What would you align this image by: the horizontal of the light trail, the horizontal of the windows in the background or by the vertical of the middle dividing line between the blocks?
I was so unsure, that I gave up re-alignment in post.
The buildings because they would look wrong slanted. Or alternatively, I would spin the whole image slightly and have the light trails heading up to the top right corner maybe, like Superman escaping over the roof tops
The verticals on the left side building look square to me and I generally go by the buildings if there is no horizon, but ultimately it is what looks right to you. There is a really nice overall look to this shot.
In this case, it is difficult to make the image completely regular because the lens also has distortion, so it is difficult to make all the lines parallel. This picture is still as good as it is.
@borof Thanks a lot for that input. It is good to know that. The distortion is not that big: the weird angles are due to the block being sort of rounded around the corner and the street going downwards to the left. But it is good to know that there is no hard rule for aligning it by any specific line.
