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10/08/2006 11:57:30 AM · #1 |
When I submitted my Free Study photo
obviously I've seen the biggest problem with it, that the bench is not parallel to the horizon line. Predictably, many of commenters pointed it out. I thought at the time there was nothing I could do about it short of moving the bench parallel to the view and re-shooting the photo, which was out of the realm of possibility :). How wrong was I! It just occured to me much later that I can simply use Transform option in Photoshop to straighten it out. Took me all about 10 sec to do it, and here is the result
Live and learn... Photoshop. I think I lost at least half a point on this stupid mistake...
By the way, this is another shot of the same Island of San Giulio
What a beautiful place!
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10/08/2006 12:05:38 PM · #2 |
Wow that certainly made a HUGE difference! Lovely image!
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10/08/2006 01:21:31 PM · #3 |
| I liked the 1st photograph better. |
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10/08/2006 01:24:49 PM · #4 |
| You can also use the measure tool in PS. Draw a line with it on whatever you want to be horizontal, eg, the bottom of the bench. Then go to Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary and it will be pre-filled with the value generated by the measure tool needed to make that line perfectly horizontal (assuming you were accurate when you used the measure tool). |
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10/08/2006 01:52:02 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
You can also use the measure tool in PS. Draw a line with it on whatever you want to be horizontal, eg, the bottom of the bench. Then go to Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary and it will be pre-filled with the value generated by the measure tool needed to make that line perfectly horizontal (assuming you were accurate when you used the measure tool). |
No, THAT I knew, but the problem was that the bench was not parallel to the island, so I could not make both horizontal only by rotation, so i chose to make the island horizontal and let the bench slip. Did not think about transforming the image, unfortunatley.
Message edited by author 2006-10-08 14:15:08.
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10/08/2006 01:54:55 PM · #6 |
What you did was effectuively perspective correction. You were not parallel to the bench when you shot it. The corrected shot does look better than the uncorrected one.
For reference, correcting perspective is legal in Advanced. It's not legal, of course, in Basic. |
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10/08/2006 02:14:35 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
What you did was effectuively perspective correction. You were not parallel to the bench when you shot it. The corrected shot does look better than the uncorrected one.
For reference, correcting perspective is legal in Advanced. It's not legal, of course, in Basic. |
That's right, I am just used to correcting perspective distortions imposed by wide angle lenses, not inherent distortions due to non-parallel lines in the actual scene. And of course I know that it only is legal in Advanced. ..Actually I am not even 100% sure about that, since it amounts to modifying the "original" image rather than restoring its integrity, but I presume the transformation here is minor enough so it would not be DQ'ed.
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10/08/2006 02:17:01 PM · #8 |
| I thought it was an absolutely outstanding shot to begin with, and not being terribly anal, I rather liked the tilt. Looks fine straightened, but looked fine as it was, too. |
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10/08/2006 02:30:16 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
I thought it was an absolutely outstanding shot to begin with, and not being terribly anal, I rather liked the tilt. Looks fine straightened, but looked fine as it was, too. |
Debby, thanks! I rather liked it too :), but I knew the tilt would give a reason to score it down (I think I was right, just see the number of comments pointing it out). Just thought there was nothing I could do...
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