Old and New Skyline

[Craig Kerr]

Another beautiful church building in Montreal, like the contrasting skyline
Canon 50D - Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm - F11 - ISO 640 - -0.3 Exp.

[Roger Clark]

Craig,

While an interesting building, the leaning-over effect of the wide angle is a bit much in my opinion. That, however can be easily corrected in photoshop. Make the image a little smaller than the window it is in (the zoom level) then select the image and go to:
edit -> transform -> perspective (at least this is what I remember--I don't have photoshop running at the moment, but this should be close),
then you can grab the top (left or right) corner and stretch the image until the building lines are vertical. That would improve the image a lot (unless you like the converging lines effect).

Roger

[Morkel Erasmus]

Hey Craig. I love the contrasting architecture here. I do get Roger's point, but I tend to like the "converging lines" effect of wide-angle lenses in most cases, even here...so in the end you have to go with what you feel works best for how you want it conveyed. Most "commercial" architecture photography is done with the aid of tilt-shift lenses if I am not mistaken...:Whoa!:

[Craig Kerr]

Roger and Morkel thanks for your comments - Will look into your suggestion Roger, image is un-cropped at the moment.
See why the Tilt-Shift lens comes into it's own with architecture photography :S3:

[Craig Kerr]

Have reworked using Lens Correction and Perspective and remove some distractions on the right of the image - Look any better ??

http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=105881&stc=1&d=1324207563

[Roger Clark]

Craig,

Here is a perspective correction. I had to do a small clockwise rotation first before the perspective correction worked properly. To me it makes the building more interesting.

Roger

[Roger Clark]

One other thing, the saturated white sky would be better IMO if fixed during raw conversion. Its brightness overwhelms the top of the image.

Roger

[Don Railton]

Hi Guys

I am bit late to the party but I too think the OP suffers from excessive tilt in the buildings. I prefer the second post or Rogers post.

DON

[Craig Kerr]

Unbelievable !! Thanks for your time Roger, I appreciate the effort. Did not believe it was possible :eek3:
Thanks for your comments Don

[Robert Amoruso]

I would have to go with Rogers version. The OP's distortion was too great to me to be pleasing.

The sky issue really demands the use of a graduated ND filter or a two exposure blend in PS.