Trey Foerster
About the Image(s)
A father and his children exit the City Center in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin. The structure is located at 100 North Appleton Street and is a mixed-use building that houses the Building For Kids Children’s Museum. Tech stuff: f/11, 1/500 sec., -0.3 step exposure bias, 24mm focal length. Processed in LR, PS, and Topaz Studio.
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10 comments posted
Sanford Morse
Interesting shot but I think your correction of the vertical has left the image badly distorted.   Posted: 10/09/2024 12:42:32
Gordon Watson
I like the blue reflections in the glass and the person adds a sense of scale. The original obviously needs perspective corrections and you have corrected the verticals OK, but I think your final version still needs a few final tweaks - a combination of perspective and skew adjustments on the height axis of the image would line up all the horizontals whilst keeping your verticals correct.   Posted: 10/12/2024 08:50:28
Trey Foerster
Gordon Watson
It does look more square now, but we have now lost the windows either side. I've had a go from the original, just using the perspective tool in Photoshop, and what I do is pull in vertical and horizontal guidelines to help square things off. I can only add one image at a time, so first one us uncropped.   Posted: 10/15/2024 19:39:00
Gordon Watson
Trey Foerster
I used LR and the Transform sliders. But will go into PS and try to copy what you have done. I like it when I learn some new tool! Thanks for helping me out, I appreciate it very much.   Posted: 10/15/2024 19:45:59
Ian Cambourne
A strong image Trey. Everyone in this group knows that my processing skills are currently under construction and a work in progress, so I will stay away from all comments about verticals and perspective. The composition, colours and presentation of this image are very good.   Posted: 10/14/2024 06:05:05
Sophie Pouillon
Aren't you trying to make your images too perfect? I like the fact that, tilted, you have to look up to see the top of the building. Indeed, the scale given by the character is also important. What I see is the excess, the height, before the reflections and the blue of the windows. And the dark sky reflected in the windows... For me, it's also part of the description of the image that's important. It all depends on what the author wanted to show.
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Jay Joseph
Nice image Trey. I like all the repeating lines and squares as well as the reflections in the windows. I don't really see a big difference between your final image and Gordon's adjustments.   Posted: 10/21/2024 18:41:01
Henriette Brasseur
Love this image...This image is all about perspective, lines and rectangles. And, it is the photographer's personal vision of what he wants to present to the viewer. I do like Gordon's interpretation of the final image using guidelines to straighten out the building. I don't need to see the whole building because the important thing is that the symmetry, lines and rectangles are still present in the image and provide strong impact. Trey, your willingness to learn a new tool to employ are admirable as well as Gordon's input. The person in the image gives us scale and the reflection (blue) in the window add to the overall image. Well done Trey.   Posted: 10/22/2024 15:29:26