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29-SEP-2004	Pete V

Caught this Traffic Warden just issuing a ticket, as I was driving past looking for a space.

Canon EOS 10D ,Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di LD (IF)
1/320s f/3.2 at 51.0mm iso200 full exif

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Canon DSLR Challenge		05-Oct-2004 18:02
Good catch, by you and him! Shame he's not a bit crisper, like one of the door mirrors, but that's what you get for a drive by shooting! - Jono

Canon DSLR Challenge		02-Oct-2004 17:55
When you drag the crop box, you simply visually line it up with whatever you're straightening. -- Victor

Guest		02-Oct-2004 15:24
But Victor, how do you know how much to rotate? Phil

Canon DSLR Challenge		01-Oct-2004 15:12
Yeah, it sounds complicated the way I explained it, but in practise, it's simple. You use only one tool to drag a rectangle, then hit enter. You rotate and crop with a single operation. With your technique, you're going to crop anyway, aren't you? So you're already using the crop too.... -- Victor

Guest		01-Oct-2004 10:24
Victor, I have to say your method sounds more complicated - though I guess you end up with what looks right to yourself. I use the Measure tool, draw a line on an obviously straight object, then Rotate Arbitrary - which will have the exact measurement in degrees from the measure tool. Phil

Guest		30-Sep-2004 20:09
Otherwise you could tilt the pict even more to increase the drama... /Jonas

Victor Engel		30-Sep-2004 16:12
The easiest way I know of to rotate accurately is to use the crop tool. Drag a rectangular shape with it. Then click outside the rectangle and rotate the rectangle to where you want the final crop oriented. Then adjust width and height to suit. If you want to start with the whole picture, make sure the window containing the picture is bigger than the picture. Use the crop tool to select the whole picture. Click outside the picture and rotate. To keep the same aspect ratio, hold the shift down when resizing after having rotated. Then press Enter to commit the crop. -- Victor

Guest		30-Sep-2004 11:49
Thanks Phil, spot on for the rotation, looks much better for that. I'll be happy to know your method for straightening up images too. This was literally a drive by shooting, out of the driver’s window. Camera bag was open on the passenger seat, focused and pressed the shutter button drove off feeling nervous. Paparazzi style shooting, the warden had no idea he had been photographed.

Guest		29-Sep-2004 21:45
Pete, you need to rotate this by (approx) 2.56degrees CCW to straighten the railings etc... I'll show you the technique... Phil