Bricktown in OKC

David_MC · Jul 18, 2016

A few from the Bricktown area of OKC.

Decided to take the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 out for a walk. I love this cheap little lens.

tirediron · Jul 18, 2016

Very nice scenes, but they all seem a trifle out of level.

waday · Jul 18, 2016

I like the second one! Neat!

ronlane · Jul 18, 2016

All kinds of cool stuff down there. Saturday mornings before 10 am are a great time to go, hardly anyone out.

The_Traveler · Jul 18, 2016

tirediron said:
Very nice scenes, but they all seem a trifle out of level.

And the top of the building is clipped in #1.

Peeb · Jul 18, 2016

I feel your pain in terms of 'unlevel'. A constant battle for me!

David_MC · Jul 18, 2016

Same here, I have a bubble level that fits into the hot shoe but that does not help me when looking in the viewfinder. When I do upgrade to the 80D, it will have an electronic level in the viewfinder that should help eliminate that problem for me.

The first picture was actually more tilted, I tried to correct it as much as I could without cutting the top of the tower off, I may try to retake that shot but stand a little further back and try to focus on leveling it more.

The_Traveler · Jul 19, 2016

Extend the canvas before you fix tilt.
Then nothing gets clipped off.

David_MC · Jul 19, 2016

I'll have to remember that one, thanks.

The_Traveler · Jul 19, 2016

Many of the tutorials on correcting perspective distortion have entending the edge as the first step.
If I'm editing a picture with any verticals/horizontals that are crucial, and I want to fix the perspective distortion, the first thing I check before any other edits is if I can fix the distortion.
If not, there isn't any reason to go ahead with the edit.