Hi Brian,
Corrected or not, you got a winner here. The blurry waters lead the eye to the distance. Very nice comp.
I like the correction when I look at the bridge (top right) but on the left side, it's not necessary and it actually removes a nice part of the image (bottom left)
Thanks for sharing!
Fred
Thanks for the comments, Fred.
Perhaps the straightening was a little brutal. I will try something more subtle (and local)
for my next go, or perhaps just get that 17mm T/S I have been trying to convince myself
I need for the last few years.
If you hadn't shown the corrected one I still would've really liked the uncorrected one. However having both together and I say the corrected one works better for me
What a cool looking shot! I like this, as to the WA distortion, you might want to try the Warp tool to pull down just the one side to straighten it out. By using that, it's a bit more work, but then you won't lose any of the shot.
I quite like this image, the stormy waves in the mid-half of the image really add to the composition, to be honest I did not even glance at the bridge.
Mirza
Jim: I thought there must be something that could make the adjustment locally, I don't have photoshop (which I am guessing you are referring to) but I guess that pixelmator has something similar. I'll look into it. I really like the bottom left corner in the original so I think I would really like the best of both worlds, a straight bridge and the rest of the picture as-is.
Super image, Brian - love the sense of movement and the colours and light are spot on. In an ideal world it would be nice to get the bridge a little more vertical but not sure how you'd go about it as suggested without photoshop - maybe get someone who has it to do so if your software won't?
You would love the 17TSE by the way - it's a brilliant lens - clearly you have proved your need for it now ;-)
Lizzie
Thanks very much for your nice comment, Lizzie. I really appreciate it.
I *know* I would love the 17 ts-e, the cost is the "only" thing holding me back.
IMO, the diff between the original and the corrected versions are so minimal as to be inconsequential. The kind of thing a *few* photographers might immediately notice, but likely nobody else would give a hoot.
It's such a nice image that I doubt many would have any concerns.
Of course, if you blew it up to 8'x6', maybe then it would stand out a bit more.
