Bay Bridge, San Fransisco

RPKrayz

I wasn't thrilled with this shot when I took but I think it turned out pretty well as a black and white since there is a major lack of color looking east over the bay. Let me know what you think.
Thanks!!!

bristlecone

I think it's a good image of the bridge. Great sky. The b&w works..... but if you would straighten out the towers you would like it alot more.

RPKrayz

Thanks!
I thought about it, but the horizon is level and the first two towers look like they are leaning towards each other. I think I would have to manipulate them in Photoshop to get them straight. You have any other ideas? I'm willing to try whatever.

bristlecone

RPKrayz wrote: »

Thanks!
I thought about it, but the horizon is level and the first two towers look like they are leaning towards each other. I think I would have to manipulate them in Photoshop to get them straight. You have any other ideas? I'm willing to try whatever.

Yes. I use a combination of Edit/Transform/Distort and ... Edit/Transform/Warp.
Keep your original nearby to compare. Wide angle lenses tend to distort virtical lines, with photoshop you can correct an amazing amount of this.

RPKrayz

bristlecone wrote: »

Yes. I use a combination of Edit/Transform/Distort and ... Edit/Transform/Warp.
Keep your original nearby to compare. Wide angle lenses tend to distort virtical lines, with photoshop you can correct an amazing amount of this.

Thanks a lot for the idea!
Still pretty new but learning fast. I finally had some time so I actually redid the entire photo. When blown up the original had a ton of noise.
What do you think of this one?

bristlecone

Outstanding! Really looks good.

Earache

bristlecone wrote: »

Outstanding! Really looks good.

kdog

Well done, Ron.

RPKrayz

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the comments!

eMOJO

@nd edit looks great... has a rel old world look to it. Nicely done