TheHoff wrote in post #8975280
Really good job, GoFM. My comments:
- last one looks too blue
- second to last one is a bit too warm
The WB/colour is different when you posted them individually vs. when you posted the composite. Did you do more editing or maybe the composite wasn't saved with an embedded profile?
Re: the distortion. This is caused by you standing too high. You could've minimized that bowing out of the lines by putting your camera halfway between the floor and ceiling in height. Now that might not have given you the perspective you wanted for shots like #1 but the closer you can get to the middle of that distance, the less wide-angle induced distortion you'll have.
Either that or you get a tilt/shift lens. Correcting the tilt distortion is their primary function when used for indoor real-estate/architectural shots like this.
First of all, thanks very much for your feedback!
I in fact did do some additional reprocessing of all the shots after I had posted the initial collage shot which explains the different WB issues between those.
The perspective distortions in the shots were intensional ones as the studio owner was originally asking for fisheye shots as he believed that was the only way to capture the entire room, that based on his prior shooting experience from years back when he took a photography course in college. I explained to him that my 14L prime was wide enough but could only produce key-stoning distortion if used badly off axis and sent him example pictures of what the lens could do with and without key-stoning distortion and he absolutely loved the badly key-stoned look, as I guess this looked somewhat close to a fisheye effect that he had in his mind. This is a classic example of "the customer is always right". 
About the last shot being to blue; yep, with fresh eyes this morning, I can definitely see that. Thankfully, that shot though was just an alternate leftover shot.
inthedeck wrote in post #8975306Hmm...do I smell a 17mm TS on the horizon? Darn expensive lens, but, I'm sure that thing is really a joy to use.
I wouldn't clone him out, if he's 'thinner' then, that much better.
While I'd love to have that lens too, as explained in my response to Hoff, it wouldn't have been the right tool for this particular job. 
george m w wrote in post #8975390Nice shots in the studio ! I was seeing the distortion that Manish mentioned also. A quick ( and not very good ) edit in CS3 came out like this. Not sure if you consider it "better" or not, but I think you can see the potential of maybe tweaking it a bit.
Thanks for your feedback and photo edit example!
Your crop version looks cool but it cuts out two critical components in the frame. The lamp that was in the left corner was actually something the client actually insisted on it being in the frame as he felt the lighting of his studio was a key element in making it a comfortable space to be in. I even asked him if he would allow me to screw in a matching incandescent bulb into the fixture instead of the CF that was in it and he nixed the idea not wanting to change the authenticity of the lighting!
The second thing that you cropped out was the top half of one of the overhead drum microphones which he was also wanting to be in the shot.
I guess the important lesson I learned during this shot was that when you have a client who wants certain things in certain ways, your own shooting sensibilities have to take a back seat if you want to get paid. Luckily, most clients wouldn't be as particular as this one was and on future gigs, I'll have more control...hopefully!
Cheers!
