Photo Critique Forum

Please post no more than five images a day and respond to as many images as you post. Critics, please be constructive, specific, and nice! Moderated by gahspidy and mtbbrian.
Featured Photo
Photo by hminx

Photo by hminx
Featured Photo Archive >>
By posting on the Photo Critique forum you agree to post only your own photos, be respectful, and give back as much as you receive. This is a moderated forum and anything abusive or off-topic will be removed.
Results 1 to 8 of 8
  1. #1
    Senior Member readingr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Basingstoke UK
    Posts
    4,564

    Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    I need some help on how to get these verticals sorted - This was taken in Carmarthen South Wales which has very narrow streets so very little room to manouver.
    "I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass." from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson

    My Web Site: www.readingr.com

    DSLR
    Canon 5D; EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM; EF24-70 F2.8L USM 50mm F1.8 II; EF 100 F2.8 Macro
    Digital
    Canon Powershot Pro 1; Canon Ixus 100


  2. #2
    is back jar_e's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Location
    Calgary, Alberta
    Posts
    3,264

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Er, there's no picture!

  3. #3
    Grumpy Old Man Overbeyond's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2004
    Location
    Ireland (Now in London)
    Posts
    2,372

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Would love to see this one Roger
    Tom
    http://www.overbeyond.com


    I have a total lack of respect for anything connected with society, except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper, and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer. Brendan Behan

  4. #4
    Senior Member readingr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Basingstoke UK
    Posts
    4,564

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    I need some help on how to get these verticals sorted - This was taken in Carmarthen South Wales which has very narrow streets so very little room to manouver.
    I did say I needed HELP!!!!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Church - Carmarthen South Wales-img_0026-cropped-removal-light-cropped-640.jpg  
    "I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass." from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson

    My Web Site: www.readingr.com

    DSLR
    Canon 5D; EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM; EF24-70 F2.8L USM 50mm F1.8 II; EF 100 F2.8 Macro
    Digital
    Canon Powershot Pro 1; Canon Ixus 100


  5. #5
    Junior Member chandlerjr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Illinois, U.S.A.
    Posts
    37

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    I did say I needed HELP!!!!
    Roger,
    In my opinion, in small format photography, where you can't do corrections with bellows movement, the key is first getting your horizontal lines straight. Then, you do you best with composition, to miminalize the vertical distortion. Your horizontals look off to me.
    Larry C.
    For the essence of a work of art is, after all, that it cuts out a piece of the endlessly continuous sequences of perceived experience, detaching it from all connections with one side or the other, giving it a self-sufficient form as though defined and held together by an inner core.

  6. #6
    Senior Member readingr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    Basingstoke UK
    Posts
    4,564

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    I did say I needed HELP!!!!
    This is the original without rotation to get the building vertical
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Church - Carmarthen South Wales-img_0026-cropped-removal-light-640.jpg  
    "I hope we will never see the day when photo shops sell little schema grills to clamp onto our viewfinders; and the Golden Rule will never be found etched on our ground glass." from The mind's eye by Henri Cartier-Bresson

    My Web Site: www.readingr.com

    DSLR
    Canon 5D; EF100-400 F4.5-5.6L IS USM; EF24-70 F2.8L USM 50mm F1.8 II; EF 100 F2.8 Macro
    Digital
    Canon Powershot Pro 1; Canon Ixus 100


  7. #7
    Junior Member chandlerjr's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2005
    Location
    Illinois, U.S.A.
    Posts
    37

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    This is the original without rotation to get the building vertical
    Roger,
    In my opinion, you should have left it alone (as it appears now). It looks much better from a composition standpoint. Some times we just have to realize, there are limitation to what you can do with a small format camera. By the way, I really like this photo. Has some very interesting pieces to it including the perspective of the spire.
    Larry C.
    For the essence of a work of art is, after all, that it cuts out a piece of the endlessly continuous sequences of perceived experience, detaching it from all connections with one side or the other, giving it a self-sufficient form as though defined and held together by an inner core.

  8. #8
    Seb
    Guest

    Re: Church - Carmarthen South Wales

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    I need some help on how to get these verticals sorted - This was taken in Carmarthen South Wales which has very narrow streets so very little room to manouver.
    Roger,

    As I see it, this picture (interesting subject) appears to be impossible to correct. the thing is that the front porch seems not parralel to the tower so I get the feeling that one or the other will always end up looking mistaken regardless of perspective correction in post processing.

    I am not a Photoshop genius so anyone correct me if I am wrong....

    Seb

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Some snaps from South Beach...
    By Asylum Steve in forum ViewFinder
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 03-04-2004, 11:24 AM
  2. South Beach Gathering -- Photo Exchange
    By Asylum Steve in forum ViewFinder
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 02-26-2004, 07:00 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •