A thread for real estate, architectural, and interior design photography

TGrundvig wrote in post #11867041
What are the rest of you guys using to correct barrel distortion?

It is usually very mild with my lens, but when I do have some obvious distortion I use Lens Correction. Just curious who using DPP, or LR, or PS, and what your process looks like.

LR3 all the way. Allows me to correct for rotation and vertical tilt at the same time, and the grid is real nice.

It's been a while since I posted anything here but I did some practicing at my mother in law's place yesterday. The scene is lit by three speedlights; one in the kitchen to the right, one is bounced on the wall below a window to the left and one is in an umbrella behind the corner to the right. To the left (out of view) there is a bookshelf covering the entire wall except for a window.
Would really like some comments and perhaps suggestions on how to do it differently (better?)

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nice shot.

Thanks, I was struggling with dark corners and such during the shoot but with some pp it turned out ok.
I still think there is a bit too much shadow from curtains etc, though. Wasn't really able to get rid of that.

The lighting is pretty good, but the comp isn't the greatest. it shows a lot without showing anything at all, if you ask me. a piece of this, a piece of that, some of this, a little of that - but i don't get a full sense of anything.

I think I nailed the light balance and WB on this one, single exposure. No D/B, filters etc..

djharmonix wrote in post #11909739
I think I nailed the light balance and WB on this one, single exposure. No D/B, filters etc..

You nailed the light, not the distortion, everything in the right is falling .

keyframe14 wrote in post #11909892
You nailed the light, not the distortion, everything in the right is falling .

you're right but it's either that or the counter top would take even more space in the corner..
that's the biggest ''flaw'' of the 17 when shifted.

So what is the most recommended lens for RE photography?

midtx350z wrote in post #11909929
So what is the most recommended lens for RE photography?

17ts-e, and 24ts-e.

for high end I would probably use the 24 most of the time. For general public the 17 is better.

keleko17 wrote in post #11862305
When I see some of these images, I question what little I know about photography.

If this is straight out of camera, with the lens kit, I would think you need a shutter speed that would have blurred everyone walking around. If not a long exposure, it surely would need an ISO that would have shown some noise.

Do you mind me asking your settings?

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Not grainy at all. Good job!

djharmonix wrote in post #11909943
17ts-e, and 24ts-e.

for high end I would probably use the 24 most of the time. For general public the 17 is better.

What about non tilt shift lenses?

17-40, 16-35, 24L. they will get you by but if you're serious about this pick up a 17 or 24ts. it has saved me so much time with regards to post processing. i keep my 17-40 for backup but after using the TS lenses, it seems comical. i staunchly defended the 17-40 before i owned the 17ts...i use the 17-40 basically never.

and DJh, that looks fine to me...i dont really see any distracting distotion...its a tight space

Thanks for your feedback, Mike.
What would have been the best way to improve it? Should I just have moved more stuff out of the picture or should I have shot it wider? Or perhaps tighter? Different angle?