G'day Gary,My first reaction was: Is the Galaxy fixing convergence? but then I read further. Was the sky >THAT< blue or is that another s/w computation? And... where are all the people? Nice shot Bill.
Begging for another attempt with a wider lens straight on!Now that's a postcard picture if there ever was one!
Picking up on what @Stefan Wilde observed, it does have a postcard vibe about. I mean that as a compliment. The colors are beautiful,...the saturation doesn't bother me as it does Gianluca. I generally abhor highly-saturated images, but this one doesn't feel like that to me. As you said, straight-on view with a wider lens would be interesting to see. As a critique I would offer this: It needs a bit of space on the left of the building. It's cut off there, or at least is so constricted as to seem so. Otherwise it's an interesting shot.Begging for another attempt with a wider lens straight on!
The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer!Picking up on what @Stefan Wilde observed, it does have a postcard vibe about. I mean that as a compliment. The colors are beautiful,...the saturation doesn't bother me as it does Gianluca. I generally abhor highly-saturated images, but this one doesn't feel like that to me. As you said, straight-on view with a wider lens would be interesting to see. As a critique I would offer this: It needs a bit of space on the left of the building. It's cut off there, or at least is so constricted as to seem so. Otherwise it's an interesting shot.
Gianluca, Brian, Thank you for your input
I must confess a like for the "Springfield" sky! but the last photo was taken earlier in the day around 7:15 so the sun was not as strong. I think the straight on view / converging lines correction has distorted the tower a little, what do you think?
Perspective can be changed using the same tool in Affinity Photo, Photoshop etc you just drag both handles directly up the same amount.The vertical compression caused by the software is clearly visible in the tower clock that should be a circle, not a an ellipse. Why is this? Because straightening the lines means you switch from perspective to prospect, and in prospects the circles are circular.
It's a tough nut to crack, Gianluca. If you're correcting the perspective with software in post you need to be far enough away from the tall building to be able to get it all in your frame while leaving enough space around it to allow for straightening. But because most tall buildings are in cities and surrounded by other buildings getting a clear shot is nigh on impossible. It can be done though, if the circumstances are right. Your other alternatives are to accept the fact that it's a tall building and shoot up, or to frame and accentuate abstracts of the building. I have a couple of shift lenses that I use from time-to-time. One is a Canon 24mm Tilt-Shift and the other is an Olympus 35mm Shift (no tilt) lens. But most of the time I correct perspective in the post-processing phase. In the past I have relied on getting verticals right just by "eye-balling" the vertical adjustment in the Lightroom Transform module, and going with what looks best. But recently I've used the "Guided" feature, which works quite well I think.I'd like to know @Brian Moore's thoughts on correcting perspective distortions in architectural photos when dealing with very tall buildings
Since the clock dial is likely round and not elliptical, I'd say yes: there's been some distortion (well the top of the tower is also likely not likely listing to starboard.I think the straight on view / converging lines correction has distorted the tower a little, what do you think?