12.7.08 - 98/365

i'm always a sucker for a fabulous ladies lounge
and i haven't seen one like this in ages
and i thought that was what this post was going to be about
the room itself
but it's not
it's about skew
or more precisely; deskew

for a while now i have been relentlessly deskewing my images
getting rid of barrel distortion
(imperative when posting shots of paintings/drawings)
or straightening lines
and so i blithely went ahead
and did this to the picture above
in order to post it today

but when i looked at it later,
i felt i had lost something intangible but essential
and so posted it as originally shot.

it was the same with my 2nd choice:
and while with the image above
i had both deskewed and adjusted the hemline of my coat,
with this one

in addition to straightening lines
i replaced my head!
lol
(i don't usually do things like that)
but ultimately,
again,
i do like the original better

and finally
another view of the room:

most definately (and necessarily) deskewed