Waikiki and Diamond Head

anonymouscuban · July 21, 2014

Here are a couple of shots from Magic Island of the Waikiki Skyline and Diamond Head.

Sam · July 21, 2014

Love the color, but the distortion kills them for me. :cry

Sam

anonymouscuban · July 21, 2014

I guess I didn't try very hard at reducing the distortion either. I shot this low with the lens pointing upward.

Stumblebum · July 21, 2014

Hi Alex, yes, color is fabulous! Maybe I am not seeing it right, but horizon appears to be tilted....or maybe its distortion. In the second one maybe the stuff to right of firework can be chopped. Just some thoughts and first reactions.
The color in first one is just heavenly!
Cheers!

kdog · July 21, 2014

Nice shots! I do agree with Sam that the distortion is a negative. Easy to fix in post: Go to Filter->Lens Correction. Select the Custom tab. Near the bottom, move the Vertical Perspective slider to the left, to about -43. You will lose some of the clouds in the transformation, but I think it's worth it in this case.

anonymouscuban · July 21, 2014

Stumblebum wrote: »

Hi Alex, yes, color is fabulous! Maybe I am not seeing it right, but horizon appears to be tilted....or maybe its distortion. In the second one maybe the stuff to right of firework can be chopped. Just some thoughts and first reactions.
The color in first one is just heavenly!
Cheers!

Thanks Taz. The horizon is straight. It does look skewed but it's because the location I shot from is not directly parallel with the skyline. The skyline is at an angle moving away so the perspective makes thing look crooked. I was level according to my spirit level on my ball head and the in-camera level. Not sure about cutting out Diamond Head. It's pretty iconic. I may try blending in a little more detail from another shot where it's not so dark and in shadow.

kdog wrote: »

Nice shots! I do agree with Sam that the distortion is a negative. Easy to fix in post: Go to Filter->Lens Correction. Select the Custom tab. Near the bottom, move the Vertical Perspective slider to the left, to about -43. You will lose some of the clouds in the transformation, but I think it's worth it in this case.

I did add lens correction but the default for the lens. I didn't really play with the custom lens correction because it didn't bother me that much until you guys started pointing it out. Now its driving me crazy.

. I will try that setting. Will repost results.

I will also post another shot taken just a few minutes earlier. This was the Friday before the Super Moon last week. I unfortunately, the moon hid behind the clouds when the sky finally popped with the color you see in the first pic.

anonymouscuban · July 21, 2014

So here are the new edits with the distortion fixed. Much, much better I think. Thanks Sam for pointing it out!! I also blended in a bit more detail to Diamond Head in the firework photo. I also think that helps.

And here is another shot that show the full moon. This was just before the sky really popped with color.

Oh and sorry about my stupid watermark. It was set in LR when I exported.

Sam · July 21, 2014

Much better, now you can hang it on the wall.

Sam

anonymouscuban · July 21, 2014

Sam wrote: »

Much better, now you can hang it on the wall.

Sam

Thanks for the help Sam!!!

Jack'll do · July 22, 2014

I didn't see the originals but these reworks are certainly wonderful.

anonymouscuban · July 23, 2014

Thanks Jack.

Waikiki and Diamond Head

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