If you look at the amount of sky in the left hand image of the ‘before and after’ comparison you’ll see how much taller the yellow building is and how much sky has disappeared. Leaving more ‘headroom’ or sky in an image is a critical consideration when planning how to frame an image to allow for perspective adjustments. It is also very important to consider how much taller a subject in your image may become when perspective adjustments are applied. I knew that these parts of the original photograph would not be visible in the perspective-adjusted image but I needed some cropping room for the perspective adjustments.

In the case of the above image I purposely included part of the door archway on the right hand side, and the second set of windows on the building on the left hand side. This is because you will purposely frame the image differently to allow for the anticipated changes in perspective. It is important to remember that the decision to adjust an image using any kind of perspective control software should be made before the photograph is actually taken. In this case I used a 1 Nikon 6.7-13mm wide angle lens shot at 7mm, or an equivalent field of view of 19mm on a full frame camera. You will immediately notice the rather severe angles that are caused when shooting with a wide angle lens.

Here is the original file of one of the images I took in Nafplio Greece and how it appears when it is initially opened up in DxO ViewPoint 2 before any adjustments are made. One of the most common perspective adjustments photographers make with their images is to force vertical parallels, especially when shooting with wide angle lenses. Let’s have a look at how two specific types of common perspective adjustments can be done using DxO ViewPoint 2. DxO ViewPoint 2 is simply the program that I choose to use for these types of adjustments. Nor am I inferring that this software is superior to other options available. This article demonstrates how to do a couple of common adjustments.īefore we look at two simple types of adjustments I’d like to remind readers that this article is not intended to compare perspective control functions in different software programs.

I find DxO ViewPoint 2 very effective and easy to use. There are a number of software programs that can be used to correct perspectives. Many times when taking images of buildings or when doing street photography it can be important to apply perspective adjustments to correct distracting angles.

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