Tips on how to shoot this tank

[Hookup]

This is my new setup. It's not 100% complete, but very close.

I want to take a "good" FTS...

My concern is that I do not have a tilt-shift lens and that the horizontal and vertical lines will be problematic when shooting straight on.

What tips, if any, can you give me for my setup?

(This is in fact related to my other thread/question just posted, but figured for simplicity I would start two threads)

This was not taken "straight on"... I was afraid to even try...

 

[Recty]

Do you have any software for processing photos?

You should easily be able to correct converging lines that should be parallel with something like Photoshop or GIMP.

 

[Hookup]

I have photoshop and light room. I have not done this correction. Can you give me a few key words to google search on please? Maybe you did? "converging lines"? Not sure bit thanks

 

[Recty]

Try looking up correct distortion CS4 or whatever version you've got. I'd type more but I'm on my iPhone.

 

[IslandCrow]

In CS5, it's under Filter>Lens Correction (Shft+Ctrl+R). I'm not sure about Elements or Lightroom, but it's there somewhere. Personally, I'd zoom in on the tank anyway. Unless you're more concerned with the room (in which case I'd zoom out), the photo's a bit busy, and the tank is lost in the background. Also, because our tanks are so bright compared to the rest of the room, it's generally best to take two photos (one exposed correctly for the tank and the other for the room) and blend them in post processing. It can easily be done with layers and masks in photoshop, and I'm sure Lightroom has a similar method.

 

[IPT]

My concern is that I do not have a tilt-shift lens and that the horizontal and vertical lines will be problematic when shooting straight on.

This was not taken "straight on"... I was afraid to even try...

Hmm, lines converging usually are only an issue when you are not straight on to the subject. There will be much less correction need if you do shoot straight on. Any shooting from an angle, or with the camera tilted up or down will increase the problem. Especially if you are using a wide angle lens. Tilt and shoot allow you to correct for when you can't be in a straight line (like looking up at a tall building).

 

[IslandCrow]

Hmm, lines converging usually are only an issue when you are not straight on to the subject. There will be much less correction need if you do shoot straight on. Any shooting from an angle, or with the camera tilted up or down will increase the problem. Especially if you are using a wide angle lens. Tilt and shoot allow you to correct for when you can't be in a straight line (like looking up at a tall building).

Yes, but straight on if usually so boooring. . .

Actually, I think if the photo was cropped a bit so you don't see the left edge of the wall with the tank, it wouldn't be nearly as distracting. A little correction in post still wouldn't hurt, though.