Fire Sign

[Shadowman]

[dennybeall]

Like the shot but think it would be better if the lamp post was straight?

[Shadowman]

Like the shot but think it would be better if the lamp post was straight?

Hi Denny,

Thanks for commenting, I did straighten based on the right hand lamp.

[Wavelength]

I liked the special effect you created....

[FootLoose]

If you had bent your knees and placed the lights higher so that they had the dark clouds as a background, would you still have had the light in them? Nicely seen anyway, John.

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks for commenting, I did straighten based on the right hand lamp.

In cases like this John, where I want to leave some 'perspective' distortion (caused by shooting looking upwards) uncorrected, I will always 'average' the rotation error in the scene so that the center of the image is where it would be vertical. Failing that, I'd choose something near the center, especially if it was significant in the image, rather than pick something way off to one side.

Additional Info.
Even if I were correcting all the leaning verticals, I'd still follow the above process first, then correct the leaning in (converging verticals), as a simpler adjustment is then (usually) able to achieve success.

.... that's when I don't just hit Auto (in ACR/LR) and see if that fixes it (if I'm feeling lazy)

Dave

PS
Nicely seen effect of the refracted/reflected sky in the lamp glasses.

[Shadowman]

I liked the special effect you created....

Thanks Nandakumar.

[Shadowman]

If you had bent your knees and placed the lights higher so that they had the dark clouds as a background, would you still have had the light in them? Nicely seen anyway, John.

Hi Greg,

Thanks for comments and suggestion.

[Shadowman]

In cases like this John, where I want to leave some 'perspective' distortion (caused by shooting looking upwards) uncorrected, I will always 'average' the rotation error in the scene so that the center of the image is where it would be vertical. Failing that, I'd choose something near the center, especially if it was significant in the image, rather than pick something way off to one side.

Additional Info.
Even if I were correcting all the leaning verticals, I'd still follow the above process first, then correct the leaning in (converging verticals), as a simpler adjustment is then (usually) able to achieve success.

.... that's when I don't just hit Auto (in ACR/LR) and see if that fixes it (if I'm feeling lazy)

Dave

PS
Nicely seen effect of the refracted/reflected sky in the lamp glasses.

Hi Dave,

Thanks for comments and suggestion, I'll give your suggestion a try on the edit.

[joebranko]

Nice capture and aptly named. I also wonder what to do about verticals, when I have more than one with different angles. I noted Daves suggestion also.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture and aptly named. I also wonder what to do about verticals, when I have more than one with different angles. I noted Daves suggestion also.

Hi Joe,

Thanks for comments.

[Mike Buckley]

To leave the perspective distortion in this image, I would display a grid over the image. I would then adjust the vertical so the forward corner of the building on the left and the far right lamp post are leaning inward the same amount. That's because those two points in the image are about the same distance from the vertical edges of the frame, indicating that those two parts in the image should lean about the same amount.

[Shadowman]

To leave the perspective distortion in this image, I would display a grid over the image. I would then adjust the vertical so the forward corner of the building on the left and the far right lamp post are leaning inward the same amount. That's because those two points in the image are about the same distance from the frame, indicating that those two parts in the image should lean about the same amount.

Mike,

Thanks for the suggestion.

[Shadowman]

An edit for straightness.