[Paul B]

What do you think and where did I go wrong. Any advice that will help me improve is most welcome.



and another



Paul.

[lolyton]

Always a toughie, trying to take a full shot of a building in a compacty urban environment. Lots of guys who take these sort of images would use a 5x4 or lager format to allow them to get close to the buildings but still get good straight lines. You can also get a similar effect using a specialist slr lens with a rail and bellows on it. The name escapes me though.

You could however go the other way and use a wide angle and make the building look daunting and let the lines converge as a matter of dynamics to the image.

The top one i would have made more of the gerkin in the background, this would have created a juxtaposition of the traditional architecture with the modern. To do this i would have thoght about shooting it portait. However i can see that tree proving difficult. May have to move closer away from under the tree.

2nd one looks awkward, taken on a quiet day but just still got some annoyingly unwanted public in the shot. Maybe a wander round the area to see if there were any areas to get a better angle. If not, crop a little tighter and then maybe try to clone/blend out some of the other buildings. Or try standing at the front and make a single image from lots of photos by stitching together, this can be awkward but when done properly gives fantastic results.

Just some ideas!

[Pink Fairy]

chainsaw needed for the first shot :lol: Otherwise it's a great example of ancient and modern.

[CT]

Originally Posted by lolyton

Always a toughie, trying to take a full shot of a building in a compacty urban environment. Lots of guys who take these sort of images would use a 5x4 or lager format to allow them to get close to the buildings but still get good straight lines. You can also get a similar effect using a specialist slr lens with a rail and bellows on it. The name escapes me though.
!

Tilt/Shift Lens or Perspective Control Lens.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...mTS/35mmts.htm

[lolyton]

Tilt/Shift Lens or Perspective Control Lens.

Cheers CT that was the one i was fishing for!

Also how do you get the "Lolyton wrote:" bit appear in the quote?

[CT]

[quote="lolyton"]

Also how do you get the "Lolyton wrote:" bit appear in the quote?

Just click on the little Quote tab at top right of the post you're quoting. That opens your reply box with the quote already pasted in. Cut out any irrelevant bits, and type in your reply.

[lolyton]

Originally Posted by CT

Just click on the little Quote tab at top right of the post you're quoting. That opens your reply box with the quote already pasted in. Cut out any irrelevant bits, and type in your reply.

Just testing! Cheers CT......again!

[CT]

No probs. If ever you want to break a post down and answer it point by point, you just make sure that each bit you answer individually begins with [quote] and ends with the same tag but with a / in front.

[lolyton]

If you mean it ends with [/quote] I'm with you!

[CT]

You got it! :lol:

[lolyton]

Cheers, i'm gonna be so much more efficient on the forums as soon as i have learnt how to do it all properly! [smilie=t:

[CT]

You were leaning to the right there too Paul - only about half a degree (We all do it.) It's easily corrected in PS and you can also correct those converging verticals as I've done here.



Unfortunately it involves cropping the image slightly to do it, so if you plan to use this technique it's best to leave yourself plenty of room at the sides when you take the shot.

Cheaper than a Tilt/Shift lens! :lol:

[Paul B]

Thanks for the advice. I did try to get Gerkin in the background in portrait but it didn't look right, I'll give it another go. Think I'm going to need to learn PS a bit more in depth as well, your adjust makes a lot of difference CT.

[CT]

Originally Posted by Paul B

Think I'm going to need to learn PS a bit more in depth as well, your adjust makes a lot of difference CT.

Well without getting into PS, PSP or a package of similar quality, you're missing most of the creative potential of going digital. None of these packages are easy to get into and can be daunting at the outset, but it's surprising how much you can learn just by persevering and playing with your images, and it's not a horse race anyway. We're all in the same boat really, digital photography has completely changed the way we do things, and we're all learning all the time.