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Leaning Tower of Manteno
Don't really need to go into the details on this one. You know the train, you know the place.
I love a good "low and wide" shot with an elevator in the background. But as in the case here, they can be absolutely frustrating.
For starters, lenses distort the crap out of straight lines making them look curved. This can mostly be corrected in post. But what I can't figure out how to correct is the damn foreshortening. Lines closer to the camera look bigger than ones farther away. So in the end, either the headhouse will look like it's falling over or the locomotives will. I split the difference and hope no one notices.
Secondly, balancing the frame can be tricky. If the elevator isn't long enough, you're left with it dominating one side of the frame and bunch of empty space on the other. That is the big offender here (the gons on the head end certainty don't do any favors either). Best way to deal with this is to try and center the elevator in the frame as much as possible. Which maybe I would have done if I had more than 15 seconds. But this was a spray-and-pray operation. I should really be thankful I even got a usable frame.
One thing I gotta admit though is that it's really cool to see these 70s on their home turf almost 22 after the fact. This is something I want to last forever. But like everything good in this hobby, it's time will come...
Leaning Tower of Manteno
Don't really need to go into the details on this one. You know the train, you know the place.
I love a good "low and wide" shot with an elevator in the background. But as in the case here, they can be absolutely frustrating.
For starters, lenses distort the crap out of straight lines making them look curved. This can mostly be corrected in post. But what I can't figure out how to correct is the damn foreshortening. Lines closer to the camera look bigger than ones farther away. So in the end, either the headhouse will look like it's falling over or the locomotives will. I split the difference and hope no one notices.
Secondly, balancing the frame can be tricky. If the elevator isn't long enough, you're left with it dominating one side of the frame and bunch of empty space on the other. That is the big offender here (the gons on the head end certainty don't do any favors either). Best way to deal with this is to try and center the elevator in the frame as much as possible. Which maybe I would have done if I had more than 15 seconds. But this was a spray-and-pray operation. I should really be thankful I even got a usable frame.
One thing I gotta admit though is that it's really cool to see these 70s on their home turf almost 22 after the fact. This is something I want to last forever. But like everything good in this hobby, it's time will come...