Thanks, everyone. Jeff and Chuck: This picture was a grab shot. We were
cleaning out my late mother-in-laws apartment. I noticed the light on
the building and the couple on the roof. I ran out on the balcony, set
the 14-45 Panny kit zoom to maximum, and took a few shots. This one was
the best.
I was on a fifth floor balcony. The target building is obviously higher
and a bit to the right of the camera position. So the camera was tilted
up a bit. Since I've read many times that the most important thing with
buildings is to get the vertical lines straight, I used the "tilt"
correction to get a central line in the building straight. I used
Capture One 6's Keystone correction tool to straighten the edges of the
building. Each adjustment affected the others and there is some
pincushion distortion. So the lines were never t perfectly straight no
matter what I did. I experimented with straightening the rooftop, but
then the whole picture looked flat. So let the perspective recede, as it
seemed to want to do.
If I was Andreas Feininger, I'd have used a view camera with swings and
tilts. But then the couple wouldn't have been there by the time I set it
up :-) To me, the most important thing was the moment of the couple
facing each other on the rooftop on a gorgeously-lit building, with the
city surrounding them.
The sky was much brighter the building. So I developed two TIFs from the
RAW image, one "exposed" for each, and combined them with a mask. The
B&W also employs a digital orange filter.
Anyway, if someone has a better idea on how to deal with the perspective
and distortion, do tell.
--Peter
> Interesting how quick associations affect how a picture is seen. When I
> first saw it I thought the left side of the building was (the part
with the
> balconies opening to the left) was actually wider at the top. Looking
more
> carefully the black border prevented me from seeing that the right
edge of
> the building was also shifted to the left at the top. I think the
picture
> is just slightly rotated counter clockwise from vertical.
>
> My wide angle lenses have barrel distortion. I don't think at first
> glance I would interpret any but the most obvious pin cushion
distortion as
> pin cushion distortion.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt [at] chucknorcutt.com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, I think the color version makes it easier to spot the people.
> >
> > I thought at first that the camera had been pointed slightly down
giving
> > some perspective distortion but I then realized that I was probably
> > looking at some pincushion distortion.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> >
> > On 7/15/2012 4:45 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> > > I like the idea of the title, Peter, and the colour one is my
favoured
> > version.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On 15 Jul 2012, at 08:51, Peter Klein wrote:
> > >
> > >> Best viewed full screen:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I made a B&W version, too.
> > >>
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