Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Glenside, Bristol

Glenside, Bristol

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Jun 2014 at 18:52:34 (UTC)

Original – Aerial photograph showing the main buildings of Glenside, Bristol (now part of the university of the University of the West of England but previously Beaufort Hospital.

Edit 1. Image has been de-fished (removed the fisheye distortions)

Reason: Aerial high resolution photograph of Glenside, Bristol showing the main buildings
Articles in which this image appears: Glenside, Bristol, Beaufort Hospital
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator: Rodw

Support as nominator – — Rod ^talk 18:52, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Could possibly be the first aerial FP created by a Wikipedian? One thing that I think will prohibit getting support is the fisheye though. I suggest you 'de-fish' it using Photoshop or GIMP or something similar. You will lose some image quality (and field of view) in the process but I think it's necessary. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 22:52, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Godot did some aerial photography, I believe... or was that from a peak? — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:47, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - ...helicopter...--Godot13 (talk) 16:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - I don't have the knowledge, skills, or software to 'de-fish' it, and don't even understand the term I'm afraid.— Rod ^talk 06:53, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - You'd need Photoshop or Lightroom, I believe. I think I know what Diliff means. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:00, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - Indeed. It's essentially a lens correction, a warping of the image to counteract the fisheye effect using software. Because it has to splay the periphery of the image outwards to straighten curved lines (the horizon being the obvious one in this image), some of the field of view is cropped. I've gone ahead and de-fished the image to show you what I mean. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        As for not knowing how to do it Rodw, it would be worth investing the time to find out. I downloaded a lens correction file specific to the DJI Phantom Vision camera to do the above correction, which makes it very easy as it already knows exactly 'how' to correct the camera's distortion. However, it's designed to be used in Photoshop or Lighroom and I'm not sure if you use either of those. There is a tutorial on how to de-fish the Vision camera using GIMP (a free image editor). Hope that helps. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 08:12, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Thank you so much for this - can I switch to supporting ALT1? I looked at the GIMP software demo & could probably give it a go, but also in looking around found some software which claims to do this automagically for video as well. I may try this.— Rod ^talk 16:36, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Yes, you can switch support if you want... personally I think the first one looks better as we get a greater field of view. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:46, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Agreed, the correction's framing is not ideal. You would really need to factor in this cropping effect when shooting the photos originally. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 19:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Was this the DJI Phantom with the camera or the model that you needed to put the GoPro on? ///EuroCarGT 03:07, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- It was the Phantom 2 Vision (you can see three camera model on the image page under EXIF). Ðiliff «» (Talk) 04:04, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oh I could see it now, was on mobile. So it's the one without the gimbal stabilizer. ///EuroCarGT 05:09, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's right, but the standard DJI Phantom with GoPro mount doesn't come with a gimbal stabilizer either, that's a £250/$350 extra. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:43, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - It's a pretty good shot though, if this was taken using the GoPro rather than the standard Vision DJI camera, then the FOV will be quite larger. ///EuroCarGT 23:28, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Here Rodws is flying over the facilities. ///EuroCarGT 23:34, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        I'm not very happy with that video - I lost wifi connection during the flight, which means you can't see what the camera is looking at while flying. If the weather is OK I may try again next week.— Rod ^talk 09:37, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        I think I should hunt down that sort of equipment some time... temples like Barong are nigh impossible to get all in one frame in an aesthetic manner except from the air. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:41, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:52, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]