I might just have to check out the Getty Villa sometime, looks like you had some fun there. --Melanie
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23-Oct-2006 20:52
Traveller, I am in basic CS myself : (
As I understand it, PTLens includes a database of lenses, so all you have to do is choose the right lens and focal length and it will take care the the rest - real fast, real simple (comes as a plug-in for Photoshop).
Dearest Olaf: Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I think that I really do need CS2, I only at the moment have the basic CS....in the original image, since replaced, I did play with Edit>Transform...skew and distort and still couldn't eyeball the lines exactly right.
But the real problem I have is that there is always another image to process....Let's move along...lol. I am using this space as kind of a showcase for what came out of my Getty Villa shoot...eventually, I'll put together a gallery over on pbase and I'll let you know when it is completed. Best Wishes, Traveller
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23-Oct-2006 20:30
Oops, the image changed...
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23-Oct-2006 20:19
Dear Traveller (when in Rome do like the Romans, lol), lots of interesting detail here for the eye to explore, thanks for sharing! I find the pillars and ceilings painted on the wall especially amusing...
I see you shot this with your beloved EF-S 17-85 IS, probably close to the 17mm end of the zoom. Well, most wide angle zooms have a real weakness, especially when shooting architecture - distortion - and the 17-85 is no exception. Notice how the closest (real and painted) pillars seem to bend? Same goes for the line in the floor between the 'pillars'.
The good news is: this can be corected in post processing, and to my trained eye, it would help a lot on this image! If you have CS2, it has a lens correction tool, but if not, PTLens (free trial version, $15 for a license) is a great tool for getting rid of all kinds of lens-weaknesses... PTLens is based on PanoTools, which is free, but the exact opposite of user-friendly and intuitive.
I used my 18-55 kit lens on my recent field-trip to Basel and Zürich and it has some really bad 'mustache' distortion at its 18mm setting. The architectural images I got with it were very disappointing - until I corrected for the distortion (using Panotools myself, as I am on a mac) - it really makes a world of difference!
