I was up in them mountains for work today. Afterwards I had some time to do some photography of some spontaneous architecture, one of my favourite subjects. I wanted to photograph a particularly fine "Casa Torre" (Tower House) in Gombio, a hamlet near Reggio Emilia.
The first head on shot was easy. I used my 35mm Schneider PC, as I had space to back off. I could have done it in post too. For the angled shots, due to lack of space behind me, I had to move closer with the 24PC. Using simple shift I got that "pointy look", that you get with simple upward shift, or post correction when working close to a building.
Now for the thing, where the PC lens makes the difference. Swinging the camera to a position where the front wall and the sensore are closer to be being parallel and shifting the lens upwards diagonally, the "pointy effect" can be reduced. This would be difficult to previsualise, and the perspective effect is very different when done in post. (I have done overlays to prove it)
Being able to see the perspective effects in the viewfinder I as able to progress towards the image I wanted, from 2 to 4. This is the reason I love these lenses. Camera D850 with Nikon 24PC and Schneider 35 PC
1 head on with vertical shift
2 First attempt vertical shift
3 Further back a little with diagonal shift.
4 Moved a little to the left and diagonal shift
