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Perspective distortion, or perspective corrected?

 
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Jan 27, 2008 09:55 |  #1

This was the original image:

IMAGE: http://southwest16.com/ce/2008/01/16/img_5096b.jpg

And this is how it looked after perspective 'correction':

IMAGE: http://southwest16.com/ce/2008/01/16/img_5096v2b.jpg

To me both feel wrong but in different ways, so I am wondering which version other people prefer?

Any comments would be appreciated.

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Jan 27, 2008 09:59 |  #2

To me, the first looks a lot more natural.


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Jan 27, 2008 10:25 |  #3

I voted for the first one. The 'correction' on the second one makes the walls look as if they are leaning outwards towards the edge of the photograph.

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Jan 27, 2008 10:46 |  #4

keep originals uncorrected. .


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Jan 27, 2008 13:04 |  #5

The 1st uncorrected image looks more natural to me.



  
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Jan 27, 2008 16:23 |  #6

The uncorrected (1st) looks better to me. The second one is just weird.

Just my 2p.

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Jan 28, 2008 04:22 |  #7

It is looking unanimous then! Thanks for the comments.

Rather than seeing the original as just being the effect of perspective, it feels to me like it represents a similar angular shape to the Deep in Hull (photo on their web site (external link)), which was designed to look like a sharks nose pointing up out of the water.

But it looks like it is just me that has that problem of not being able to see converging parallels as being 'natural'. I know they are, but the brain applies its own compensation when you look at something directly that the photographic representation apparently confuses mine.

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Jan 30, 2008 14:52 |  #8

Definitely the first (original) - the 'corrected' one just looks wrong IMO


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Jan 30, 2008 17:08 |  #9

I just don't like the composition, period. :-) It seems too cut off on the bottom.


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Jan 31, 2008 14:02 |  #10

rowdyred94 wrote in post #4818137 (external link)
I just don't like the composition, period. :-) It seems too cut off on the bottom.

That is a fair point. And one side of the building being longer than the other I think the lack of symmetry in this case works against the composition too.

It was a corner building and I was trying to leave the others out and just get this one cutting into the blue sky. I do regret not trying a portrait version although I was trying to fill half the frame with the blue colour so it was a lose-lose situation anyway really.

All shots are something to learn from though!

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Feb 01, 2008 05:56 |  #11

I don't have a problem with altering perspective (depends on the image really) but I think the shown "corrected" perspective isn't really correct - the converging parallels are okay but verticals should be just that: vertical.
something like this maybe?


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