
Originally Posted by
Diane Miller
Fast thinking!
Instead of straightening and then cropping, sometimes it works to go into PS and do Edit > Transform > Distort and pull a corner down (or up) (or in or out). It may not work here because of the distortion but it's great with landscapes.
Then go to Image > Reveal All if you pulled some of it out of the frame, and see if you can clone or content-aware fill. You probably made a BG copy to do this so turn off the original BG to see what you need to fill in.