve perspective control was with a view camera or shift lens. > Now you can get something of the same effect using photoshop. > > I don't currently have any software with the ability to "correct" > perspective, but an older laptop of mine had Elements 2 which did. I > played around with it a bit but never could really get my heart into > it. > > I think it mainly has to do with all those years at the newspaper. Any > alteration of a photograph like that just makes me cringe. > > I'm curious to hear more of you all's opinions on the process? > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nice composition but the tower gets a bit lost in the background sky. > > > > Also, I'd try a bit of perspective correction to make the verticals > > vertical and the horizontals, er...horizontal. It may not be an > > improvement but worth investigating. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > > > On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:52 -0500, "Nick Wright" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Here's another PESO: > >> http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/church-tower-2/ > >> > >> Comment welcome and appreciated. > >> > >> -- > >> ~Nick David Wright > >> http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ > >> -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
