Mad photographer adds barrel distortion

[Abitconfused]

Which looks better???



with barrel distortion or...



without?

[Shadowman]

Slight improvement, are you sure the images are in the correct order; usually distortion correction decreases the amount of visible area?

[Manfred M]

Without tends to look better, although it is not particularly severe in this image.

[Rent]

You've still got converging verticals

[Abitconfused]

Yes "with" has the curved lines at the edges so that one had barrel distortion added in Photoshop. I could have simply cropped it but, I thought, I might add some pop (literally) to have the center bulge out a little. . . . .

[Dave Humphries]

I prefer 'without' Ed,

Cheers, Dave

[James G]

Without for me

[rpcrowe]

Me too! I prefer "without" however, not by much.

[pendennis]

I'd like to know some more about the original exposure - focal length, f-stop, etc.

There are barrel distortions inherent in some zooms, and I don't have enough information from your post.

Lenses in the "35mm" class, unless they have shift options, can be somewhat distorted.

Thanks.