![]() ![]() ![]() If you are using the new AI Topaz Plugins, you can use instead Topaz Studio 2 and its B&W converter that replaces Topaz B&W Effects, also Topaz DeNoise AI Topaz Sharpen AI and Topaz Mask AI. The fine art architectural images shown in this tutorial have been shot with a Canon 5D MKIII camera, a Canon tilt-shift lens TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L II, using neutral density filters Formatt-Hitech ProStop IRND, and were processed using Photoshop, Lightroom and Topaz B&W Effects, DeNoise, Detail and ReMask. Also hands-on demonstrations and explanations with case studies on how to use the tilt-shift lens in architectural and long exposure photography, together with more other resources and tips you can find in my video tutorial Long Exposure, Architecture, Fine Art Photography – Creating (en)Visionography that comes with a black and white processing ebook. ![]() You can find the entire study in the chapter “The Tilt-Shift Lens as Main Tool in Architectural Photography”. This tutorial constitutes a fragment from the extensive tilt-shift lens study I present in my book From Basics to Fine Art – Black and White Photography – Architecture & Beyond, which you can find on my webstore at the link above. That is the reason why I bought these lenses.Shooting with the Canon 17mm f/4L Tilt-shift Lens This tutorial is an essential guide to the tilt-shift lens, a study of the tilt-shift lens, or architectural lens, as it is also called. Also for real estate photography, these lenses are perfect. Just keep in mind to capture enough extra space to allow cropping.īut if shoot a lot of buildings or other objects that have vertical lines and you need a perspective distortion-free capture, it might be worth investing in such a lens. If you have to correct perspective distortion just once in a while, it might be perfect to do so in post-processing. Nevertheless, most tilt-shift lenses are much too expensive to buy without a good reason. I used the Canon version for this article. Of course, Nikon also has its own versions. But perhaps there are more alternatives available. Laowa is one brand that comes to mind, just like Samyang. But it is possible to find some budget version on the market. Who Will Benefit From the Shift Function of a Tilt-Shift Lens? But there will be some degradation in the parts that have been affected by the correction, although I don't think you will notice in most cases. The end result after perspective correction looks great. This is shown in the before/after image below. This can be done by shifting the lens relative to the camera, in this case, upwards. You just have to place the part that will be registered by the sensor in the correct location. Because of the large image circle, the whole building or tree will be visible within that image circle. Shifting To Prevent Perspective Distortion At the same time, there will be too much ground or pavement in the frame. That is the moment when the shift function of the tilt-shift lens comes in handy. The vertical lines of buildings will be vertical, but the building might not fit into the frame. So, if you can hold your camera perfectly horizontal, the perspective distortion is absent. There might be some regular barrel distortion, but that is due to the physics of the lens. If you hold your camera perfectly horizontal, you will see the lines become normal again. By tilting upwards, the perspective distortion is huge. With a 17mm wide angle lens, this is the result with this building. ![]()
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