May 17, 2015 in Newport Beach, California. This is the product of 8 vertical images stitched together as a pano shot. Hence the horizon and level pier appear to be bowed.
Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-120 24mm ISO100 1/3 f/22 RAW White Balance Auto Processed in LightroomCC2015, PhotoshopCC2015, and NIK.
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8 commentsPatrick, you've pulled together some great light, an amazing length of pier and a wonderful sky for a terrific seascape. I think the pier looks fine, even if it is slightly bowed. That distortion is a common problem in stitched panos when using a wide angle lens. Did you try both with and without the geometric distortion correction when you combined these in PS?
Mark, I am unaware of the distortion correction will rework the image and repost thank you for the instruction
Patrick: very well seen and captured. I really like the colors you've captured and how the lines of clouds mimic the line of the pier. This one must be seen large to appreciate it fully. Richard
Mark,
Thank you for suggesting that I re-work this image. I was able to use "Lens Correction" in the Photoshop Filter Menu to straighten out the horizon and the pier.
Actually we used "Adaptive Wide Angle" It provides different capabilties than the "Lens Correction" filter.
Pretty spectacular, Patrick ! I like the very subtle colours which permeate the image, and the reworked version has the perspective just right.
Patrick, if you use the "Lens Correction" in the Camera Raw filter (in the filter menu in PS) you have a few more options there than in the straight Lens Correction menu.
If you are stitching, you really don't need to use wide angle. A most "standard" angle introduces less distortion and still gets the job done, albeit with more shots. Another thought I had is when you stop down past f16, or even f11 on some cameras (with more than 24mp), you start getting softness due to diffraction. That said, everything looks pretty crisp here. Great colors!
Kent in SD