The Heart Of Buckhead

I took this shot from my car...being the passenger of course; still

unable to drive...and I found that it was very difficult to try and

get a level shot of office buildings in an area that is not level.

The more I try to level one building out, the worse another gets.

Any suggestions on how to correct this? Thanks.

 

Oh, and I am still attempting to determine if the top of the left

building actuallys slides over to come to a closed top. I have

another shot in this folder that I zoomed in on just for the fun of

it and to try to answer this question. Let me know what you think.

To put buildings on level put your camera on level. Don't tilt. Of course this will cut the top of the buildings if you are on the first floor.

There is no way to avoid perspective.

 

At least with anything less than a view camera. The only way to avoid vertical perspective is to point the camera so it's perfectly level which means, as the previous comment stated, you will cut off the top of the building unless you use an extreme wide angle which means you have to enlarge the image more to attain this same size of image. It's just a fact of life although it can be corrected in Photoshop if you so desire. a rough example is attached.

Fred, how did you do this in Photoshop? I have Photoshop Elements 2.0, so I don't know if it will have the same feature you used in photoshop. Thanks.

Now Fred, you know there are perspective control lenses for 35mm cameras. They aren't very practical, unless you want to do architectural photography for a living with a 35mm, but they do exist.

 

Lisa, it appears that the roof is designed to slide back and forth, as the pivot point and the supports are all there. The easiest way to get a less distorted image here is to shoot vertically with the top of the building at the top of the frame. That would minimize the distortion with the focal length you used here.

Photoshop 7 has a free hand distortion function but I don't know about PS Elements. Does anyone else know? i've never use Elements at all.

 

Jim: The PC lenses are neat but I'm not into architecture since I sold my Sinar view camera two years ago. Besides, they're expensive and I want a 500mm lens next.

Thanks you guys. I will check out that feature in PE 2.0. I would think it has something similar to help correct things like this...at least I hope so.

With distortion compensation, a little whittling, and cleaning up of the dirt in the sky, this could become a very nice architectural shot.

I have to say that we rented a white car in Alaska and after two days the front end was mostly black with suicidal bugs. It got to be so bad I had to wash it because it attracted more bugs to the mess. I was afraid a bear would come along and start licking it off. The windshield had to be cleaned almost hourly on trips.

Fred, that is too funny. You would be correct, though. Good old Georgia "bug guts!" You have to love living here!