Isn't just changing the lens or the angle that you take the shot, changing the perspective? It would seem that if altering the photo after the shot bothers you, then altering the photo before the shot should to. Just different methods of accomplishing the same basic thing.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 5:06:20 AM, you wrote: NW> Thanks to all the folks who took time to comment on this last PESO of NW> mine. I do appreciate the critiques. NW> One item I'd like to touch on is the concept of software perspective NW> control. I'd been thinking about this recently before I'd posted my NW> PESO and then Brian brought it up in his critique of my image. NW> I'm just amazed at how fast technology changes. The last time I was an NW> active member of this list (granted that was 8 years ago) the only way NW> to achieve perspective control was with a view camera or shift lens. NW> Now you can get something of the same effect using photoshop. NW> I don't currently have any software with the ability to "correct" NW> perspective, but an older laptop of mine had Elements 2 which did. I NW> played around with it a bit but never could really get my heart into NW> it. NW> I think it mainly has to do with all those years at the newspaper. Any NW> alteration of a photograph like that just makes me cringe. NW> I'm curious to hear more of you all's opinions on the process? NW> 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 - The way an email service should be >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> -- 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.
