D700 - A walk through Munich

[Deepak Kaw]

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[toomanycanons]

Nice pics but, no offense, nothing that says only a D700 could have taken these.

And, no offense again, but try to keep your verticals straight. Line them up with the sides of the viewfinder.

 

[adhall]

Nice pics but, no offense, nothing that says only a D700 could have taken these.

And, no offense again, but try to keep your verticals straight. Line them up with the sides of the viewfinder.

re verticals, obviously lining them up with the side of the viewfinder doesn't work... did you mean left side or the right?

Your choices are:

- Use a tilt shift lens

- Keep your camera straight in both horizontal planes and then crop to suit in post, or;

- or shoot a little wider and use a perspective correction tool in post.

to the OP, I enjoyed your set. Thanks for sharing.

 

[falconeyes]

Very nice set.

2nd is my metro station

 

[Patrick McMahon]

No 2 is a great photo in both capture and edit.

thanks very much for posting.

 

[toomanycanons]

Nice pics but, no offense, nothing that says only a D700 could have taken these.

And, no offense again, but try to keep your verticals straight. Line them up with the sides of the viewfinder.

re verticals, obviously lining them up with the side of the viewfinder doesn't work... did you mean left side or the right?

Your choices are:

- Use a tilt shift lens

- Keep your camera straight in both horizontal planes and then crop to suit in post, or;

- or shoot a little wider and use a perspective correction tool in post.

to the OP, I enjoyed your set. Thanks for sharing.

Re: verticals. Like I do, line them up with the sides of the viewfinder. If your horizontal and vertical planes are correct, Voila, you got your straight verticals. Mine are always straight and I've never used a tilt shift lens. It's a very simple thing to do if you're looking out for it and have practiced just a bit.

OTOH, if a photog doesn't think straight verticals is something to shoot for and he's taking his own pics just for himself, why should he care? But for a client who notices these things? Totally different story, which is to say my story. Like I say, it's an easy thing to do.

 

[kenwj]

Lovely images. Been there recognize most everything. Blues are pretty heavily saturated in shots 3&4.

 

[ata3001]

Nice pics but, no offense, nothing that says only a D700 could have taken these.

And, no offense again, but try to keep your verticals straight. Line them up with the sides of the viewfinder.

The OP used a 24mm WA lens. Of course there will be keystoning, that's to be expected.

To the OP, Nice images.

 

[falconeyes]

Blues are pretty heavily saturated in shots 3&4.

It is the law in Bavaria, to have this kind of sky. Look at their flag:

Bavarian flag; photo credit: www.crwflags.com



BTW. Due to altitude, clean air and general climate, it is not that rare actually (deep blue in the sky I mean).

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Falk Lumo

 

[adhall]

Nice pics but, no offense, nothing that says only a D700 could have taken these.

And, no offense again, but try to keep your verticals straight. Line them up with the sides of the viewfinder.

re verticals, obviously lining them up with the side of the viewfinder doesn't work... did you mean left side or the right?

Your choices are:

- Use a tilt shift lens

- Keep your camera straight in both horizontal planes and then crop to suit in post, or;

- or shoot a little wider and use a perspective correction tool in post.

to the OP, I enjoyed your set. Thanks for sharing.

Re: verticals. Like I do, line them up with the sides of the viewfinder. If your horizontal and vertical planes are correct, Voila, you got your straight verticals. Mine are always straight and I've never used a tilt shift lens. It's a very simple thing to do if you're looking out for it and have practiced just a bit.

OTOH, if a photog doesn't think straight verticals is something to shoot for and he's taking his own pics just for himself, why should he care? But for a client who notices these things? Totally different story, which is to say my story. Like I say, it's an easy thing to do.

I think you missed the point re verticals. I would not advise lining up verticals with the side of your viewfinder. That only works when the camera is not pitched up or down (i.e. when the centre of your frame is pointed at the horizon line).

There are many websites that have good information about perspective control using a wide angle lens. Here's an example:

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www.prime-junta.net

and another...

Using Wide Angle Lenses

www.cambridgeincolour.com

 

[toomanycanons]

"I think you missed the point re verticals. I would not advise lining up verticals with the side of your viewfinder. That only works when the camera is not pitched up or down (i.e. when the centre of your frame is pointed at the horizon line)."

I'm not talking about the occasional shot when a photog intentionially points his camera up to capture the top of a building. I'm talking about the other 98% of a typical shoot when a photog is pointing his camera forward. 99% of my shooting involves pointing my camera forward, not pitched up or down and, yes, lining up lines in the view (buildings and such) with the sides of the viewfinder.

Tough to say if we're talking about the same thing. If you look at the OP's shots (the musicians, the arches, the narrow street, the massive doors) a simple check of "are my verticals straight" could have lined everything up. Ya know, like he did with the lady in church with the red candles. Was him lining up his verts in that shot just pure chance?

I'm pretty sensitive to straight verts. If they're lined up, it tells me the photog knows (and cares) what he's doing. If they're not, they just fall into that huge category of "hey, how do you like these snapshots?" which could also include shots by someone using their phone.

 

[Deepak Kaw]

Thank you adhall and toomanycanons for the observations.

While I do understand the argument about lining up the verticals, with a 24mm lens it only works if the subject is in the middle of the composition. Placing the subject either on the lower or higher end of the photograph will invariably lead to the perspective lines merging either towards the top or bottom of the frame, and as rightly said, the way out of it is using a shift lens. It would be easier to achieve straight lines with a normal or telephoto lens.

Regards

Deepak

 

[Lance B]

Very nice set.

2nd is my metro station

I wish I'd known you lived in Munich, we might have been able to meet up. I was there in July for a day before heading west throught the Black Forest to to see Hohenzollern Castle and then off to Strasbourg, France.

 

[Lance B]

Very nice shots, number 2 and 6 are my favourites.

 

[Deepak Kaw]

Very nice shots, number 2 and 6 are my favourites.

 

[Deepak Kaw]

Very nice set.

2nd is my metro station