This is already a crop but your more radical crop sounds good. I will repost when I have time.
Thanks for the comment Dean. I have wanted a tilt shift lens for a long time but really can't justify the expense. I looked at the "cheapish" Samyang/ Rokinon 24mm but the quality wasn't terrific, similarly the Nikon 24mm although better still isn't a stellar performer, not in the Canon class. The Nikon 19mm fits the bill exactly but, and a big but, it is far too expensive for me to justify buying it. I also tried all sorts of software solutions to overcome leaning and converging verticals but couldn't find a solution that satisfied me. So I now ensure that my camera is perfectly level and compose with just a portion of the image. If I am shooting a tall building I zoom out enough to contain it and ignore the large amounts of unused foreground, similarly I often crop large amounts of sky when I am interested in what is below me when standing on a crag looking into a valley. This means that I "waste" between a quarter and a half of my pixels but I start with 36Mp so usually have enough. It is difficult to stop myself composing "properly" and tilting the camera as the brain doesn't "see" tilting and converging but with man made structures I am always disappointed with the results obtained with non level cameras even if it is only a farmhouse in the corner of an image. KenKen,
Beautiful job on these. Looks like a great place to walk around and shoot. The lighting is really fantastic .
I like both versions of the 1st.. with the inclusion of the surrounding plaza it gives a little more context to the scene but both work extremely well.The perspectives are captured so well that my immediate thought was that you must have used a tilt shift lens..but after reading your comments it looks like you took your time and kept your camera level
Regards,
Dean
Thanks Artur we were at a wedding in Krakow but spent a week in the surrounding area and down in the Tatra mountains, thoroughly enjoyable. I did cause a bit of a sensation wandering about in full highland dress but wrapped in the 24 ft of wool that makes a kilt in the Polish Summer heat takes a little getting used to. Ken
I see that you survived the Polish wedding
Some of these events can be pretty hard on your stomach...and balance, of course! Cheers!
Yes huge amounts of food and Vodka. I lost count of the number of courses and the many hours spent eating and drinking. For me something strange about being served a rich meat stew well after midnight and iced Vodka on every table. KenI see that you survived the Polish wedding