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    the pits

    I need help on this one.
    The building/window is straight but there seems to be an optical illusion making it all look skewed because I was shooting off-perpendicular from the building.

    Is there a better crop of this?
    Please post improvements !
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    Re: the pits

    Interesting angle. I'd crop out the bottom so that the pilars aren't visible, letting the viewer guess what's going on. It almost seems like the cars are on a rarmp/bridge!

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    Re: the pits

    Paul,

    I'd suggest a crop of just the windows and the reflection. You could use Warp/Skew/Rotate adjustmenta to straighten the top to the bottom.

    This is a very intriguing perspective shot of pit road in front of the garages. As such, it could include the bottom even if it is at an angle.

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    Re: the pits

    Ok, here's a de-skewed version of a different shot.
    I think I like the colours better ...
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    Re: the pits

    Or this, just one car from another sngle - 400mm from across the track (next day)
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    Re: the pits

    It might have been interesting Paul had you shown the cars as well, but I do like it as it is.
    I like that you are looking beyond the action of the races for something that is not standard for sports photography.
    I would crop it so that just a bit of the windows behind the reflection is showing and leave the bottom as is.
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    Re: the pits

    Paul,

    I prefer the two crops you have or you could crop the bottom one so that thers is just the window with the reflection which I believe would improve the original.

    Nicely spotted.

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    Re: the pits

    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    you could crop the bottom one so that thers is just the window with the reflection which I believe would improve the original.
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    Re: the pits

    I've got a full frame here, and I thought that the car in the pits was too small.
    Which is why I cropped to the window itself.
    I wanted to put in some building to keep it in context, but perhaps this shows why I took the tighter zoomed shot, that I've then cropped again to just the window.
    Was I right?
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    Re: the pits

    Quote Originally Posted by SmartWombat
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    Paul,

    I think I prefer it as it was now that you cropped it - Holding paper up to the screen to crop it, made it look sort of different, but not sure now. Sorry about that, I think I have to go with the original shot.

    By the way I like the full frame shot, it seems to tie all the elements, cars, buildings, people, and track together. Nice one.

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    Re: the pits

    I think I prefer it as it was now that you cropped it
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    Quote Originally Posted by readingr
    By the way I like the full frame shot, it seems to tie all the elements, cars, buildings, people, and track together. Nice one.
    Hm, you mean I saw something good in that original shot ?
    I might try a big print of this to see how it looks.
    (Shame it was the 20D not the 1DS)
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