Trying to learn Photoshop... this is an edited shot of a church that I shot last October. I have improved the distortions and flaws that were in the original (hopefully), which I learned to fix today. That Camera Raw filter is really, really helpful.
10/1/2020: Finished year 7 (!), with continuing gratitude towards this amazing community. Based in St. Louis, MO. Regular worker-bee and self-taught photography dilettante....
@ksyvarth If you look at the "before" shot, you can see how the camera and lens made the pillars lean inwards. Photoshop (or any other editing program, I guess) uses mathematical algorithms to apply corrections to the photo, helping the columns stand more upright in the shot. At least, that is my limited understanding. :)
This definitely has the wow factor now! You have picked up on this Photoshop editing so quickly! That distortion correction is amazing - and the lighting really takes on a glow. Love this!
You had to know I'd fav this -- it is absolutely fabulous the way you took a strong architectural image and then made it even better. WOW -- an ad for PS!
Isn't that just the most amazing tool and you have used it perfectly here. I'm never quite sure I'm doing these things right and also when taking the photograph I need to allow for the amount of cropping that is required. Beautiful light, tones and symmetry too, fav.
@overalvandaan I checked the Scott Kelby PS book from the library, but I really relied on YouTube and the Creative Cloud training videos that come with a Creative Cloud subscription (much more reasonable than buying the software!). Check out that Camera Raw filter... tons of information about it on the internet. It is super handy.
@quietpurplehaze Thanks, Hazel. I think that the lens can make the image distorted when you are using a wider angle lens. The lens I was using provides that wide angle, but it can "bend" the image, too. That bending is the distortion that I was trying to fix.
