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The little chapel
« on: August 21, 2019, 02:47:19 »
Taken today.
Z6 & 14-30mm f/4S.
Thank you for looking.

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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2019, 17:01:32 »
Here's the (almost) corrected version, after some friends warned me about the heavy distortion.

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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2019, 18:49:41 »
Nice color composition!  The image reminds me of your pictures shot in Tibet.

To me, the corrected version looks more natural, but the composition of the original version looks more interesting.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2019, 12:16:32 »
Nice color composition!  The image reminds me of your pictures shot in Tibet.

To me, the corrected version looks more natural, but the composition of the original version looks more interesting.

Thank you for the comment Akira.
I am with you.
Some people prefer the "corrected" version, and that is fine too. There is no "best" way and I love this aspect of photography. Also, this is one of the reasons I don't like to participate in photo contests.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2019, 18:23:10 »
Thank you for the comment Akira.
I am with you.
Some people prefer the "corrected" version, and that is fine too. There is no "best" way and I love this aspect of photography. Also, this is one of the reasons I don't like to participate in photo contests.

I noticed the distortion in #1 right off, but, it is my favorite of the 2, in spite of that!
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2019, 18:33:20 »
I wouldn't go so far as calling this "distortion", rather the unavoidable consequence of a very wide angle of view and a non-levelled camera. Before everything could be corrected in post processing, we called this "falling lines" and saw it as being the natural way a wide lens works.

That being said, #2 conveys a playful impression against the more sinister atmosphere of #1.

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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2019, 19:23:31 »
I wouldn't go so far as calling this "distortion", rather the unavoidable consequence of a very wide angle of view and a non-levelled camera. Before everything could be corrected in post processing, we called this "falling lines" and saw it as being the natural way a wide lens works.

That being said, #2 conveys a playful impression against the more sinister atmosphere of #1.

Sinister? Hmmmm......
Carl

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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2019, 19:30:41 »
Some people prefer the "corrected" version, and that is fine too. There is no "best" way and I love this aspect of photography. Also, this is one of the reasons I don't like to participate in photo contests.

I agree.  What makes me like #1 is the playfulness of the converging lines of the flags, which is enhanced by the strong perspective distortion.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2019, 20:07:01 »
In this case, the 'straight' shot works fine for me. The photographer saw, composed, recorded.
Tilting a wide angle lens and getting falling lines ("keystone effect") is not the stylistic apostasy it once was. Modern audiences are exposed to, and familiar with, the extreme effects of wide and long lenses.
Despite the enduring charm of the classic photo styles free of obvious or unflattering optical effects, I feel it is, in a way, more honest to render the scene the way the lens saw it.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2019, 13:49:07 »
Both versions are good and provide different impressions.
#1 the composition of the flags are better
#2 removes the distortion
I think that it is a personal preference, the more i look at them the more i prefer #2.

I also understand the point Keith made that you should keep the original and what the lens saw. It would be like de-fishing images made with a fish-eye lens.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2019, 15:51:25 »
Thank you all for the insightfull comments.
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Re: The little chapel
« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2019, 21:15:18 »
Pleasant colors and sky, the lines with colored cloths expanding in all directions really adds to the wide feel.  I prefer the first, easily.
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