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Paradise City

Postby MatthewRoberts on Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:07 pm

A different view of Surfers Paradise from the roof of a canal cruiser.

D90, 18-200mm VR @ 42mm, f/8, 1/200s, ISO 200, Distortion Correction with PSE
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Re: Paradise City

Postby biggerry on Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:00 pm

Distortion Correction with PSE


was there much distortion at 42mm? from memory this lens is not too bad in this range. The image seems very soft, but that could just be me! was the original full res sharp? if so maybe try some progressive sharpening when you resize down for the web.

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Re: Paradise City

Postby MatthewRoberts on Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:35 pm

I am a total newby in the PP department. The original showed the outer buildings leaning like Pisa. I have found the barrel distortion on this lens pretty bad on most architecture shots.

I basically left it as-is and just resized it for the web. It could be the clouds making it soft - but will give the sharpening a go!

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