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Very nice shot. No critique, maybe i would have straighten the lines a bit.
 
The verticals in de sides of the pics are bended. That is common in extreme wideangle. With some editors you can straight them out.
 
Nice shot, I got this lens the other day and love it, what a quality bit of gear it is
 
cyrax83 said:
cyrax83 said:
The verticals in de sides of the pics are bended. That is common in extreme wideangle. With some editors you can straight them out.

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Hmm I'll have to look into how you do this lighteoom
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You do it in the Lens Correction panel. But be warned, that with this amount of distortion you will lose a significant portion of your image in straightening. See below, I've left the image uncropped so you can see. I like the distortion you get from UWA lenses - that's part of the appeal of them but you need to understand how it happens and how to control it. In this case it looks like you've tilted the camera upwards, maybe to get more of the the roof in. If you want to minimise the distortion you need the keep the camera straight on as well as level.





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Just for fun, here's a similar QVB shot using the Samyang 7.5mm......

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In my case it gets wider but bendy at the edges, if I defished it there would be some edge loss.

In your case with the edges sloping away then correcting vertically loses some of the image, so to be more in control of the framing try to keep those edge lines truly vertical in the frame by keeping the camera level. Crop boring top or bottom bits later.

The QVB is full of curvy features so that is why I attacked it with the 7.5mm fisheye, got plenty of interesting results that often do not look like fisheye shots because of the natural curves in arches etc.

By the way, yonks ago in film days I did the full upstairs tour where we got to explore the large area that is above the central glass dome. From inside that top area the upper surface of the glass dome looks like some sort of Victorian era steam powered atomic reactor. Am on wrong computer, away from home so can't show any of the scanned film shots of that.

Regards..... Guy
 
…of the picture and to include more of the floors below and less of the roof. The extreme perspective distortion naturally follows.

As you say, Yaelle, correcting such extreme distortion results in a significant loss of picture which then calls into question the notion of using such a wide lens in the first place.

So, what to do?

Making the clock the horizontal center of the picture is simply not on unless the extreme distortion we see is allowed to remain.

However, it can be the vertical center, i.e. with equal area to each side of it.

I would counsel taking the shot in 4:3 format, with the camera set vertical. Set it all up level, both vertically and horizontally (the built-in level in Panasonic cameras is extremely good; is it the same in Olympuses?) so that both horizontals and verticals in the picture are correct, then crop the top of the picture in PP -- perhaps to a square format -- to remove the excess ceiling.

I suspect that will result in a wider view than if the current picture is cropped after the verticals are corrected in PP.
 
Hen3ry said:
…of the picture and to include more of the floors below and less of the roof. The extreme perspective distortion naturally follows.

As you say, Yaelle, correcting such extreme distortion results in a significant loss of picture which then calls into question the notion of using such a wide lens in the first place.

So, what to do?

Making the clock the horizontal center of the picture is simply not on unless the extreme distortion we see is allowed to remain.

However, it can be the vertical center, i.e. with equal area to each side of it.

I would counsel taking the shot in 4:3 format, with the camera set vertical. Set it all up level, both vertically and horizontally (the built-in level in Panasonic cameras is extremely good; is it the same in Olympuses?) so that both horizontals and verticals in the picture are correct, then crop the top of the picture in PP -- perhaps to a square format -- to remove the excess ceiling.

I suspect that will result in a wider view than if the current picture is cropped after the verticals are corrected in PP.
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Yes Geoffrey, you just got in before I have!

To repeat - WA lenses are very sensitive to tilting, so the best thing to do is to hold the camera level. and compose carefully. If you want to tilt up or down, then remember you must make it a feature of your picture!

Slight tilt just looks 'wrong' - my reaction was that this was a shot to be taken in 'portrait' format, as I think you are saying. And yes - Olympus levels are good too, but even the best hand held shots usually need some perspective correction.

However, I liked the picture and the OP clearly has the eye for WA. Just practise required!!!

Mike
 
Hen3ry said:
…of the picture and to include more of the floors below and less of the roof. The extreme perspective distortion naturally follows.
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You are right :-(
Hen3ry said:
As you say, Yaelle, correcting such extreme distortion results in a significant loss of picture which then calls into question the notion of using such a wide lens in the first place.

So, what to do?

Making the clock the horizontal center of the picture is simply not on unless the extreme distortion we see is allowed to remain.

However, it can be the vertical center, i.e. with equal area to each side of it.

I would counsel taking the shot in 4:3 format, with the camera set vertical. Set it all up level, both vertically and horizontally (the built-in level in Panasonic cameras is extremely good; is it the same in Olympuses?) so that both horizontals and verticals in the picture are correct, then crop the top of the picture in PP -- perhaps to a square format -- to remove the excess ceiling.

I suspect that will result in a wider view than if the current picture is cropped after the verticals are corrected in PP.
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Honestly - I have to disagree. If you aren't going to utilise the distortion on an UWA then don't go to the cost and trouble of buying one, just stitch a small pano and you can get much the same result. The skill is in using the distortion creatively and for impact.
 
Thanks for all the comments about the shot! I actually like the perspective distortion on the QVB shot :-)

I tiled the camera down a bit to get a bit more of the floor. If it had been straight on, I would have got alot more ceiling (which wasn't too exciting) and not alot of the bottom

Thanks for the feedback!
 
OK, for those of us from elsewhere - what the heck is QVB? Queen Victoria's Bookcase?
 
Bob657 said:
OK, for those of us from elsewhere - what the heck is QVB? Queen Victoria's Bookcase?
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OK, non Aussies are allowed to ask.

Have a read of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria_Building

There's even a statue of good Queen Victoria out the front, it was brought from Ireland it seems as they are not so fond of the Brits. and were willing to part with it.

On that Wiki page is a view from the top of the great dome showing its nuclear reactor tendencies. Years ago tours used to get that view, now occupational health and safety plus security concerns have stopped those extra interesting tours of the innards of the building.

Regards....... Guy
 
cyrax83 said:
Thanks for all the comments about the shot! I actually like the perspective distortion on the QVB shot :-)

I tiled the camera down a bit to get a bit more of the floor. If it had been straight on, I would have got alot more ceiling (which wasn't too exciting) and not alot of the bottom

Thanks for the feedback!
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I was going to mention that. When the distortion is as extreme and well balanced as you have made it, it becomes a feature of the picture.

You clearly aimed for it.
 
Thanks for the link, when we arrive in Sydney in a few weeks we'll have to visit!
 
This is a fine photograph with great detail, distortion and all. Thank you for sharing this one of the Queen Victoria Building.
 
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