Gehry's Famous Spiral Staircase, Exterior View at Art Gallery of Ontario

Really interesting architecture shot. Have you enough space in the original to correct the perspective?

Phil

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Hello Phil:
Thanks for your comment. But as for correcting the perspective, as I mentioned to another PU member the other day, where there are converging lines running in several directions, you cannot correct the perspective to make all lines parallel/right-angled. In this case, I was far below and off to the side of the staircase about 35 degrees, and so did not shoot it with my lens parallel to the building (because trees were in my way), and standing squarely in the middle of the subject. As a result, there are several sets of diverging lines, and "correcting" one automatically means "worsening" another. On another note: I generally do not even attempt to avoid converging lines, even if I could---which is rarely, given that I am usually shooting these "Look Up" photos from hundreds of feet below. I don't see them as a negative. I see them as a positive. The lens sees what is there, and doesn't ---as our brains and tilting lenses do-- attempt to "correct " the naturally-occuring convergence. Finally, you must realize that the reflections I hunt for are often visible only from an oblique viewing angle. It would often be ideal to move my camera several hundred feet straight up in the air (as in taking an elevator in an adjoining building), but...well, you see the problem.

A very interesting building, like it