Hi Dave, Thanks for the PS information - I look forward to trying that out! I've also been thinking of a trip to the lake district, I currently live in South England, a long way from Scotland, but the lake district isn't so far! :) Hope you make it over here sometime! Chris
Yes, Chris, you get the point of that photo exactly, I'm really pleased. Thank you.
Regarding your question about adjusting perspective, I am learning this too. In the original image the edge of the house and the edge of the fence are tilted sideways. This is unavoidable distortion caused by tipping my 20 mm lens down at the flower. A tilt shift lens would straighten this out, but I've never had access to one of those. However you can adjust slanted buildings and telephone poles in photoshop, as I learned this week. I use photoshop elements 1.0, but I am sure others will work. You enclose the image in the rectangular Marquee tool, then click image, transform, perspective. Then take your mouse and drag one of the corners til the lines look the way you want them. I wish I had known about that sooner, as other images in my portfolio could have used some work. I think you unavoidably lose detail when you do this, but most of the time that doesn't make any difference.
Your Scotland pics remind me of a trip I made in the 80's to North Wales. I've wanted to go back to the UK ever since, with hopes to climb through your mysterious mist in the Lake district. Cheers.
Hi Dave, Great juxtaposition! It took me a little while to get the point of the image, but I like the idea of the ant in his flower/home looking across this "vast space" and seeing you in your home. It brings to mind these insect cartoon films, you can just imagine the ant going "Wow, look at the view from up here!" Can you tell me what you mean by "adjust perspective" in photoshop? I'm just starting to learn the power of photoshop so would be interested in this. For me the fence to the right is an unnecessary distraction, and I think could have been easily excluded when taking. Cheers Chris
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