What does "corrected perspective" look like?

I took this at sunset up at the local church on the hill. I'm guessing it needs perspective correction. Since I'm just learning about this, I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like once it's "corrected". Could someone kindly correct the image so I know what to aim for?

Thanks for the help everyone.

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I don't think you'll want to correct this one. I like it the way it is.

I think normally you correct the perspective to make a building look "right." At this angle and this close, it won't look right when corrected, I think...

I agree, the perspective here is right for this picture

But maybe he just wanted somebody to correct it so he could learn/see the process. I understand that. I wish I could help, but I'm hoping to learn, also! I have the tools with CS2, but I've never used that one. Anyone?

Here's an example where the perspective needs to be changed (Philadelphia City Hall) Please excuse the poor exposure....I was just looking for a sample

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The above was done quickly, and created too much distortion in the city hall building. This can be fixed in PS (using the pinch option in the distortion filter would probably work)

Wow. That was impressive!

AHAaaa! So the trick is knowing what NEEDS correction in the first place?

Thanks for that fine example. Do perspective problems normally occur only with wide-angle lenses like we used for our pictures in this thread (17mm for mine)? I've been looking through some old film pix of mine and found a couple (of a church too) that turned out weird looking with a 50mm lens.

Paul

Hi Paul,
The shorter the focal length the greater the distortion, which always seems to create a problem for cityscapes, where you tend to use wide angle lens' and want nice vertical edges on the buildings! I believe I was using the kit lens on the above sample, so it was probably taken at ~17-20mm. The perspective can be changed with the transform tool in PS and its actually quite easy to do.

You can correct the perspective, but you will lose most of the image and end up with a nice picture of a bunch of bricks

jbkalla wrote:
I don't think you'll want to correct this one. I like it the way it is.

Hi Meaty0, Cool shot. Don't change it
BG.

As SugarZebra pointed out, the shorter the focal length the bigger the problem.

However, the real rule to remember is ultra simple, and it applies also to wide angle lenses but not fisheye lenses.

The rule is to never tilt the camera up or down - it must point directly at the horizon in order to avoid "converging verticals".