Joe X wrote (among other stuff):
>
> i took a shot of the national cathedral with my cheap P&S during our
> recent snows. i wasn't expecting much, but i didn't have time to rush
> home and grab the whole kit and kaboodle to take a nice shot.
>
> the picture was surprisingly good, but due to my proximity to the
> cathedral and the wide-angle lens, the perspective was completely
> banananoonies. so i scanned the neg in and went at it with photoshop.
> by stretching the image into a trapezoidal shape, i was able to
> correct the perspective to a large extent.
>
> other than some minor loss of detail toward the top of the frame,
> what am i really giving up by correcting the perspective this way
> as opposed to investing wayyyy too much money in a shift lens?
>
Any chance of posting some examples for us to look at ?
I am thinking of photographing some stained glass windows and am presented
with the same problem.
Wayne Harridge
Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Louvre/6152/
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