The Little Church of Forest Lawn

Khaos

This is why I want a tilt and shift lens. The angles can get skewed using a wide angle. I still like the lens though. It takes sharp pics. Full size and you can easily read the engraved stone in the lower right. Rate, give comments, don't be shy. Click pic for exif.

gtc

russia
i think that the distortion adds to this-i like it

i know what you mean about tilt and shift lenses though-necessary for straight skyscrapers without converging/diverging verticals

there is a company in russia which makes (always debatable) good ones(30mm,40mm and 55mm from my dodgy memory) for not much-have a search and you will find them,sorry no link-it looks like a good way to put your toe in the waters of architectural photography.

you will probably go canon though..

Khaos wrote:

This is why I want a tilt and shift lens. The angles can get skewed using a wide angle. I still like the lens though. It takes sharp pics. Full size and you can easily read the engraved stone in the lower right. Rate, give comments, don't be shy. Click pic for exif.

DRT-Maverick

That's such an amazing photo! It's extremely pleasing to the eyes, and the midtones are really strong, and the composition is great.

gus

Khaos wrote:

The angles can get skewed using a wide angle. I still like the lens though.

K..there is something about a fix in Scott Kelbys CS2 book. I remember seeing his before & after shot & being very impressed.

Nir

Fantastic shot! Just the way it is!

marlof

I really like the way the light works in this picture, where you can see the light through the leaves fall on the buiding. And a very nice B&W conversion as well. I don't mind that much that the building is skewed by perspective.

Khaos

Thanks all. I've been playing with the channel mixer more now on my B&W conversions and I've been pleased. There are times when it doesn't work as well and I'll use desaturate and curves, but I've been getting some interesting results with the mixer.

USAIR

Cool shot sometimes the distortion works sometimes it don't
Here I think it works

I also have the tilt/shift on my wish list at $1,099 I will have to save my $$$
I am looking at the 45mm because it's faster and sharper I think ..good luck

Thanks
Fred

wholenewlight

Humungus wrote:

K..there is something about a fix in Scott Kelbys CS2 book. I remember seeing his before & after shot & being very impressed.

I'm waiting for my Kelby book to arrive.

Was the lesson on using the transform:perspective feature of cs2 under the edit pulldown menu? It works pretty well for many things. Sorry if i'm missing the point on this. Here is a LINK to a tutorial (I used the manual method on the following example)

Here's the posted pic with some transform:perspective correction:



Still looks a little leaning back. But the vertical lines are straighter. It's not perfect but maybe an interim fix till the PC lens fits the budget.

Khaos, sorry for the intrusion on your pic - i'll immediately delete.

Really nice B&W conversion. I've also tried the channel mixer method of converting to B&W using method and downloaded channel mixer files to "load" from this website: http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/channelmixer/channelmixer.html

Khaos

wholenewlight wrote:

I'm waiting for my Kelby book to arrive.



Khaos, sorry for the intrusion on your pic - i'll immediately delete.

Really nice B&W conversion. I've also tried the channel mixer method of converting to B&W using method and downloaded channel mixer files to "load" from this website: http://www.outbackphoto.com/workshop/channelmixer/channelmixer.html

No worries. I post here for feedback. I have no issues with people using my pic here for examples in the posted thread.

Thanks.

rsi1986

Awsome pic! Love the contrast from the trees, and the black & white gives it a very dramatic feel.

caitcait

Yay!
Wow, that's a beautiful church, and you really make it stand out more. Great picture! I really like this one!