On the Streets of Quebec

Large view preferred. I post this image to get your assistance in

dealing with wide angle distortion. Notice the building on the left leans

in some. Until I cropped it quite a bit, it leaned even more. The lens

correction feature - rotate - in Camera Raw did not help much

because as I straightened one side of the street the buildings on the

other side got distorted. So, what's the trick? I used a 12-24mm

Sigma lens on my Nikon D7000. Thanks for your advice and

comments. I put this image in the landscape rather than Street

category because that's where most of you are looking. Larry

PhotoShop has a "Correct Camera Distortion" tool under the Filter Tab and within that tool is a variety of corrective sliders.  One, the "Vertical Perspective" will take out this distortion under certain circumstances.  I've straightened the buildings on either side of the street intersection with that tool and attached the result.  I've intentionally left the border to show you that the results of this tool require a re-cropping of the image.  Hope this helps... Mike

Mike,  hanks for taking the time to explain the distortion correction and do the example fix.  I am using   Photoshop[CS6.  I did find what you are talking about, I think, in Camera RAW Lens Corrections.  I have been fussing with the vertical and rotate sliders and get the image close to what you achieved, but I'm still not all the way home with this.  I am reposting what I did beneath this comment.  Thanks for all your help.   Larry

Mike,  Here's my improved image.  Thanks again.    Larry

I think your version of PS actually does a better job, it corrects without clipping... Mike

Hi Larry,

Try  rectangular marquee  (M) then edit> transform> skew

You can pull or push corners or sides to straighten out.

G

also shadows/highlights

Gregory,   Thanks for this information.  I have not tried this method and will do so.   Larry