For this Wide Angle Wednesday, A couple of captures from the Holiday Display at 1251 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), right across from Rockefeller Center. All of the below photographs were shot using the new EF11-24mm f/4L USM lens mounted on a Canon 5D Mark III.
One of the lenses I was debating before ultimately deciding on the one I chose was the 17mm Tilt-Shift lens. I thought I might like that for all the interior event setups I photograph for work, seeing as how it is very similar to architectural photography. I played with the 17mm TS lens at B&H Photo, along with a couple more. I decided that often times on site, I don't have the luxury of taking too long, which I felt would have been needed with that style of lens. If I need to do any perspective geometric correction, Lightroom seems to do what I need it to do.
The next photo in this post was taken, and then the correction was applied in Lightroom. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out!
The following shot does not have any perspective correction, as you can tell since the buildings have the leaning look.
Lots of pedestrian and vehicular traffic near Rockefeller Center around the Holidays!
30 Rock visible from the street across from Radio City Music Hall.
