Mine for the day. I've posted several versions of this subject before. Power plant in Providence, Rhode Island. It's been a challenge to get a decent composition. Looked at straight on, the power lines on the right cut across the middle of the stacks. Shooting a bit to the left places them as seen here--filling up the empty space in the upper right of the composition.
The biggest problem for me has been the stacks. If the camera is tilted up at all--which it needs to be to capture them as well as the water--then perspective distortion makes them looked curved rather than straight (or else "falling" to the right) and also makes everything look like it is falling backwards. I've tried to fix this in Lightroom with some success, but haven't been happy regardless of how I adjusted the sliders.
Got a 24mm tilt-shift lens to fix this (both for this subject and others). Haven't played with the tilt yet, but the shift is pretty amazing. I leveled the tripod head to shoot the subject. The tops of the stacks were cut off, even with a 24mm lens. Then shifted up and was able to dramatically change the composition while keeping perspective under control. Not sure I'm satisfied with the clouds/light--will need to go back under different weather conditions. But I'm liking the composition better than any other time I have shot this.
The biggest problem for me has been the stacks. If the camera is tilted up at all--which it needs to be to capture them as well as the water--then perspective distortion makes them looked curved rather than straight (or else "falling" to the right) and also makes everything look like it is falling backwards. I've tried to fix this in Lightroom with some success, but haven't been happy regardless of how I adjusted the sliders.
Got a 24mm tilt-shift lens to fix this (both for this subject and others). Haven't played with the tilt yet, but the shift is pretty amazing. I leveled the tripod head to shoot the subject. The tops of the stacks were cut off, even with a 24mm lens. Then shifted up and was able to dramatically change the composition while keeping perspective under control. Not sure I'm satisfied with the clouds/light--will need to go back under different weather conditions. But I'm liking the composition better than any other time I have shot this.
